February Stability Ball Exercise Challenge sign up/reporting thread

[jimmie 48]

I wasn't going to torture myself with doing this again. Participation really has fallen off but I do better by being accountable.

I've changed the challenge just a bit. I figured I could since i was the one that started it so long ago. i've have included any kind of stability ball work: weights, abs and so on along with the push ups. I'll try to find some examples of what I will be doing.

If anyone wants to join me that's fine, if not, I'll be doing it on my own.

The commitment really can't be a number of how many of anything, since it will be different for anyone joining. Instead, I'll (we'll) be committing to time spent.

i'll commit to 25 minutes a week, 100 minutes for February, working with the stability ball.

0/100

[jimmie 48]

Re: February Stability Ball Exercise Challenge sign up/reporting thread

Dumbbell Reverse Flys Seated on Ball
Pushups on Ball


One-Arm Dumbbell Rows with Ball

[jimmie 48]

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Lying Row & Rotation on Ball

DUMBBELL PULL OVER ON BALL

Dumbbell Chest Press on Ball

all exercises are supplied by sparkpeople and are only a sampling of what can be done on the ball.
http://sparkpeople.com/resource/exercises-printable.asp

[jimmie 48]

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FEB 5
10 minutes
10/100

pushups
pull overs
squats
tricep extensions
hammer curls
reverse flys
chest press
seated leg extensions

[ChristyAL]

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Hey jimmie! Ill do this challenge. Ill start tomorrow. Im gonna commit to 100 minutes for the month of Feb.

Feb 5
0/100

[ChristyAL]

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I decided to go ahead and start this challenge tonight so I did:

tricep extensions 2x10
crunches 40
leg press(im not sure if thats what they are called..laid on side my with top leg on the ball and pressed down) 10xeach leg
reverse flys 10x each arm


for today I got
7/100

[jimmie 48]

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christy! i'm so glad to have a ball buddy! i think i'll like doing this by the minutes. we're able to add a some new things and still be able to do the push ups. i really like doing the dumbbell work on the ball. my 100 minutes might be understated but we've not done it this way before so time will tell!

i'm interested in the leg presses that you did. do you bend the other leg at the knee and it lays on the floor?

[ChristyAL]

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Yeah Im thinking that I should have committed to more than 100 but this was my first stability ball challenge so I wasnt sure about how much to do.

On those leg presses you lay on your side, bottom leg on the floor bent at the knee and the top leg/ankle on top of the ball and press/sqeeze the top leg down and hold for about 3 seconds. I feel this on my inner thigh the most.

Ill check in later with my exercises for today!

[jimmie 48]

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christy, if we get our 100 minutes done and we have some month left, do you want to up the minutes? i'm game if you are.

i did about 5 minutes of those lying leg presses. glad you told me about them. did another 5 minutes and did crunches, dumbbell pullovers and chest press, and some leg extensions.

20/100

christy, have you ever tried these?


Lying Hamstring Curls with Ball

looks like something i'll be adding. if you haven't done so yet, you can check out the sparkpeople.com site and you'll see the exercises i've posted plus a ton more.

[ChristyAL]

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yes if we get in our 100 min before the end of feb im game with upping it! I got in 6 min today, i did 50 crunches (boy im feeling these) lol tricep extention 2x10 and reverse flys 2x10. Im gonna have to figure out what all these exercises are called so i know what to call them

Feb 6
13/100

That one you posted looks like a good one, i may add it in tomorrow along with the pushups since i havent done any of those yet either.

[jimmie 48]

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7 feb
7 minutes

dumbbell pullovers on ball w/ 11# weights
chest press on ball w/11# weights

27/100

christy, i will try to find the name of the exercises i posted for reference. i'll edit the first post to add the name.

[ChristyAL]

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Feb 7
9 min

22/100

crunches 50
lying leg press 2x10 each leg
lying hamstring curls 1x10
hamstring flex 2x10

i decided to do lower body today

[ChristyAL]

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Feb 8
8 minutes

50 crunches
reversy flys 2x10
chest press 2x10
lying leg press 1x10 each leg

30/100

[jimmie 48]

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8 feb
4 minutes

Lying Hamstring Curls with Ball 20
dumbbell pullovers 15 x 3
dumbbell bicep curls 2 x 10
11# weights on both

[ChristyAL]

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Feb 9

11 min

pushups x10
dumbbell rows 2x10 each arm
dumbbell pullover 2x10
50 crunches
lying hamstring curls 2x10
lying leg press 2x10 each leg

41/100