What is the Swiss ball?
The Swiss ball is large, inflatable exercise balls. The Swiss ball, which comes in the sixties, is used for a series of therapy, fitness and exercise routines. He can sit on, lay, tilted or hold between his arms and legs to offer different levels of resistance and balance of balance. It is popular among elite athletes at professional levels and daily beginners. The ball developed in the early 1960s and is also known under many different names, including yoga ball, pilates ball, balancing ball, birth balls and stability balls. They are highly resistant and can support the weight of most adult sizes and can usually exceed 200 pounds of support. The Swiss balls are popular because they are cheap, safe, simple and offer different exercises. The Swiss ball can be combined with many existing exercises and weightlifting, as well as a number of new exercises developed for the ball, to complete complete training.
The Swiss ball is most used for the balance and strength and conditioning of the core. It is one of the best fitness tools in the world. The instability of the round ball forces users to constantly adjust their balance, enforce stability and flexibility. The user can lie or sit on the ball to increase the difficulty and isolation of muscle lifts using free weights. It works back and abdominal muscles simultaneously during crushing or sitting. It can also be held with arms or legs for a number of stretching and lifting exercises.
Many coaches claim that the Swiss ball puts too much emphasis on the basic muscles and neglects other muscles. It is said that excessive use of the Swiss ball can lead to a weakened upper body and lack of development in the lower body muscles. These lower bodies cannot offer explosiveness necessary for many sports.
The Swiss ball was also used as a "birth ball". During work, a pregnant woman can sit on the ball and armbalanced on a nearby table or bed. The rolling movement of the ball helps in the natural rocking process of birth.
The Swiss ball was developed at the beginning of the 60s. In Italy, Aquilino Cosani. Coasani was a plastic manufacturer who found a way to make a very large, plute resistant ball made of cheap plastic. Balls soon found popular use in Switzerland between chiropractics and physiotherapists. It was used to treat orthopedic problems and help with rehabilitation. In the early 1980s, the Swiss ball appeared as a therapeutic instrument in the early 1980s and soon moved to gyms and athletic facilities where it has remained since then.