On the Ball
The stability ball, which originated in Europe, was a tool that was used in spinal rehabilitation. Now, the ball has infiltrated the health and fitness industry as a way to offer support to the joints and challenge exercise. The ball gets you off the floor, helps you to transition from one exercise to the next, allows you to have improved comfort in many common trunk and spine exercises. and adds new challenges to the neuro-muscular system. These videos will demonstrate how the ball can increase overall range of motion in many common trunk extension, flexion, and rotation exercises, while making it exercise fun. You will feel stronger, more stable, and have less pain with regular practice.
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Video 244 | Ball Basic Training (35 Minute workout) with Lauren Eirk
This workout gives you a great opportunity to move through various stability ball positions for a good overview of some great features of stability ball training. This workout will teach you how to modify positions to vary your intensity and balance challenges for your desired fitness goals. Th...
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Video 076 | Hips, Back and Ball Workout (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This quick 30 minute workout features a dynamic, fun, and challenging way to experience traditional and unique exercises that target the lower body like never before! The ball gets you off the floor, allows for smoother transitions between exercises, adds variety, and works the "core" in every e...
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Video 092 | Upper Body Ball Blast (30 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk
This 30 minute video targets shoulders, back, chest, bicep, tricep, and core muscles using dumbbells for added resistance. The stability ball is used as a prop to alter position for creativity and challenge. The core is worked in every exercise to maximize your results. This video is appropriat...
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Video 093 | Ultimate Lower Body Dumb"Ball" Workout (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
Experience the ultimate challenge in strength, stability, and balance using the stability ball as a support for many lower body exercises. This workout uses weighted dumbbells for increased resistance challenges to maximize your results. This video is for all levels, as Lauren will give plenty ...
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Video 096 | Whole Body Ball Workout (45 minutes) with Lauren Eirk
In this video, experience creative, challenging exercises designed to improve muscle strength and reactivity using the small Pilates mini ball and a large stability ball. Feel the core having to stabilize in every position while working the whole body in thirty minutes. Appropriate for all leve...
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Video 102 | Weights, Ball and Barre (60 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk
Lauren will lead you on a full body strength workout for your arms, shoulders, core, hips, and legs. Using common standing barre exercises, use weights to add resistance for improved muscle strength and the sponge ball to enhance core training exercises. This is appropriate for all levels and w...
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Video 141 | Ultimate Ball Workout (30 Minutes) with Lauren Eirk
This short 30 minute video packs a big punch! The stabilizing effects of the ball will cause you to have to challenge nearly every muscle group in your body. The ball is inserted into this creative and challenging routine to work the glutes, hips, back, chest, lower back, abs, and shoulders. R...
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Video 144 | Biceps, Back and Ball (30 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk
This routine will help you strenthen back, biceps, and abdominal muscles. Back muscles are highly complex, making up the posterior aspect of your core. The Biceps muscles work to extend the elbow joints, assist in supination at the wrist, and help to flex the shoulder joints. They also aid with ...
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Video 145 | Balls and Bands (40 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk
The Stability ball adds such a challenge to every position all on its own, but add the Theraband to these exercises and you get an awesome strength workout that challenges the mind and body. This workout will strengthen your core, improve joint stability, build muscle, and help with overall neur...
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Video 174 | Hips and Core Ball (30 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk
The stability ball, with its round surface and dynamic nature can help target muscles in a unique way. The Ball gets us off the floor, which helps us feel resistance throughout a greater range in our joints. Just keeping the ball steady will increase overall awareness and control. Performing t...
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Video 181 | Having a Ball with Dumbbells (30 Minute workout) with Lauren Eirk
When we use free-weights, it is common to have a weight bench to support the body while we move through the exercise. In this video, we will be using the stability ball in the same way! Due to the round, dynamic nature of the ball, you will experience more variety, challenge, and support in com...
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Video 203 | Mini Ball Challenge (55 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk
The mini ball or "sponge ball" is such a versatile tool to enhance many exercises by adding support as well as challenge. Notice how the placement of the ball can increase your overall awareness of which muscles should be targeted in an exercise. The mini ball can greatly improve the health of ...
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Video 212 | Abs, Back, and Ball (45 Minute Workout) with Lauren Eirk
The stability ball is a versatile tool to better target the core. In this workout, feel how the shape, texture, and size of the ball can accommodate the spine and add more challenge to your muscles. In each exercise, the ball adds instability that must be controlled by your muscular system. Th...