BOSU- ing around

THIS WORKOUT HELPS YOU NOT ONLY GAIN BALANCE BUT ALSO INCREASES YOUR ENDURANCE AND MAKES YOU STRONGER

ARE you bored of your regular gym routine and still not getting those toned abs? Well, then it’s time to introduce this fun equipment called BOSU to make your workouts more exciting and challenging. Bosu is a balance trainer consisting of an inflated rubber hemisphere attached to a rigid platform.

The name is an acronym for “Both Sides Up”. Hence the Bosu can be used both ways, the rubber hemisphere facing up or the base facing up, for a wide variety of workouts like planks, crunches and squats, just to name a few. Bosu ball exercises can help gaining balance, endurance, strength and stability. The user has to constantly find his centre of gravity in order to keep his balance and avoid falling off the ball. In the process, muscles of the lower as well upper body are continuously at work. It also improves proprioception, which refers to the body’s response to external forces. Bosu thus proves to be a very versatile tool for static and dynamic balance, as well as postural stability.

Planks activate your abdominal more than exercises like crunches that involve flexing. These planks when done on the unsteady surface of Bosu, the same group of muscles are challenged to the next level. Each exercise done with the ball engages the deeper stabilising muscles throughout your body helping to keep your spine in proper alignment, thus building tight and strong abdominal and a better posture.

The Bosu ball can also be used effectively in increasing stability and mobility in older adults. So go ahead and try these exercises for a fun new way to challenge your core!