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Almost every gym has a gym ball (AKA Swiss, exercise or stability ball), but you rarely see it used. That’s a pity because it adds another dimension to core exercises. “One of my favorite reasons for ...

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Some moves were just made to turn your health gains upside down. Enter the Swiss ball pike. The instability of the surface (ie, the fact that you’re all over the shop) forces you to engage your core.

There are so many exercises you can use a stability ball for, especially when it comes to targeting your core. Why? Because this fitness tool, otherwise known as an exercise or Swiss ball, challenges ...

Bored of your regular ab workouts? These medicine ball exercises for beginners spice things up—*and* target your core in all the right places. Core exercises used to be my favorite, but hours of ...

As runners, we prefer to be out there running. But we know, by now, that strength training is important for improving performance and preventing injury, so we make the time. Still, run-of-the-mill sit ...

Pilates has taught us that you don't need to invest in expensive equipment to get a great core workout at home. But one simple tool — the humble Pilates ball — may be worth grabbing anyway. A Pilates ...

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Whether you call them gym balls, pregnancy balls or exercise balls, there’s no doubting that a Swiss ball can be a useful ...