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Exercise Balls For Dummies [Paperback]

LaReine Chabut (Author)
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May 6, 2005
If you want to shape up or lose weight, get on the ball!

It’s inexpensive. It’s something you can do at home. It’s effective!

However, unless you have a personal trainer, using the exercise ball correctly to get maximum results can be tricky. That’s where Exercise Balls For Dummies comes in. You’ll discover how to turn an ordinary workout into a super workout that builds strength, increases flexibility, and sculpts a great-looking body. The book includes:

  • Step-by-step details on using exercise balls in your regular workout program
  • Tips on selecting and maintaining equipment
  • Illustrated exercises covering a complete muscle workout: shoulders and upper back; biceps, triceps, and forearms; chest abdominals and lower back; legs and hips: flexibility in general
  • Specific applications for Pilates, weight training, stretching, and aerobic exercise
  • Mat workout routines

Admitted couch potatoes can start at the beginning; fitness fanatics can jump right in and integrate the exercise ball into their routines. Exercise Balls For Dummies was written by LaReine Chabut, a fitness model, actress, and writer who owns a women’s workout spa and stars in workout videos. Of course, she makes it look easy!


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Build strength and increase your flexibility

Tone and shape your entire body at home with ease

Want to get a great-looking body using affordable equipment? Packed with step-by-step photos and crystal-clear instructions, this friendly guide shows you how to use an exercise ball in your workout, as well as incorporate it into Pilates, weight training, stretching, and aerobics routines. You'll also see how to add other gear to get even more from your workout.

Discover how to

  • Select and maintain equipment
  • Work every major muscle group
  • Improve your core stability
  • Enhance your balance and coordination
  • Alter your workout for pregnancy and other special circumstances

About the Author

LaReine Chabut is a well-known fitness expert who has her International Sports Sciences Association certification and her American Fitness and Aerobics certification.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 382 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (May 6, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0764556231
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764556234
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,148 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Relieved My Back Pain!, January 29, 2006
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Exercise Balls For Dummies has everything it takes to be on the best seller list. The chapter that focuses on stretching alone helped relieve years of chronic back pain. Great job to the author LaReine Chabut for writing and illustrating such a complete and comprehensive guide for everyone. A must read on everybody's list!
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to understand, October 4, 2005
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Jennifer P (Gainesville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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Includes care for and selection of your ball. Strength, flexibility, and balance related exercises clearly categorized, and well explained.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for use with your exercise ball..., March 19, 2006
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This is a great book with easy to follow directions for each exercise. This book also has photos that make following the written directions so much easier. EXACTLY what I was looking for!
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As I mention earlier in the introduction, this book is for people who don't have a lot of prior knowledge about the subject at hand (in this case, working out using an exercise ball). Read the first page
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Joseph Pilates, Doing Different Activities, Easy Stretch Workout, Sexy Arms, Walking Tall, Aquilino Cosani, Bending Over Backward, Booty Patrol, Cheat Sheet, Every Kid Loves, Marching Marching, Variety Is the Spice of Life
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