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While more and more of us are resorting to hitting the gym to live a healthy lifestyle, it is a fact that gymming restricts you by forcing you to stick to your training machines while exercising. While you are definitely engaging certain muscles of the body, the rest of your body meanwhile is neglected. Free weights like dumbbells do solve that problem and allow you to move unrestricted through space, but the Bosu ball takes it a step further by putting all your core to work and making even the simplest exercises more challenging and involving. You can frolic around the bosu ball if you wish, but be warned that even that will be hard work. It resembles half a giant ball with a rigid plastic base. Like a stability ball, Bosu ball's rounded top offers good support for abdominal and back stretches. Take a look at all the benefits Bosu ball offers. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Bosu ball can be used for balance training by placing the ball face down. It is best recommended for balance training as it will force you to keep yourself steady as it wobbles around. If you are just starting out, begin by simply maintaining your balance on the flat platform. (Source: Runtastic Fitness/ YouTube)
It can be very helpful in recovering from injuries and relieving back pain as it has an unstable surface which works out the muscles of the lower limb and the superficial trunk muscles. (Source: Runtastic Fitness/ YouTube)
Using a bosu ball will benefit your cardiac system. There are a host of exercises that you can try, to get the full-quota of training for your cardiac system. (Source: Runtastic Fitness/ YouTube)
Bosu training can also make you more alert as your muscles and the receptors near them will become more efficient. (Source: Runtastic Fitness/ YouTube)
It helps you to improve your muscle strength and control. For example, you use muscle control when you place a hand on your friend's shoulder gently instead of pounding it. Bosu will help you improve such muscle contractions. (Source: Runtastic Fitness/ YouTube)
Unlike your gym equipment, a bosu ball is inexpensive and can be used to do a variety of exercises. So with a bosu ball around, you don't need to buy a separate machine for every workout. (Source: Runtastic Fitness/ YouTube)
The unstable surface of the Bosu ball strengthens your stabilising muscles or small muscles, the ones you didn't know you had. (Source: Runtastic Fitness/ YouTube)
Using a bosu ball in your routine exercise increases the flexibility of the muscle and builds the core muscles in the body. (Source: Runtastic Fitness/ YouTube)
