I'll admit it: For years, I avoided adding a medicine ball to my workouts. Frankly, I was intimidated by the large weighted ball, imagining it was meant solely for hard-core exercisers with 18-inch ...

Medicine balls are small, weighted exercise equipment great for strengthening your abs and core. Though you can use just one weight, using multiple sizes can make the workouts more versatile. It's ...

These are my favorite stability ball exercises for building core strength and stability. The stability ball, also known as the "swiss ball" in the US, is such a common piece of exercise equipment that ...

Regularly performing ball squeezing exercises can significantly enhance hand strength and dexterity. This is particularly beneficial for individuals who rely on fine motor skills in their daily tasks ...

Nothing will humble you like an exercise ball. Working with an exercise ball can also help you improve your sense of your body in space, a.k.a. proprioception, Jeffers explains. “Stability ball ...

Rebuilding muscle after 50 doesn't have to mean endless hours at the gym. In fact, some of the most effective exercises use nothing more than a Swiss ball to challenge your body in ways traditional ...

Have you ever practiced a medicine ball workout and lost control of the ball? It might not happen often, but if it does, it can totally mess up your momentum. The slam ball workout below is a ...

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 ...

Pregnancy is one of the most intense physical challenges a person can go through, so it's important to take things easy. With that being said, you still want to stay reasonably active. You may not ...

Any Pilates fans out there will know what a difference a Pilates ball makes. Take my word for it: as someone who has done Pilates almost every week for the past 18 months, classes that include the use ...

MIDWEEK. ALL RIGHT, IT’S TIME FOR 11 FITNESS CHARLES HARRIS JOINING US THIS MORNING. LOOK I’M GOOD I HAVE MY HEELS ON. JUST TOOK THEM BACK OFF BECAUSE HE HANDED ME A MEDICINE BALL. AND I SAID I KNOW ...

Walls balls in your workout usually guarantee internal (and external, audible) groaning, dips in motivation, and a whole load of wheezing as you strain to complete those last few reps and hit that ...