hehe they're great for balancing and make you sweat heaps...
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Look Better! Feel Better! Perform Better!
Your
BOSU® Balance Trainer comes with video instructions that will
get you started exercising in the most exciting new way you've ever
imagined!
You will learn many of the same exercises that many professional and Olympic athletes perform to
enhance their skills. Virtually any exercise you can perform on the ground can
be performed on the BOSU® Balance Trainer - making that
exercise More Challenging!
More Fun! and More Effective!
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With the
"Bubble" side up...
Sit, Stand, Lie, Kneel, Jump, etc...on the
BOSU® Balance Trainer for the most incredible workout of your
life! | With the Platform side up...BOSU® Balance Trainer
is
great for push-ups! And if you're really extreme,
the sky's the
limit! |
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Samples of Exercises Available |
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One Leg
Standing |
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One Leg
Bend and Reach |
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One Leg
Kneeling Bend
and Reach |
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Squats
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Side
Step-Up Switch |
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All Fours
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http://www.sportstek.net/bosu-ball.htmBosu Ball Balance Trainer
BOSU™ is an acronym for "both sides up". The
BOSU® Balance Trainer can be used with the platform side either up or
down for different types of balance challenge. The solid platform is 25
inches in diameter and the dome should be inflated until it is firm.
Two recessed handles on the bottom of and towards the sides on the
platform make it easy to turn over or carry. This hybrid fitness
product has its genesis in the field of medicine, as well as balance,
functional and sports specific training. Neuromuscular physiology,
which helps to define human movement, provides the science that backs
this remarkably complete approach to training. The BOSU® Balance
Trainer offers a different means to make exercise more appealing and
effective for average people, fitness enthusiasts and highly trained
athletes.
You can walk, run, step, hop, jump and leap on the BOSU® Balance
Trainer. Not only can these rhythmic activities be sequenced for an
aerobic workout, they can be progressed or sequenced to challenge the
anaerobic energy system as well. Whether you're working at an easy
steady rate-pace that can be maintained almost indefinitely, or pushing
the intensity with anaerobic intervals, you'll experience dynamic
balance and stabilization challenges. This type of training replicates
the "real" aspect of sport and daily movement requirements, where
cardiovascular training transfers to real-life movement. Challenging
the body's oxygen delivery and utilization (VO2) capability is not only
effective on the BOSU® Balance Trainer but the added elements of fun,
stabilization, balance challenge and specific transfer to daily
movement needs will make this type of training a favorite.
Sports conditioning, by its nature, is dynamic. The qualities of
sports movement that can be trained with BOSU® Balance Trainer include
endurance and power, cardiovascular conditioning, agility, balance,
proprioception and flexibility. You can accomplish specific transfers
to almost any sport through a variety of static balance exercises and
dynamic balance drills. The variations are almost unlimited. One, two
or multiple BOSU® Balance Trainers can be used to set up drill patterns
for sports goals.
Both core stabilization and mover - or isolation - trunk
conditioning can take place in a variety of positions on the BOSU®
Balance Trainer. The abs work functionally in standing, kneeling,
seated, sidelying, prone and supine positions and can be challenged
with traditional isolation or stabilization exercises, where the goal
of the exercise is to maintain a neutral and otherwise, properly
aligned spine. Maintaining spinal alignment is important to low back
health and sports performance, as is intentionally moving into and out
of "perfect" or neutral posture.
Both active and passive stretches can be taught on BOSU® Balance
Trainer, with balance assistance and/or balance challenges. Active
stretches use the muscles of the body to move a body part whereas
passive stretching uses gravity or an outside force to put
stretch-tension on the target muscle(s). While standing or kneeling on
the dome, you can get an active and dynamic stretch by moving the upper
body lower, higher, to the sides or by reaching for and picking up
cards from various locations on the floor, or by touching and/or
relocating cones that have been placed in close proximity to the dome.
Stretching on the BOSU® Balance Trainer can move from a static and
passive approach to a dynamic, balance challenging and active approach.
A completely unique and multidimensional training device that
integrates: Core Training, Functional Sports Training, Balance Training.
Training with the BOSU® Balance Trainer creates a movement continuum
from easy to incredibly challenging, from static to dynamic and from
subtle balance adjustments to dramatic and highly reactive responses.
The BOSU® Balance Trainer is currently used as a training tool by leading sports teams. Find out
what it can do for you!
"The BOSU® Balance Trainer is another great addition to any strength
and conditioning coach's arsenal. The BOSU® Balance Trainer brings both
imagination and physical challenge to core stability and proprioception
for any athlete's training program."
Fernando Montes
Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
Cleveland Indians
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