Exercise Balls For Dummies

Build strength and increase your flexibility

Tone and shape your entire body at home with ease

Want to get a great–looking body using affordable equipment? Packed with step–by–step photos and crystal–clear instructions, this friendly guide shows you how to use an exercise ball in your workout, as well as incorporate it into Pilates, weight training, stretching, and aerobics routines. You′ll also see how to add other gear to get even more from your workout.

Discover how to

Select and maintain equipment Work every major muscle group Improve your core stability Enhance your balance and coordination Alter your workout for pregnancy and other special circumstances

Introduction.

Part I: Rolling Exercise Balls into Your Fitness Program.

Chapter 1: Having a Ball Getting Fit.

Chapter 2: Choosing the Right Ball for You.

Chapter 3: Feeding and Caring for Your Ball.

Chapter 4: Gathering Your Gear and Getting Ready.

Part II: Workouts to Have a Ball With.

Chapter 5: Warming Up Your Body.

Chapter 6: A Swimmer s Body: Shoulders and Upper Back.

Chapter 7: Shapely, Sexy Arms.

Chapter 8: Walking Tall: Chest, Abdominals, and Lower Back.

Chapter 9: Booty Patrol: Working the Butt, Legs, and Hips.

Chapter 10: Cool It! Wrapping Up Your Workout with Easy Moves and Stretches.

Chapter 11: Total Body Workout–in–One.

Part III: Variety Is the Spice of Life: Doing Different Activities on the Ball.

Chapter 12: Core Values: Pilates on the Ball.

Chapter 13: Gaining Muscle Power: Weight Training.

Chapter 14: Easy Stretch Workout on the Ball.

Chapter 15: Cardio and Go: Aerobic Exercise with the Ball.

Chapter 16: Adding Accessories to Your Workout on the Ball.

Chapter 17: Bending Over Backward: Yoga on the Ball.

Part IV: Using Exercise Balls in Special Circumstances.

Chapter 18: Come On, Mama! Pregnancy Workout.

Chapter 19: Senior Citizens Get on the Ball.

Chapter 20: Every Kid Loves a Ball.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 21: Ten Changes You Can Expect to See in Your Body.

Chapter 22: Ten Groups That Can Use the Ball.

Chapter 23: Ten Activities That Complement Your Ball Workout.

Chapter 24: Ten Things You Can t (Or at Least Shouldn t) Do with Your Ball.

Index.

LaReine Chabut is a well–known fitness expert who has her International Sports Sciences Association certification and her American Fitness and Aerobics certification.