When I joined the crazy-cheap gym I noticed these big balls over in the corner. I know they are the key element to that new fandangled fad called Yoga. I saw the womens sitting on them, doing crunches & leg lifts. If I had one of those at home it would be the leading excuse for fighting in our house.
“Mommmmmmmmmm! Tyler threw the ball at my head and knocked me through the front window. AGAIN.”
“Mooooooommmmmm, Kara won’t let let me have a turn on the big ball!!”
After working out one day I noticed the Yoga Ladies weren’t at the ball corner and the balls were all just sitting there, ready to be sat on and played with. I had watched the Yoga Ladies enough to be able to mimic the things they were doing on the big bouncy balls.
With confidence I walked over and sat down on one. Comfortable. I then stretched out my legs a bit and something strange happened…it felt good. It felt good to be sitting on the balls. I wiggled my butt on the balls and I could feel that if I moved just a little bit, I would actually get a nice little work out.
It got to the point where as soon as I got to the gym, all I wanted to do was work out on the balls. They have these things called Medicine Balls. While sitting on the balls, you could have balls in your hands.
Yesterday I skipped the gym, but still thought about the balls. I missed the balls. I like how the balls were making me feel. My back was starting to feel better and that is a good thing. I have rationalized in my head the reasons I should buy some balls that I can have at home and not have to share with anyone else.
I think that if I had balls I would be able to strengthen my back and things would get easier for me.
If I had balls I could get in and out of the car with ease and I would be able to drive better.
If I had balls I would be able to lift heavy things.
If I had balls I would be able to sit for longer periods of time.
Yes, I am pretty certain I need to get me some balls and my life will be so much easier.
41 responses to “it just sounds nasty.”
MY MIND IS SO IN THE GUTTER! Glad you enjoy big and small balls. Isnt that what it is all about. A good workout!
Balls….hmmm, gotta love em!
but i’ve got the biggest balls of them all.
yes, thank you, that is in my head now.
Balls make the world go round.
Isn’t there an AC/DC song about this?
I had a big ball. I loved my big ball too, but the kids got ahold of it and now it’s all deflated and wrinkly looking.
Balls are…
Goooood
Ugly but good.
Seeing as all the obvious snarky comments have been made, I’ll say I LOVE the EXERCISE balls. They are great for your back. To stretch your back and do all sorts of excercises. I have one at home and the kids know to leave it alone. One of my coworkers even has one in a little rolly stand and uses that as her desk chair.
Those big blue balls at the gym are my personal favorite.
The problem with the balls is that once you get them home, they get hair on them.
(From your PETS, what were you thinking??!)v
OOOO I LOVE MY BALLS ! I bought some for my house- cause all the little snobby skinny bitches hog the balls at my gym. So I had to go buy my own balls. I love them…alot. Hubby is jealous that I dont love…oh wait this is not appropriate…hehe…Get you your own balls…but be warned this little money-food suckers that live with you WILL LIKE THEM & BREAK THINGS WITH THEM…speaking from experience here.
ROFLMAO!!!! I love it!!
And yep – I have a total gutter mind. :)
Balls totally have their place in our lives, no?
My mom is going to give me her ball.
There is nothing like second hand – used balls
My kids killed my ball. Before I even got to play with it. I have ball envy too.
I bought mine at Target.
I also bought mom’s at Target too but if you can get some use out of it, great.
My balls are sore just thinking of all this ball related activity. Ouch!
The whole time I’m reading this my mind is soo not where it’s suppose to be.
I have one of those balls-I use it to rest my feet on and roll it back and forth.
OK, bringing home used balls? Bad enough.
Bringing home balls used previously by one’s MOTHER?
Well…actually, that’s kind of hot…
i will sidestep the obvious comments about the balls… :)
i purchased an excersize ball when i got pregnant…its what i sit on when i am at my computer…i do not own a chair anymore… :) i love it…
peace…
My son and hubs talk about balls all the time.
After I work out, I get Schwetty balls. Did you know they have a chair that uses one of these balls?
I could say some things here about your liking the balls, but I’ll restrain myself
You know, where I work you have to have balls to get what you want……oh and a banana helps too!!!!
I’ve found that I need to be careful to NOT sit on balls, or I really hurt myself.
Yoga women sit on big balls and play with a smaller set of balls at the same time??
That’s a class I gotta take.
Yep, balls on your ass. Balls in your hands. It’s crazy what they do at the gym nowadays.
Hey just wanted to say I’m going out of town so played SPF early this week…hope you’ll still stop by!
mmm… mmm… good!
I got me a great big ball too…
LOTS of uses!
Oh, and btw… yes, when it’s available the kids ALWAYS fight over it! There are some strange phrases uttered around here! LOL
Best of luck with your balls!
See how yoga puts your mind in the gutter?! (Although I think the balls are actually for pilates, but whatever.) Whatever the activity, balls are always welcome.
Kalki- Yeah I think it might be for Pilates, but I was going to say that because I don’t have spell check and my ass is too lazy to go look up them big fancy words.
And you could sing, “I’ve got the biggest balls of them all!”
My physical therapist makes me sit on balls too.
And by the way, I am impressed by how many times you said balls in this post.
Those balls are AMAZING for pregnant women to sit on and they are great for in labor. I used one in labor with all three of my kids.
And…oh yeah…gotta share my story…
I once washed Mikhail Baryshnikov’s big blue balls. ;-)
(I worked a dance concert when he came to town several years ago and one of my jobs was to help the physical therapist that traveled with them wash his big blue exercise balls and put them, with the barre, on stage for him to warm up.)
I miss the balls from my old job – when we wouldn’t have patient’s I would used a ball as a chair – and my back felt soooo good… I miss the balls too.
I was gonna say balls are not for yoga they are for pilates, but I didn’t wanna sound like a know-it-all. So kalki beat me to it. I love my balls. Got them at Target too!
I have a BIG PURPLE ball. LOVES IT!!!
And I file full of wonderful excercises to do on it. Let me know if you’d like a copy!
While I’m all for balls and everything…
I don’t like the yoga balls. But that could have something to do with falling on my ass everytime I sit on one. Graceful, huh?
How in the hell did I miss this?!!!!
Now I have a song by AC DC in my head. “We’ve got big balls. We’ve got the biggest … balls of them all.”
My balls are always bouncy
my balls are always full
….
I’ll be singing this all day long.
get the right size. the big yoga ones are 75cm