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Postby bigwhat62 » Sun May 17, 2009 1:56 am


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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby atypical1 » Sun May 17, 2009 2:06 am

I've never understood the rationale behind using a balance ball or a fitness ball to squat. It seems like you really aren't accomplishing anything (but I'm not a professional trainer....)

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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby bigwhat62 » Sun May 17, 2009 2:12 am

atypical1 wrote:I've never understood the rationale behind using a balance ball or a fitness ball to squat. It seems like you really aren't accomplishing anything (but I'm not a professional trainer....)

*link's broken BTW*.

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i understand the rationale of the ball but its so unnecessary. just pile on heavier weights on the bar and squat, and that alone will increase your core strength. plus, that just looks so dangerous.
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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby atypical1 » Sun May 17, 2009 3:41 am

Ahhhh, it's supposed to be a way of training your core? Interesting concept but I agree about just adding more weight. It seems that in order to be able to balance the bar like that you would have to use a weight that is too light to really do any good. It also looks like there's a lot of potential for an injury.

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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby Rugger » Mon May 18, 2009 3:41 am

Hate all you want, but that guy is functional as shit.
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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby atypical1 » Mon May 18, 2009 4:47 am

Rugger wrote:Hate all you want, but that guy is functional as shit.



Just how functional is "shit"?
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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby JasonLB » Mon May 18, 2009 4:55 am

Functional? At what? If squatting on a ball is a function you wish to perform, then yeah, I'd say he's pretty damn functional. But beyond that, I don't see the point...
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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby Rugger » Mon May 18, 2009 9:53 am

/sarcasm.
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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby Tintin » Mon May 18, 2009 10:10 am

Maybe he is training for an obscure sport.
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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby AD69 » Mon May 18, 2009 11:51 am

Just look at his ankle position/angle. Not only is there the huge potential for a wreck, forcing the load down at those angles will do some serious damage.

At very least, they should do it on those BOSU balls, that are half a swiss ball with a solid platform on it.
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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby Cleave » Mon May 18, 2009 1:40 pm

That just looks dangerous.

However, when I was working with my trainer we often did body weight and dumbbell/kettle bell squats on a bosu ball; specifically to work on my core for better balance and mobility. This squat on the swiss ball just looks wrong.
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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby Mehdi » Mon May 18, 2009 2:01 pm

Running shoes!
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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby bigwhat62 » Mon May 18, 2009 2:29 pm

he does have some better than average depth ;)
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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby atypical1 » Mon May 18, 2009 3:12 pm

Mehdi wrote:Running shoes!


See, I thought you were going to comment on him pushing off with the toes.
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Re: worst thing i've seen all day

Postby Mehdi » Tue May 19, 2009 12:23 pm

atypical1 wrote:
Mehdi wrote:Running shoes!


See, I thought you were going to comment on him pushing off with the toes.


There so much wrong, where do we start
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