Mr. J got me one of those yoga ball
I didn't tell him I was doing them while he was at work (2 sets of 50 every time I use the bathroom until my husband gets home daily), but he said he figured since lil j had been trying to do sit-ups every time he took him to the potty the past week. 
He said I just have to do them naked. Why do men think like that? Who the heck wants to see a woman who has had 2 kids with prune looking skin and cow-flapping arms naked on a big ball bending her body to do crunches? 
Anyway, I love the ball. When lil J isn't using it as his own airplane ride, he's leaning back on it in a standing position to try to do crunches too. (side note: speaking of airplanes, hubby is jumping out of a plane today w/his soldiers, and it can be viewed through the trees from our balcony. how cool is that to watch okay, outside of the fact someone broke their back doing it yesterday from landing on his back on a rock!) |
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| oooh, I love those balls! They are so versatile. You can do so much with them, like balance and work on your core muscles and stuff. My favorite exercise with the ball is to roll out on it with only your shins touching and do push ups.
Men! Hey, even if it's not as pretty as it used to be, at least your hubby still wants to picture you naked! That is pretty cool about the jumping out of planes. Is that something that he's had to do often? I alternate between thinking something like that would be amazing and thinking no way in @#$ would I ever want to try it! |
| Yeah. To keep getting airborne pay, he has to do it X amount of times a year I think. Then a set amount of times just as a requirement for training. Their favorite jump is when it snows a lot. They say it's like jumping into a bed of pillows. |
Actually my ball is just the perfect height so I can sit at the grooming table  |
Joahaeyo wrote: Yeah. To keep getting airborne pay, he has to do it X amount of times a year I think. Then a set amount of times just as a requirement for training. Their favorite jump is when it snows a lot. They say it's like jumping into a bed of pillows.
Is that why George Bush Sr still jumps? lol |
| I have had a HUGE green one since Ryan was little.
We used it in his occupational and physical therapy. 
I worked with a guy who sat on of them instead of a chair.  |
Pepsi's Mommy wrote: I worked with a guy who sat on of them instead of a chair.
I've thought of doing that before and think I might once this princess pops out of me. |
That's pretty cool, Jo! I am impressed that you were already doing 50 on your own. Very sweet that your hubby still likes the idea of you naked.  That's gotta make you feel good. 
I worked out on one today myself. I did crunches and some squats. I liked it. It was my first day with the trainer. I am going to really like this routine. He's targeted all my problem areas - which pretty much includes my whole body - with specific excercises. It doesn't hurt that he's super cute, either. |
Joahaeyo wrote: Who the heck wants to see a woman who has had 2 kids with prune looking skin and cow-flapping arms naked on a big ball bending her body to do crunches? 
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Ron wrote: Joahaeyo wrote: Who the heck wants to see a woman who has had 2 kids with prune looking skin and cow-flapping arms naked on a big ball bending her body to do crunches?
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Beaureguard's Mom wrote: I worked out on one today myself. I did crunches and some squats. I liked it. It was my first day with the trainer. I am going to really like this routine. He's targeted all my problem areas - which pretty much includes my whole body - with specific excercises. It doesn't hurt that he's super cute, either.
Hmm, I may need to find a trainer like that |
| I am guessing that with the airplane jumping and all you are Military??
WE are TOO!! Although my hubby doesn't jump out of planes (though he has rappelled out of them on occasion). We are an ARMY family at Fort Drum (AKA... Northern Snowland). Just wanted to say HEY to another military family! AND KUDOS to you for doing sooo many crunches. Takes a lot of get up and go to do that many. |
Quote: I worked with a guy who sat on of them instead of a chair.
I mentioned an exercise ball to my husband for me and how they might be strong enough as they are rated at 600 lbs burst strength. He replied a lady in the office used hers as a chair but it exploded one day, knocking her out when she fell and hit her head on the desk. I asked if she was big and he said no, petite infact. So am rethinking the ball but need something as my leg alternates between burning and going numb. |
SheepieBoss wrote: Quote: I worked with a guy who sat on of them instead of a chair. I mentioned an exercise ball to my husband for me and how they might be strong enough as they are rated at 600 lbs burst strength. He replied a lady in the office used hers as a chair but it exploded one day, knocking her out when she fell and hit her head on the desk. I asked if she was big and he said no, petite infact. So am rethinking the ball but need something as my leg alternates between burning and going numb. I haven't heard of them popping before, so I'd bet that was an isolated incidence. If that was your only reason for not getting one, I don't think I'd worry about it. Maybe it was overfilled or something, or rolled over a paperclip or pushpin or something. |
barney1 wrote: SheepieBoss wrote: Quote: I worked with a guy who sat on of them instead of a chair. I mentioned an exercise ball to my husband for me and how they might be strong enough as they are rated at 600 lbs burst strength. He replied a lady in the office used hers as a chair but it exploded one day, knocking her out when she fell and hit her head on the desk. I asked if she was big and he said no, petite infact. So am rethinking the ball but need something as my leg alternates between burning and going numb. I haven't heard of them popping before, so I'd bet that was an isolated incidence. If that was your only reason for not getting one, I don't think I'd worry about it. Maybe it was overfilled or something, or rolled over a paperclip or pushpin or something. Maybe she was overfilled and the ball committed suicide. My mom has one at her house and since all of the living room seating was full at Easter, I was sitting on it. Apparently it requires a lot more balance than I have! Also, when you sit on them near a stone hearth and have no balance, it gives other people a cardiac workout! |
| Oh great, DH would come home to find me rolled off, feet up in the air and unable to get up |
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