August Stability Ball Exercise Challenge ~ sign up and reporting thread

[Purple Rain]

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Monday, August 6, 2007
15 min lower body, stretching and balancing
65/300

[biogeek]

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20 minutes this morning: crunches, stretches, and upper body workout.

[Sweet Strudel]

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15 minutes this morning....various exercises from the Spark site.

[Purple Rain]

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Tuesday, August 7, 2007
10 min stretching
75/300

[Sweet Strudel]

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Took the day off from the stability ball today...but I got my new "On the Ball" dvd in the mail so I will be trying that out tomorrow.

Great job everyone...keep up the good work.

[jimmie 48]

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i thought i had posted my minutes for yesterday.

aug 8
35 minutes
i did the stab ball upper body program
stab. ball abs/back program
and the stretching program.

145/300

[Sweet Strudel]

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August 9

Popped my new stability ball dvd into the player this morning.

All I have to say if this is a beginner workout...YIKES.

I did most of it, to the best of my ability. Some moves were possible...some not.

Got in at least 35 mins and then quit and will see what the rest of the dvd holds tomorrow.

This dvd is stability ball based on Pilates...perhaps should have gone for the Yoga one...

[biogeek]

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Did 10 minutes of stretching yesterday and 20 minutes today of crunches, stretching, and lower body exercises.

Strudel, I'll have to check out that DVD workout! Let us know how the rest of the workout goes!

[zencyn]

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10 minutes of stretching this morning - hope to get some more time this afternoon on the ball.

[biogeek]

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15 minutes on the ball this morning of mostly stretches and ab work.

[jimmie 48]

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good to see the post, cynthina! i'm very glad to see you are working towards the goal!

bio, you're a constant warrrior for this challenge, keep up te good work!

[Sweet Strudel]

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First of all Jimmie...Great Pic! You look fit as a fiddle!!!

Ok...confession time. Yesterday evening I was doing that back stretch thing on the ball...like you would do an arch where you put your hands back...well you know what I mean.

Anyway, I fell pretty hard off the darn thing. I guess I went back a little too far and I couldn't catch myself or fall to the side, momentum took over and back I went. Well, in my attempt not to crack something open on my coffee table I ended up falling hard on my left shoulder. Needless to say, its pretty sore today. I feel like such an idiot!

I took today off from the ball...the evil scary hurtful ball

Tomorrow I'll get back on it (like a horse..hehehe)...and try and finish the workout from H*LL!

Got some errands to run in the morning so I think I will try and find an easier dvd to work with, something more academic.

Good job everyone is doing. Keep it rollin....just not off the ball!

[jimmie 48]

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POOR STRUDEL.... you should get extra kudos.
i know exactly what you are talking about. that exercise is on my stretch program. i haven't fallen like you but i've been very close to it. i still have to really watch how far i take that back bend.

[Sweet Strudel]

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Strudel, I'll have to check out that DVD workout! Let us know how the rest of the workout goes!

Bio...I'm not too impressed by this workout, I think I'm about 3/4 of the way through it. I kinda just went by the reviews that it was given on Amazon which is where I ordered it from. I guess I was just really looking for one that was more basic.

Any of you have any recommendations? Let me know!

[Purple Rain]

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8-10-07
10 min stretching
85/300