What is the actual name for that half ball at the gym?

burneeed1

burneeed1

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Yes I know the title is over welming with information, but I need to know what the exact name for that thing thats like half of a exercise ball... it lays flat on the ground they are normally blue and its like half a circle....... I hope someone knows what I meen, I have been looking all day trying to buy one but I cant even google it because I do not know the damn name for it haha!!! Some one heeellpppp!


thanks!
 
Why you buying one of them? Generally it's a giant waste of money. Unless your daily routine or sport requires you to have coordination and balance on an unstable surface.

Such as high rope walking or something of that nature. And even then I probably wouldn't use is.
 
funshine said:
i recently started using that at the gym to do squats....love it!
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Why?

Not being a dick and not attacking you.

But what do you think you are getting out of doing squats on the ball that makes you enjoy them?
 
I tried doing squats with a ball at my back against the wall - but I always felt like i was cheating - that the ball was doing all the work and not me... and it didn't help me progress towards doing an actual squat -it was just a different exercise..
 
I've used ball/wall squats in some instances and there is some point to them. Even thought the ball felt like it was doing all the work, it wasn't. The muscles that are used in the squat are required to activate during the wall squat.
 
one option people might be using the bosu ball for squats - if they aren't using it at the back -but to use it for a box type squat... though i'd imagine your body would be in an odd position as the bosu is lower than most benches...

im just guessing... trying to help
 
I doubt that, it's too low. And you shouldn't be box squatting onto an unstable surface anyhow.

I've got a few things I would/could use a bosu for, but those few things don't warrant me paying for one of these things.

In addition, what most trainers are using these things for is just ridiculous. Bosu balls were born with the 'functional training' movement. Which is some stupid concept where you need a bunch of fancy toys instead of traditional weights to get the job done.

What trains are too dimwitted to realize is the fact that the word functional is a *very* relative word.

Functional for what?

I train people for their goals and to help them do what they do in everyday life in a more effective manner. Squatting on a bosu ball wall standing on one leg pressing a dumbbell over your head while you do anterior reaches with the other is not something that is going to benefit most any client I get my hands on.

If bosu balls weren't so faddish, I wouldn't have as much negativity towards them. But people are buying them left and right, using them left and right, and they don't know why.

More annoyingly, there isn't one trainer at the gym I workout at that doesn't throw their clients on one of these things. Cause ya know... it's functional and all.
 
Hello Steve

Wow, is there anything that you're not negative about or anti-whatever about? Sorry, it just seems like almost every post I've read from you in these forums is a negative one, downing something or other. How much do you have to lose? What all have you tried? Anything that you do suggest? Sorry, I'm not trying to down your or anything, just wondering what all the negativity is about?
 
nmartinez0531 said:
Wow, is there anything that you're not negative about or anti-whatever about? Sorry, it just seems like almost every post I've read from you in these forums is a negative one, downing something or other.
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Let me get this straight.

An experienced trainer in the industry dislikes a certain tool that is overly used and misapplied given the average trainee/client. Because this, I am a negative person? It couldn't be the fact that I am trying to help people make informed decisions?

My apologies.

However, I work pretty hard to maintain a solid and broad base of sound information, advice and knowledge on this board. I'm not alone either.

I'm thankful that the majority of the community doesn't share your opinion, or this certainly would not be a community I choose to spend my time in. Communities where niceties and coddling come before actual good advice is not helpful nor healthy in my opinion.

This isn't about attacking particular ideas. This isn't about downing something or other. It's about sound information, plain and simply.

You have all of 7 posts here and you've already judged my intent. I suggest you spend a little more time reading around the forum. I think you'll change your mind quite a bit.

And if not, can't win them all, right?

How much do you have to lose?
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What on earth does this have to do with anything?

To answer the question, I have nothing to lose. I'm actually gaining at the moment.

What all have you tried?
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What do you mean?

Anything that you do suggest?
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Spend some time reading the forum. You've found a few posts of mine and are amazed (see "wow" above) by my negativity.

i) there's a difference between being negative and being critical. Not much good comes from being negative. A lot of good can come from being critical in the context of this forum.

ii) I'd start with the stickies found on top of the various subforums. In many of them you'll find plenty of advice I do 'suggest.'

If you have any questions extending beyond the information found in the stickies, I'll gladly discuss them with you. From the sounds of it though, a conversation with me is not something you'd like. I'm not much for telling people what they'd like to hear. That makes for a piss poor professional if you ask me.

Sorry, I'm not trying to down your or anything, just wondering what all the negativity is about?
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Don't be so quick to judge.
 
Steve doesnt need me to defend him - but in your 9 posts here you're completely wrong.

Steve is one of the most encouraging and helpful people on this site... His objective here is to have people be more effective in their workouts and nutrition and most importantly he'd like to see people achieve their goals in a realistic way.

There's a lot of really really bad advice on the internet and a lot of stupid tools that are ineffective for people getting to their goals... Steve is trying to change that - one person a time..

Try reading more around here.
 
But people are buying them left and right, using them left and right, and they don't know why.
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There's a lot that comment pertains to and basically summed up a rant I had yesterday elsewhere = not on bosu balls but on another topic but I summed it up as the lemming behavior of the human race...
(and true to form of that site, I got messages telling me i was being a bitch and out of line :D
 
Sorry...

I wasn't trying to offend anyone. I do think that alot of your information is helpful and I have read alot of things in this forum. It just seems like on certain topics perhaps you were very judgemental in my eyes, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing. I just wanted to know what you do suggest... I wasn't trying to be a bitch although I know I do sometimes come off that way. And I meant how much weight do you have to lose? And what work outs or equipment do you suggest? And what have you tried that didn't work? Once again, I'm sorry and I never meant to offend you. ;)
 
check steves pictures -he doesn't need to lose weight -he's bulking right now - muscling up...

the stickied threads contain a lot of good information regarding workouts...

As for what doesn't work - generally anything you can't stick with for the rest of your life -- too restrictive plans - and not having your head inthe right place
 
back to bosu trainers for a moment...

I've seen idiot trainers having people jump onto them at the gym for balance exercises - now i'm challenged enough just standing on one leg and trying to touch the bench - jumping onto anything unstable is out of the question.

most of balance, I believe anyhow, i'm probably wrong, comes from core strength - does a bosu trainer (and I dont' want one they take up too much room) aid in core strenth in ways that you couldn't do with general core exercises?
 
The point is this:

This isn't about emotions, as in being negative.

This is about critical assessment and thinking.

That's an important differentiation. A point I think is important for you to understand if you're going to get everything you can out of this forum.

I answered your question about what I have to lose in the last post.

And I don't have a rigid set of parameters and tools I prescribe and use. It's a workable set of foundational concepts that can be applied in numerous ways depending on an individuals goals, abilities, etc. I use what will get the job done on an individual basis.

If something is suggested on this forum that doesn't make a lot of sense based on my experience or knowledge, damn straight I'm going to question it. I'm not going to attack the beholder of said thoughts. But I am going to question the statements. How else can the integrity of sound information be maintained if you don't use critical assessment?

As in above.

I questioned the particular comments people made.

Then I discussed the topic in general.

Nothing more.

To boot, is this individual proves to me that what they're suggesting does, in fact, make sense... I'll be happy to have learned something new.
 
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