Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27432 in Books
• Published on: 2006-12-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 285 pages

Synopsis
This book had 57,000 copies of the previous edition sold worldwide. It is aimed at athletes, fitness enthusiasts and professionals, as well as strength and conditioning specialists. With even more exercises and the inclusion of a DVD, this book will remain the premier strength ball training title on the market. It is the most comprehensive guide to training with Swiss balls and medicine balls to improve strength, balance, co-ordination, core stability and functional performance. It includes 110 exercises grouped by function and muscle group for easy navigation and application, and the DVD includes demonstrations of more advanced exercises, as well as a standard core training programme.

Customer Reviews

Excellent book
Ball training takes you through a number of excellent movements that will increase your strength in no time flat. Enjoyed the upper body exercises best- used as warm ups and cool downs in between sets of working chest and back exercises. Overall sound book to pick your favorites out for a fun workout.Also liked The Backsmart Fitness Plan- excellent swiss and medcine ball workouts and great abs training as well. Cheers

Not bad
Not a bad book. Lists exercises split by bodyparts. Some are standard exercises, and some require cable machines. Quite a good reference book, but there are better ones around.

Great book...
I was looking for a book to show me what more I could do with my Swiss ball than crunches and I think this book is great for that. There are 76 exercies in total, and each one is laid out on a double page, one page of which is a text based description of how to perform the exercise and which muscle groups it works, and the other page has demonstration pictures. The whole book is split in sections for different body parts. Some of the exercises do need assistance from another individual and some need additional equipment like hand weights or more than one ball. More movements are for the Swiss ball than the medicine ball, but there is a reasonable coverage of the possibilities of both.

I can't offer any comparisons with other similar books, but I would recommend this one as I like the exercises, I can feel them doing some good and it is an entertainment in itself trying not to fall off the swiss ball!