Squats

Deacjr
Deacjr Posts: 8
edited September 26 in Fitness and Exercise
Here is a new idea to squating. I had knee surgery back in 2002 and I hate squating yet I know it's very important towards building the muscles around my knee. Therefore I squat on a Bosu ball upside down. This idea when first exposed to was life changing, in a way that I couldn't believe the difficulty in attempting. I hated the drill so much that I purchased my own Bosu ball and have now mastered different types of squating on it. It has so much relief on my knees that I don't even feel it after working out yet my legs are becoming greatly defined. I've gotten radical and challenge anyone to at least try it. It's a full body workout that you couldn't even imagine especially core work, which is the center of everything we do. I pray this helps someone just as it did me.

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  • zapaduh
    zapaduh Posts: 1 Member
    Thanks for posting! I'm not sure I understand how to do this and would love to know more. Can you give detailed instructions?

    Thanks so much!
  • menchi
    menchi Posts: 297 Member
    Like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkbNIkPuaCM

    Or with the flat side down?
  • skinnylizzard
    skinnylizzard Posts: 460 Member
    Dude! That's awesome, takes so much concentration! I've been really wanting to start doing that type of workout. I see people doing it at the gym and I have dabbled a little, but it's so HARD!!!!! I can tell though that it would be awesome once you master the balancing!
  • jellyfishjen
    jellyfishjen Posts: 1,787 Member
    bump
  • Deacjr
    Deacjr Posts: 8
    Find you a Bosu ball and flip it with the flat side facing up. Stand near a wall or have someone help you balance your feet as you gather yourself. Keep your legs in close until comfortable and you can go wide to deepen the squat. I first started out just squating w/nothing. then progressed to squatting for a minute, the first 30 seconds holding a medicine ball in a rebound position under your chin and elbows wide, the last 30 seconds of the minute go up and down with control. Don't try to raise yet balance from inside out first, push through your heels not the front of your toes and your knees shouldn't extend over your toes if that's the case then you are applying too much pressure on your knees. Try it and see, you'll be amazed at the sweat and tension you build up from under your chest through your hips and above the knees. Also engage your core the whole time.
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