Exercise Ball As Desk Chair
Measure your current chair and aim to have the diameter of the ball be about 4 inches 10 2 cm higher than your current chair.
Exercise ball as desk chair. The idea of sitting on an exercise ball instead of a traditional office chair is that the instability of an exercise ball requires the user to increase trunk muscle activation and thus increase core strength improve posture and decrease discomfort. The metal chair frame offers four leg rest and four backrest positions and like similar styles the ball can be removed and used. Choose the right fitness ball for your height and weight. Besides being much cheaper than buying a new desk or a more expensive chair the exercise ball chair promised to allow me to work in some abdominal exercise throughout the day and possibly improve.
Studies are split on the theory that sitting on an exercise ball increases core strength. 2 if you are of average weight and you are under 5 3 160 cm you should choose a 55 cm 21 7 inch diameter exercise ball. Sitting on a stability ball doesn t automatically improve core strength but when used correctly and with good posture it offers subtle benefits as an alternate desk chair. The idea behind using an exercise ball instead of an office chair.