So my chiropractor says I should get a Swiss Ball. Okay, now what the hell do I do with it?

[ohiosmith]

:rofl: :shrug:

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1. I'd ask CallMeWesley. Or Heidi.

Or both.

[ohiosmith]

2. Do they have Swiss Balls?

:shrug:

[rug]

3. They are very happily married.

[Kali]

14. !

:spray: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[geardaddy]

4. Just one?

[ohiosmith]

7. One!

[Arugula Latte]

5. Get a Swiss Colony cheese ball ...

eat it on crackers. :)

[ohiosmith]

9. I wonder.....nah!

[Brickbat]

6. Put it between your legs and bounce. Rhythmically. Up and down, up and down...

[ohiosmith]

8. Doesn't fit!

[IcyPeas]

10. never heard them called swiss balls? maybe swiss roll?

youtube has lots of videos on how to use exercise balls.

never heard of them called "swiss" though. - But I love these:

[RedCloud]

11. Some waltz?

[HopeHoops]

12. Ben Wa balls are much more fun - but they won't help your back much.

[MilesColtrane]

13. Use it on your front or back.

Cause, being Swiss, it won't take sides.

[ohiosmith]

16. Classic!

:rofl:

[applegrove]

15. If it is one of those huge ball you can sit on it while you type. It strengthens your core as you

sit because you have to keep balanced. (someone told me this years ago - I do not know if it is true.

[Chan790]

20. It's true.

I know someone who, having switched out their office chair for one and dieted fierce, basically sat their ass off to a 6-pack 8 hours of writing a day. They're still a piss-poor writer though.

[MiddleFingerMom]

17. One does the same thing with big Swiss balls as one would with tiny Austrian balls.

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[MrMickeysMom]

18. I'm a woman with balls.... Here's how I use mine

Actually, I have one, and they are really good for fitness.

Straddle it like you're gonna sit on it, but end up raising both feet, as you might ride a horse. This makes you use your core muscles. See how long you can balance without touching your feet to the ground.

Get behind the ball, in a crouching position, then slide over the ball in a rolling way, eventually "walking" your hands out as you keep your legs straight. You can do push ups from that position, lengthening your fulcrum.

Lean against the ball with a set of dumbells and have it support your back while you lift the weights in a butterfly way (pectorals, and no this does not increase anything but underlying muscles, women)

Hug the damn thing in a slow squeezing fashion. It actually strengthens your back muscles.

You gotta love this ball... in fact....

"Balls", said the queen... "If I had two, I'd be KING!"

[MiddleFingerMom]

19. !!!!!

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[bigwillq]

21. I love mine.

Lots of things you can do with it. That's if you're serious about this thread.

A thread with "ball" in the title in the lounge ....


:rofl:

[krispos42]

22. Do what my kid would do with it

Belly-flop onto it several times in a row, giggling wildly, until you finally do a face-plant on the carpet and get rugburn. Then do something else. Eventually, the ball retires to a corner of the living room, then the basement, and finally, half-deflated, to the garage.

Find it again six months later, have daddy re-inflate it... and repeat. :D