In the beginning there was stability

Working out gets serious when the gym sauce mixologist concocts a witch’s brew of stability. It also means the return of the fitness kingdom’s court jester… Stability ball. This freaking rubber globe is the heckler to my fragile ego’s chronic stutter. So jolly looking. Innocent and juvenile. “Bounce, bounce, bounce.” Says the Pied Piper. “Come out and follow… I’ve brought the big fat squishy orb to brighten your day.” Yeah right! Ask the rats how that lemming’s song ends.

Constructed of $.35 cents worth of high grade PVC and has a non-slip surface, this unassuming jokester aggravates the humanity out of me. The Eddie Haskell of the exercise world will pull a chair right out from under me before affixing the halo of cuteness for the world to see. I once drop-kicked a stability ball across the room in justifiable rage – by the scowls shot in my direction from my fellow patrons, you would’ve thought I had just punted the Pomeranian of a wheelchair-bound blind widow.

Let’s begin the precarious tightrope walk of public humiliation by inflatable sphere and gaining greater strength, agility, and most importantly, stability.

Chest / Triceps

3 x 12 Stability Ball Chest Press – 50lbs dumb bells

3 x 12 Cable / Rope Tricep Press Outs

3 x 12 Stability Ball Pushups J

3 x 12 Plank Pushups

Legs

3 x 12 each leg Machine Leg Press with one leg

3 x 12 each leg Bench Step Up Pee-Wee Hermans – 20lbs dumb bells

3 x :45 seconds Linebacker Squats

3 x 12 Donkey Calf – 125lbs

Back / Biceps

3 x 12 Deadlifts – 155lbs

3 x 12 Narrow Grip Rows – 120lbs

3 x 21 Bicep 21’s (full / upper / lower)

3 x 12 Reverse Flys – machine – 105lbs

Core / Shoulders

3 x 12 Stability Ball Plank Rollouts

3 x 30 Stability Ball Mountain Clibers

3 x 12 Hanging Knee Tucks

3 x 12 Shoulder Press – machine

(Rest 60 seconds between each round, and then 20 minutes of cardio)