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Anonymous
Who here uses exercise ball and other things like that when they work out?
>> Anonymous
>>476335
skinny-weak-fags

see op pics for more information
>> gay
i do because i'm gay
>> Anonymous
OP i hope ur a troll

....seriously birkenstocks while lifting? thats the gayest shit i've ever seen on /fit/. ever.
>> Anonymous
>>476347
It's a google image.
>> Redhot !wJoMC4BYEY
that pic... i just want to cry
>> Anonymous
I've done squats on a bosu ball. It's awkward, but that's the point.
>> Anonymous
>>476335

HOLY SHIT

IS THAT A BUDDHA STATUE??
>> Anonymous
>>476412
Blessed be this gym?
>> Anonymous
lmfao what the fuck, who benches on a yoga ball??

the actuall weight of the weight is divided by 2 when you bounce, no wunder that fucker is skin and bone.
>> Anonymous
>>476577
learn2physics

Doing it that way also requires you to use more muscle groups than a regular bench press.
>> Anonymous
>>476586
use more groups, but use them less effectively due to proprioceptive feedback on the instability
>> Anonymous
>>476335

I only use them for core exercises. Otherwise, leave it to the ladies.
>> Anonymous
>>476586
sure, maybe it incorporates more muscle GROUPS, but the muscles are getting 1/5th the workout because the gravity downwards against the ball causes the ball to bounce and push the weight back up. The ball is doing more work than you after the first press.

lern2 newtons third law of physics

Real bench presses require you to exert the same amount of force upwards as the weight [plus a little technically] to have the weight move up while laying on a static structure like a bench.
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>>476613
>> Anonymous
>>476613
From the view point of the ball the force acting on it is constant. No bouncing going on here.
>> Anonymous
>>476604
It's a trade off, which is why you should never use just the exercise ball. The muscle groups are made to work together, which has functional benefits, but you don't build much actual strength.
>> Anonymous
>>476738
When you move the weights up, you move down and compress the ball, then the ball pushes you up and you bounce.
>> Anonymous
If you do dumbbell presses with any significant amount of weight, there's no way to do them on a swiss ball.

God forbid you CHALLENGE yourself.
>> Anonymous
>>476750
Even if the bounce was significant, which it's not, it would not happen until you are no longer accelerating the weights upward, by which point the arms are almost fully extended anyway. The hard part is already done and any bounce is insignificant and usually unnoticeable.
>> Anonymous
>>476746
Muscle groups should work together and I've nothing against the use of exercise balls in general. But doing dumbell presses on a stability ball is an exercise in futility.

Do your stability exercises to work your balance and core. Do your dumbbell presses with something stable. Simple.
>> Anonymous
>>476776
The compression of the ball it what's significant. When you should be powering the weights up, you're simply squishing the ball.
>> Anonymous
look up the benefits of working our balance and propreoception (sp?) and then tell me that bosu balls and yoga balls are useless.
>> Anonymous
i just dont want to look like a faggot.
might as well come in wearing scrunchies in my hair and a pink leotard.
>> Anonymous
>>476828
It takes force to compress the ball. You're not doing any less work.
>> Anonymous
>>476942
Does it take as much force to compress the ball as it does to lift the weights? I think not.
>> Anonymous
>>476958
The ball is already compressed from you just lying on it while holding weights. The amount of additional compression that takes place when you actually lift the weights is insignificant, and you're the one doing the work to compress it anyway.

For the same amount of weight you're getting a better workout than you would get on a bench because you have to work to maintain your balance.
>> Anonymous
I utilize this and many other items in my home gym. only stupid people close their minds to new things (or unpopular things).
>> Anonymous
>>476977
>The amount of additional compression that takes place when you actually lift the weights is nonexistent

Fixed. Lrn2physics.
Sure, the bar moves around some, but any compression that happens is because your body is unstable, not because you're lifting the weight higher.
>> Anonymous
>>477913
smart people close their minds to stupid things though
>> Anonymous
>>476335
this looks fucking stupid, but if you're really wide or something and a normal bench is too small for you maybe this is better. but this skinny fucker is probably using it just so the elastic recoil from the ball makes it easier
>> Anonymous
I'm sorry, but if people want to work out all of the muscles in tandem for stability and functionality, they should really consider natural weight exercises and gymnastics. I think its ridiculous that people use those balls in the free weight areas. Weights are for building mass and/or strength. Theres a separate time and place for everything.
>> Anonymous
>>478577
+1

i use a bosu ball and calisthenics only. while i no longer can lift as much as i used to, i have found a huge increase in balance and coordination and joint stability. I'd much rather be a 5'7 150 lbs dude who doesn't sprain his ankle rather than a 5'7 185 lbs dude who can bench press 315 but has fucked up shoulders.
>> gay
>>478592
true, you cannot be strong without fucking up your joints in the process. NO EXCEPTION.

One time i tried to bicep curl 50lbs and I tore my acl. True story bra.
>> Anonymous
>>478604
lol thjat's not what i meant...that's just my personal preference. i noticed that i was really putting alot of stress on my body from weightlifting. i could have thrown in calisthenics/bosu ball traning and continued to lift heavy weights and have been fine...i just chose to give up the weights and focus on other endeavors.
>> Anonymous
Going to throw this here just in case some fag reads this again:

BOSU, and ball training has it's places, but it's not for what you think.