You may have seen them before, people in the gym that believe that they are training for the circus. They hop up on to a stability ball and start doing a number of different exercises. You think to your self two things one are they training for the circus and two that must really be great. Or three like me what a stupidly reckless thing to do.
Does it create better athletes, or train more strength ? The best answer is no it does not. This is for a number of reasons.
- It is super high risk for the benefit. There are many better pieces of equipment that train balance compared to standing on a ball or even a Bosu trainer for that matter.
- your feet are in a bad anatomical position, you tell me one sport that your feet need to be everted. Think real hard. I cannot think of one. So you may be training some balance but you are also training bad bio mechanics of the body. This can and will over time cause issues.
- It an ego thing... and truth be told not all that hard to do. It is not even as hard as a full squat on one leg in a pistol position.
So if you see some one doing this ask them if they are training for the circus.
