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What is a yoga ball?
Yoga fitness ball, also known as fitness ball or yoga ball, is a ball sports tool that cooperates with sports and fitness. Most materials are soft PVC materials. When the human body is in contact with it, the internally inflated fitness ball will evenly contact the contact part of the human body, thus generating a massage effect, which is beneficial to promoting blood circulation. Yoga ball action is aimed at the abdomen, back, waist and other major parts. When practicing, you should stretch and squeeze with slow and rhythmic breathing, so that the muscles can be effectively massaged, relaxed and consume fat. At the same time, it is also a way to improve concentration, reduce mental stress and enhance endurance of limbs and spine.

Yoga ball is also called fitness ball or yoga fitness ball. It is a ball sports tool with fitness.

Most materials are made of soft PVC. When the human body is in contact with it, the internally inflated fitness ball will evenly contact the contact part of the human body, producing a massage effect with strong elasticity, which is beneficial to promoting blood circulation.

Ball yoga is a new type of fitness exercise that combines the elasticity and rolling of the ball according to the traditional yoga posture.

Ball yoga has many advantages, which not only can help us to keep fit effectively, but also has the effect of losing weight. Moreover, this kind of exercise for losing weight is especially suitable for women, with self-cultivation and shaping, perfect lines and more beautiful.

Compared with traditional yoga, "ball yoga" is more interesting. Can be used to help exercise the body's sense of balance, enhance muscle control, improve the flexibility and coordination of the body. Add actions to the sphere to make it more difficult.

Using yoga balls, you can also do a lot of stretching exercises, which can not only avoid muscle soreness, but also play a role in massage. When people are in full contact with the ball, it will massage the human body well. Achieve that function of relieving tension.

However, it is more difficult for beginners to use yoga balls. It takes some time to practice to play that huge ball flexibly, which requires more practice.

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Four fitness effects of yoga ball:

1. You can do it even if you have a back injury. Because of the soft stress, the yoga ball is relatively safe, even people who need to recover from back injuries can practice it, which can avoid excessive impact on joints and is relatively easy to do.

2. Train human balance. Yoga ball is an "unstable" sports equipment. When you leave the ground with the help of a yoga ball, try to keep your balance, prevent the ball from rolling and prevent yourself from falling off the ball. This requires the comprehensive strength control of legs, waist and abdomen, in order to maintain the coordination and muscle strength of the body well.

3. Massage function. Yoga ball will try to make the body fully contact with the spherical surface, and the yoga ball is made of soft PVC material. When the human body comes into contact with it, the yoga ball will massage the body evenly and gently, which is conducive to promoting blood circulation.

4. Correct posture. When you sit on the yoga ball, all parts of your body are constantly making subtle adjustments to keep your body stable. These small movements can promote blood circulation, strengthen the strength of the back and abdomen, make you sit up straight, involuntarily open your shoulders, and correct your long-term wrong sitting posture. Pay attention to when using yoga balls:

1. When pumping up the ball, hit "eight points full" to make the ball more elastic and easy to grip.

2. Yoga balls come in various sizes. Beginners can use small balls first, which is more convenient to control. Generally speaking, a big ball is easier to keep balance, and a small ball is lighter, but it is not easy to keep balance.

3. When playing yoga ball at home, you can spread a yoga mat or towel on the floor to keep it clean and not easy to slip.

4. Although yoga ball is not easy to get hurt, we should pay attention to maintaining balance, especially when doing difficult movements such as wheel-type, and we must support it with our hands when recovering.

Yoga ball action is aimed at the abdomen, back, waist and other major parts. When practicing, you should stretch and squeeze with slow and rhythmic breathing, so that the muscles can be effectively massaged, relaxed and consume fat. At the same time, it is also a way to improve concentration, reduce mental stress and enhance endurance of limbs and spine.

Practitioners should cooperate with gentle movements such as slow breathing, stretching and squeezing when doing exercises, so that the muscles in these parts can be effectively massaged, relaxed and consume energy, so they will not feel tired after exercise. Take advantage of the bright color, elasticity and free rolling of the ball, while dancing with the ball, listen to the voice of the body, enjoy the fun brought by yoga ball and eliminate the fatigue of the day. The highest realm of yoga ball is the unity of human and ball, which achieves the full contact between human body and spherical surface.

Practitioners should cooperate with gentle movements such as slow breathing, stretching and squeezing when doing exercises, so that the muscles in these parts can be effectively massaged, relaxed and consume energy, so they will not feel tired after exercise. Take advantage of the bright color, elasticity and free rolling of the ball, while dancing with the ball, listen to the voice of the body, enjoy the fun brought by yoga ball and eliminate the fatigue of the day. The highest realm of yoga ball is the unity of human and ball, which achieves the full contact between human body and spherical surface. Yoga ball is not naturally combined with yoga, but a new exercise mode combined with yoga introduced through the continuous development of traditional yoga. There are many people practicing yoga now. Everyone's age and signs are different, and the intensity and way of exercise also vary from person to person. Traditional yoga is not stretched in place or exerted too hard, which is easy to cause damage to soft tissues, bones and joints. Yoga auxiliary equipment is perfect, such as yoga towel, yoga brick, yoga mat, yoga belt, yoga ball and so on. Among them, yoga ball is a special tool: it combines elasticity and rollability, and acts on the whole body, thus rebounding some strength and not being injured. It also includes the stretching, strength, endurance and mechanism of yoga, which does not need a special market, is easy to learn and is more suitable for physical exercise of all kinds of people. Yoga is an effective and interesting way to exercise. It has become a new fashion movement, accepted and respected by the public, and swept the world.

Proper yoga ball exercise can promote health and coordinate the whole body. Besides, it has various activities: it can lift, ride, lie down, pat, kick, press and so on. Its fitness effect is good, especially beneficial to the exercise of spine and pelvis; It also has good auxiliary injury recovery and rehabilitation functions, especially for low back pain diseases; Moreover, it is safer during exercise and is not easy to get hurt; At the same time, it can gradually restore and improve the flexibility and balance of people (including patients and injured people), and has the function of adjusting posture and heart and lungs. There is also a slimming effect: it is especially suitable for people with fat abdomen and thick hands and feet. With the help of simple yoga movements, you can create a perfect image.