Fitness enthusiasts may have heard of balancing balls as part of their long list of exercise equipments. However, if you are looking for a more challenging routine without having to work with that bulky work out equipments, then you might want to consider working with a bosu ball. A bosu ball exercise will allow you tone your core muscles, work on your cardio exercises, stretching, and balancing exercises by using single equipment.

You might still be wondering, how this simple workout equipment can can help you perform all this extensive workouts. To help you have a better understanding of this wonderful equipment, you must learn more about the bosu ball and the various exercise routines that you can do with it.

A bosu ball looks like a half ball with one side flat and the other side round. Using the bosu ball in doing your fitness routines will not only help you tone your muscles but it may also help you to work with your balance as well. More so, using a bosu ball for your cardio exercises is indeed a fun way to do the routine.

If you wish to start using this equipment for your routine, make sure that you are done with your stretching. Proper stretching before any work out routine is indeed very important to make sure that you will not be injuring your muscles. After doing so, you will then be ready to face the new challenge of doing a bosu ball exercise.

Firstly, cardio exercises are made more fun with a bosu ball. You only need to find your balance while standing on the dome of the bosu ball. If you are able to establish your balance, you can start to jump up on the dome of the bosu ball. By doing so, you are not only working with your cardio exercises but you are also working with your glutes because it will tighten as you are trying to keep your balance while jumping. If you become more at ease with the jumps, you can further extend its level of difficulty by jumping on and off the dome of the bosu ball. This is definitely one challenging way to do your cardio routines.

If you want to work with strengthening your abdominal muscles more, you can definitely do so with this exercise ball. You just have to position your back on top of the dome of the ball. Bend your legs while keeping the sole of your feet flat on the floor, place your arms behind your head and do the regular crunches. The bosu ball will make the routine easier for you but without compromising the effects and intensity of the routine.

These two are just the simplest and most popular way of using the bosu ball. If you manage to get used to working with it you will be amazed on how much routines you can possibly do with the bosu. This makes this equipment very popular especially for those who prefer to utilize their own house, for their exercise routines. The size of a bosu ball is just enough not to take up all the space in your living room. Thus, you can always do the routines anywhere you want without worrying of needing a lot bigger space.