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BalanceBall Chair With Pump Winner

Wil Reagan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:44:20 +0000

Thanks to everyone who entered the latest fitness giveaway. Trisha S is the winner of the BalanceBall Chair giveaway. Trisha has been notified via email and the product is on the way to her.

If your are interested in getting the BalanceBall for yourself, it’s available at gaiam.com. Check back here later this week because we’ll be starting another terrific fitness giveaway.

Thanks!

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BalanceBall Chair With Pump Winner

Giveaway: BalanceBall Chair With Pump

Wil Reagan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:37:55 +0000

Yesterday, we talked about the benefits of exercise balls. So now, we are giving one away. The BalanceBall Chair by Gaiam was created with the help of chiropractic pioneer Dr. Randy Weinzoff. The chair can be used at home or in your office to strengthen your core muscles and improve spinal alignment. This chair set includes a 52cm (20 1/2 inch) BalanceBall that can be used for exercises with the chair or on its own.

Image: Gaiam

This set is currently on sale at Gaiam.com for $79.98. But right now, you can enter this giveaway and win the it for free. To enter, just leave a comment here on this post about your fitness routine. The comment will automatically enter you into the contest, which ends on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 11:59pm. One random winner will be selected from all the comments to win the BalanceBall Chair set.

Good luck!

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Giveaway: BalanceBall Chair With Pump

Benefits of Exercise Balls

Wil Reagan — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:51:57 +0000

You might have seen people working out with those big fitness balls at the gym but never tried one yourself. They are actually a very versatile piece of equipment that almost anyone can use — no matter your age or fitness level. Whether you call it a stability ball, exercise ball or just fitness ball, you should try it.

Just sitting on the ball, you use some muscles to try to keep balanced. So when you are doing exercises with it, you are working your muscles more than you would doing the same exercise lying on a bench. Exercise balls can help you improve your core strength and balance. Beginners should start out with a softer ball that isn’t overly inflated. The firmer the exercise ball is the more difficult the exercise will be.

Lying with the ball under your back, you can do crunches, oblique twists and other “sit-up” type moves. You can also work with weights to do a multitude of exercises. The ball can be used for just about every type of exercise imaginable.

Here are a quite a few exercises you can do with the stability ball, both by laying/sitting on it or holding it.

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Benefits of Exercise Balls