Why Use a Pilates Exercise Ball?
You may be thinking that there is no way playing with a ball is going to help you with your exercise routines. That is where you are mistaken; a Pilates exercise ball is the perfect piece of exercise equipment. It is light and inexpensive, and the use of it will increase the productivity of all other actions. In other words, make all your exercises more challenging. Sounds good, but how is this accomplished? When you use the ball, say in doing abdominal crunches, your body has to work harder to keep you balanced. To do this it brings muscles into play that you would not use from the ground positions. Your back and abdominal muscles are forced to work together. Over time, this exercise will strengthen both areas and lead to a solid core. Why do you care about a solid, strong core when all you want to do is lose a little weight? The reason the core is so important is that it directly affects all other movement. A strong core permits the efficient use of energy from the upper body to the
