Kettlebells are the 'it' equipment in many gyms, but I find a weighted exercise ball much more useful.
You can do a lot of the same exercises as with kettlebells, snapping them from a squat to shoulder height, swinging them between your legs in a figure 8.
But you can also use them for your obliques, twisting from side to side. Or you can put the weighted ball under one hand and do push ups, then roll the ball to the other hand for more push ups.
The ball is great for getting into the chair position, and holding overhead. You can hold the ball with your elbows out and raise and lower.
A ball with handles gives you more options, like standing on one foot, with other straight out behind you. You keep the ball in your opposite hand and touch the ground, then straighten up.
Exhale Spa has a Core Fusion Sport class using a weighted ball.
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