June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

[jimmie 48]

Exercises that count in this challenge include, but are NOT (thank you, bio) limited to:

lying hamstring curls
tricep extensions
reverse crunches
lying leg press
push ups
jackknife
stretching
slow swim
side plank
seated leg extension
bridge ball squats
1 arm rows


........... any exercise that you are using your stability ball will count.
More SB exercises can be found by clicking on the following, SPARK PEOPLE

Please state how many minutes you are committing to in June, in this thread and then during the month try to check in each time you rack up the minutes.
HAVE FUN! AND STAY COMMITTED!!!

[jimmie 48]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

i am in for 250

[zencyn]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

Oops! I didn't see this thread before posting in the May thread. I'm going to shoot for 150 min.

I don't know if any of you get fittv, but I happened to flip it on one day when they had a stability ball show on. I dvr'd it but haven't watched it yet, this will give me the incentive to do so!

[jimmie 48]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

and oops... i should have checked here first to see if you found the thread. i'm too tired.

i don't get that but i did the same thing when we had the other cable company. i recorded 4 different workouts of various degree of difficulty. i do those and add in the chest press, dumbell pull overs etc.

good to have you joining me. i'm not sure if bio is going again or not.

[MorningGlory]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

Jimmie...I'm trying to view all these exercises first to see if I can do them (because of my back...can't do forward bending)...but I can't find lying leg press in the list on the Spark site. Is it called something else?

[jimmie 48]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

mg, that might be one that christy was explaining to us and that's the name we gave it.
one of the leg presses that i have been doing requires you to lay flat on the mat/floor, knees bent with the ball between your knees. then you literally start squeezing the daylights out of the ball. it's good for the inner thigh.

christy's lying leg press:
lay on the mat/floor, on you side. bottom leg bent at the knee, upper leg resting on the ball at your ankle. in this position you press down on the ball, then release.

[MorningGlory]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

mg, that might be one that christy was explaining to us and that's the name we gave it.
one of the leg presses that i have been doing requires you to lay flat on the mat/floor, knees bent with the ball between your knees. then you literally start squeezing the daylights out of the ball. it's good for the inner thigh.

christy's lying leg press:
lay on the mat/floor, on you side. bottom leg bent at the knee, upper leg resting on the ball at your ankle. in this position you press down on the ball, then release.

Ok, I can handle those.

[jimmie 48]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

i do one sometimes, when i am not doing the tapes.
lie on your back knees bent, ball against a wall or other sturdy object. slowly press your feet into the ball, slowly release. to make it a bit harder, rest your right ankle on the left knee and press the ball with your left leg. change sides.

i find all of these really helpful when i have biked a long distance or have done major flights for exercise.

[MorningGlory]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

ok...I'm in for 160 minutes. This is great!

[biogeek]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

My pledge is 250 for the month of June! Welcome to the challenge, Cynthia and MG!

[jimmie 48]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

girls, bio pointed out to me that i had forgotten a very important word in the first post.
please read it again and see that

Exercises that count in this challenge include, but are NOT (thank you, bio) limited to:

be assured that any and all ball exercise counts towards your goal. the things listed are just some of the things the challengers have done or are doing. sorry for the mistake.

[meltinglady]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

I am pledging 200 minutes for the month of June.

[jimmie 48]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

good to see all the company!

i'll get my handy dandy spreadsheet ready for tomorrow. if you wish or if you think it will help you, i can post the numbers each week. if that's something you could use to keep you motivated, just say the word.

apple 200
biogeek 250
jimmie 48 250
meltinglady 200
MorningGlory 160
zencyn 150

[meltinglady]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

Thats a great idea...I am going to keep track of mine in my journal as well.

[apple]

Re: June Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

I know it's the first of the month, but I want to join too, please

I'm in for 200 minutes.