Valeo Body Ball (75 cm)

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Product Features

• 75 cm body ball for improving balance, coordination, and flexibility
• Designed for people between 6 foot 1 inch and 6 foot 9 inches tall
• Specially formulated to deflate slowly if punctured
• Includes step-by-step exercise program with wall chart
• Comes with high-volume, dual-action air pump

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
The Valeo 75-centimeter body ball helps improve your core strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and muscle tone, making it an ideal addition to your exercise routine. Sitting on the body ball forces your body to stay balanced, thereby strengthening your stabilizing muscles and core. You can design an extremely effective workout routine using the ball as a bench for dumbbell flies, shoulder presses, or ab crunches. The 75 cm body ball is designed for people who stand between 6' 1" and 6' 9". Valeo also makes 55 cm and 65 cm sizes.

Product Description
75 cm. Exercise ball. Includes a wall chart illustrating step-by-step exercise program and a high volume air pump.

Product Details

Instructions on how to properly inflate fitness balls [185kb PDF]

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007IS6YC
• Item model number: VA4484RE
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (150 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #476 in Sports & Outdoors (See Bestsellers in Sports & Outdoors)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

67 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Its a ball, April 9, 2007

By	B. Beach (Telluride, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This was big enough to use as a chair, but I went back to the standard office chair after the novelty wore off. I use this mostly to just bend backwards and chill out. The pump that came with it was easy to use, but I think I read others had problems. Not sure why. It's a good size (I'm 5' 8") and I wouldn't want a smaller one. How much can you say about a ball? It deflates for storage. Can be rolled out of way for those that don't want to lift it. If you drop it, it won't break. Oh well, don't take my word for it. Read yet another review about a ball to be sure.

May 17, 2009 update: got letter from company saying that some balls popped when inflated all the way and then used. Advice in instructions says not to inflate all way, but you know the old saying: if you make an idiot-proof product they'll make a better idiot.

47 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good size for bouncing your baby, and it really is 65cm, November 28, 2006

By	snapcrackle "snapcrackle" (United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

There are so many comments here about the ball being smaller than its stated size. That's hard to understand. You inflate it to the proper size, so if it's a blue ball and it's not 25.5" tall (80" in circumference) - well, just pump more air in. It doesn't get that much more difficult to keep pumping air in, that's not a problem.

While it's sold as an exercise ball, you'll see these balls used a lot for labor and newborns. The local maternity center uses the 65 cm size ball, probably because it's the right size for most people's height. 65 cm = 25.6 inches, so when you sit on it, it squeezes down to about the height of a regular chair (which are usually around 18" to the seat). So if you're wondering which size to get, you can more or less use the height guidelines in the product description, using the height of the person using it most. The idea is, you sit on the ball holding the baby and bounce with the adorable little screaming darling.

The pump system is adequate, eventually it gets pumped up. If you don't pump too aggressively, you can still hear the TV over the sound! It would be nice if the tube was a little longer, so it could reach the floor without pulling the tube out now and then.

The instructions could be better - they don't really explain what the parts are, so you have to figure out that the things that look like golf tees are the caps for the balls, and you need to insert one to keep the air in. Still, not difficult. Though I wouldn't want to have to do it too often.

The tape they provide to make sure you inflate the ball to the right size is awkward, but in the end it works.

Like with many items, the price at Amazon fluctuates from day to day, it seems, and bears no relation to the prices of the bigger or smaller balls.

It does have a bit of an odor at first, like lots of similar plastic products (such as shower curtains) it emits some fumes for a while. Try to let it air out some when it's new.

They don't include the lyrics to the Bouncy Ball song, to sing to your baby, but they go as follows: "Bouncy ball, bouncy ball, bouncy bouncy bouncy ball." Repeat as needed.

33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars kissing concrete, September 27, 2007

By	C. Richards (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The 75cm Valeo Body Ball ("burst resistant" per the box) performed faithfully for seven months until it ruptured yesterday. I am 6'4", 200# and was prone using two 10# dumbbells when it burst beneath me and dropped me face first on the smooth concrete floor. The tear was nearly fully circumferential around the middle of the ball. Fortunately, I only had a couple of small abrasions. The ball had no previous damage, leak or or other warning sign of weakness or impending failure. It was replaced with a more expensive, stronger ball that is now used with a thick foam exercise mat underneath.