Comments on: How To: Swiss Ball Bridge http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html Coaching and Training From a New England Perspective Fri, 20 Jan 2012 03:44:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: This Week Last Year: Swiss Balls and Transcontinental Relays « Run to Win » http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-36158 This Week Last Year: Swiss Balls and Transcontinental Relays « Run to Win » Sat, 05 May 2007 06:37:26 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html#comment-36158 [...] continued my animated workout series with how to do a swiss ball bridge, which takes the standard exercise and makes it a little more challenging. The discussion about [...] [...] continued my animated workout series with how to do a swiss ball bridge, which takes the standard exercise and makes it a little more challenging. The discussion about [...]

]]> By: Body Building without Weights - Personal Development for Smart People Forums http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-22905 Body Building without Weights - Personal Development for Smart People Forums Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:47:53 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html#comment-22905 [...] As has been mentioned, though, you want to use multiple muscle groups together and avoid machines if you want to get real strength. The only machines I ever use are things coming off of a pulley; most exercises I do are either body weight, dumbell or barbell. One piece of equipment that I suggest that you get is a swiss ball. There are a lot of exercises that you can do with one that work things differently than just laying on the floor. [...] [...] As has been mentioned, though, you want to use multiple muscle groups together and avoid machines if you want to get real strength. The only machines I ever use are things coming off of a pulley; most exercises I do are either body weight, dumbell or barbell. One piece of equipment that I suggest that you get is a swiss ball. There are a lot of exercises that you can do with one that work things differently than just laying on the floor. [...]

]]> By: Muscle Ventures Video Analysis http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-6054 Muscle Ventures Video Analysis Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:27:56 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html#comment-6054 <strong>BOSU Jackknifes...</strong> Nancy and I present the BOSU jackknife, an ab exercise that uses both a BOSU (a sort of Swiss Ball chopped in half) and a medicine ball. If you're a fan of Blaine Moore's series on bridge exercises, then this exercise might be a nice next step up th... BOSU Jackknifes…

Nancy and I present the BOSU jackknife, an ab exercise that uses both a BOSU (a sort of Swiss Ball chopped in half) and a medicine ball. If you’re a fan of Blaine Moore’s series on bridge exercises, then this exercise might be a nice next step up th…

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-2637 Blaine Moore Thu, 25 May 2006 01:17:12 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html#comment-2637 Bud, thanks for the heads up. I have no idea how it got set this way, but somehow the article was set to be private. It is fixed now; that was much better than my having accidently deleting it and then having to go through some backups to see if I could find it again. Thanks for the link to the video; that is great. I can't wait to try it. Bud, thanks for the heads up. I have no idea how it got set this way, but somehow the article was set to be private. It is fixed now; that was much better than my having accidently deleting it and then having to go through some backups to see if I could find it again.

Thanks for the link to the video; that is great. I can’t wait to try it.

]]> By: How To: Bridge w/knee tuck « Run to Win » http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-2636 How To: Bridge w/knee tuck « Run to Win » Thu, 25 May 2006 01:15:15 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html#comment-2636 [...] Bud Gibson expanded upon my normal bridge and swiss ball bridge articles to show how to do a swiss ball bridge with a knee tuck. [...] [...] Bud Gibson expanded upon my normal bridge and swiss ball bridge articles to show how to do a swiss ball bridge with a knee tuck. [...]

]]> By: Bud Gibson http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-2619 Bud Gibson Wed, 24 May 2006 22:08:05 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html#comment-2619 Blaine, I tried to track back but am not sure it worked. We posted a follow up to this video how-to here: http://muscleventures.com/video/2006/05/bridge_plus_knee_tuck_with_swi.html I think between our takes on these exercises, people will have a nice progression. BTW, I note that your original 4/18 how-to on the bridge exercise has gone missing. Blaine, I tried to track back but am not sure it worked. We posted a follow up to this video how-to here:

http://muscleventures.com/video/2006/05/bridge_plus_knee_tuck_with_swi.html

I think between our takes on these exercises, people will have a nice progression. BTW, I note that your original 4/18 how-to on the bridge exercise has gone missing.

]]> By: Blaine Moore http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-1142 Blaine Moore Mon, 08 May 2006 14:13:07 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html#comment-1142 Next time I take pictures I will have to try using the video mode. I have not used it before on my camera so I am not so sure how well that will come out. It would certainly make it easier to get a full range of motion through on the same repitition, though. Right now I do a lot of fudging and mix and match. Next time I take pictures I will have to try using the video mode. I have not used it before on my camera so I am not so sure how well that will come out. It would certainly make it easier to get a full range of motion through on the same repitition, though. Right now I do a lot of fudging and mix and match.

]]> By: Bud Gibson http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-970 Bud Gibson Sat, 06 May 2006 23:32:10 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html#comment-970 I like the way you are using photographs to illustrate the exercise. Our approach at <a href="http://muscleventures.com/video" rel="nofollow">Muscle Ventures</a> is to use the camera's video functionality and then do screen captures. This can really help in situations in which the exercise requires complex movement. you can do a sort of stop-motion photography effect. You don't need any of this for bridging exercises which are essentially static. It might be of interest to watch you hold it through the video, though. How do you get on? How do you dismount? I like the way you are using photographs to illustrate the exercise. Our approach at Muscle Ventures is to use the camera’s video functionality and then do screen captures. This can really help in situations in which the exercise requires complex movement. you can do a sort of stop-motion photography effect.

You don’t need any of this for bridging exercises which are essentially static. It might be of interest to watch you hold it through the video, though. How do you get on? How do you dismount?

]]> By: Active vs Passive Resistance (or, why keep your balance on a swiss ball?) « Run to Win » http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-871 Active vs Passive Resistance (or, why keep your balance on a swiss ball?) « Run to Win » Fri, 05 May 2006 16:21:04 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html#comment-871 [...] The other way to encourage muscle growth is by resisting the movement of a mass of some kind. [..] The natural inclination when you are on a swiss ball is to roll to the side. You engage your obliques to prevent your body from twisting, and the fact that you are trying to prevent your torso from rolling onto the floor is a great exercise in and of itself. You are training your body to do more than one thing at a time, and you are causing your muscles to learn how to work together to accomplish a goal. [...] [...] The other way to encourage muscle growth is by resisting the movement of a mass of some kind. [..] The natural inclination when you are on a swiss ball is to roll to the side. You engage your obliques to prevent your body from twisting, and the fact that you are trying to prevent your torso from rolling onto the floor is a great exercise in and of itself. You are training your body to do more than one thing at a time, and you are causing your muscles to learn how to work together to accomplish a goal. [...]

]]> By: Liv http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html/comment-page-1#comment-833 Liv Thu, 04 May 2006 20:27:55 +0000 http://news.runtowin.com/2006/05/02/how-to-swiss-ball-bridge.html#comment-833 I LOVE the Swiss ball - but I have a really tough time keeping my balance on it! I LOVE the Swiss ball – but I have a really tough time keeping my balance on it!

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