Using Your Exercise Ball For Weight-Loss

The exercise ball is the next yoga...a universal fitness craze that not only trims and tones range of movement than floor based programmes and can therefore isolate, strengthen and stretch every muscle in your body. This is the first ball book to combine core stability workouts, toning exercises, cardiovascular aerobics, delicious recipes and a sensible eating plan to help you achieve gradual, sustainable weight loss. With regular practice, results can be gained quickly. Working out with an exercise ball will soon give you long, lean muscles and the enviable posture of a dancer. The exercise ball prevents and aids back and postural problems by strengthening our core stability muscles — it is an essential piece of equipment for all health and fitness professionals. American actress Ming-Na of hit TV series, ER, insists that it was the 30 minutes a day on the ball that helped her regain her figure, post pregnancy. Supermodel Naomi Campbell is also a convert. Exercise balls are fun, versatile, easy to store and cheap and available to buy on the street or in your local health and fitness centre. Lucy Knight is a professional fitness consultant and trained dancer. Over the years, she has managed a busy health centre and built up her portfolio of health and fitness qualifications to include ballet, gym instruction, yoga, pilates, reflexology and diet and nutrition. She has written and presented eight gymball programmes on video and DVD and acted as a fitness consultant to Avon Cosmetics, Kellogg's Special K and Marks and Spencer. Her media profile is ever growing and she has featured in magazines such as Best, Slimmer Magazine and Mother and Baby.