1. Is yoga effective for losing weight?
Yoga balls can tighten the muscles in loose parts, strengthen the stability of the back, reduce back pain and increase fat consumption with high metabolic rate. Long-term use can also effectively correct posture, perfect curve, promote brain balance and flexibility of limbs, improve blood circulation, strengthen cardiopulmonary function, straighten spine, and then improve hunchback problem. Especially suitable for sisters with fat abdomen and thick hands and legs.
1, Yoga ball is relatively safe because of its soft stress. 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. Yoga ball is an "unstable" sports equipment. When you leave the ground with the help of a yoga ball, try to keep 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. The yoga ball will try to make the body fully contact with the spherical surface, and the yoga ball is made of soft PVC. 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.
When you sit on the yoga ball, all parts of your body are constantly fine-tuned 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.
2. How to lose weight with yoga balls?
1, basic formula-thin buttocks
Put the yoga ball on the ground, hold it with both hands and sit on it. In front of the ball, your feet are shoulder width apart, your thighs are 90 degrees, and your upper body is upright. After sitting firmly, bend your hands, put your fists on the side, and start playing yoga ball regularly up and down, with a slightly larger range, so that your feet are off the ground and your hands naturally swing with the rhythm of playing. Play for 5 minutes in a row, and don't hunch over the whole time.
2. Jack jumps up-thin thighs
Sit on the yoga ball, put your hands on the ball to support your body, and keep your upper body straight. To play yoga, separate your feet as far as possible along the sphere, then close them, repeat for 3 times, then stand up, raise your left hand and do side exercises to the right. At this point, put your right hand back on the ball. Sit down again, repeat the bouncing action, and do body side movement to the left. The whole set of movements is repeated five times.
3, the bridge-thin back
Hold both sides of the yoga ball with both hands, slowly lean your shoulders on the ball and adjust the distance so that your legs are at 90 degrees. After the preparation is completed, leave the ball with your hands together and hold your fists straight to the ceiling. Roll your back slowly, twist your body to the right, let your left shoulder leave the sphere, and then twist it to the left. Repeat the action 15 times.
4. Windmill-thin belly
Sit on the yoga ball, hold the ball with both hands, bend your right leg 90 degrees, and extend your left leg backward to form a horizontal lunge. After stabilizing your body, leave the sphere with your hands, put your right hand on the ground to support your body, lift your left hand toward the ceiling, look up and look at the fingertips of your left hand. Hold the action for 3 seconds, then return to the initial action and change sides. Repeat the action 15 times.
5, side lift-thin arms
Stand on the ground with your feet shoulder width apart, put your hands on both sides of the yoga ball and lift the ball with your arms straight. Tilt your body to the right, hold the yoga ball in your hands and move it to the right with your body. At the same time, lift your left leg and separate it from your right foot by about 60 degrees. At this time, pay attention to straighten your legs and don't bend, and keep your arms as straight as possible. Hold the action for 5 seconds, then return to the initial action and change sides. Repeat the action 10 times.
6, contraction-slimming
Sit on the yoga ball, put your feet together in front of the ball, bend your knees 90 degrees, raise your hands in the air, straighten your arms, and make fists with your hands. Use the strength of your waist to lift your feet as close to your abdomen as possible. After holding the action for 3 seconds, put down your feet and hands at the same time. Then raise your feet again and raise your hands at the same time, and so on 10 times.
3. The benefits of practicing yoga balls
There are many benefits of practicing yoga ball, and the following are its obvious benefits.
(1) Relieve fatigue
Nowadays, most young people sit all day, and their back aches when they sit on the bench all day. Coupled with the serious outdoor air pollution, many people are reluctant to go out and have fewer opportunities to exercise. Regular practice of yoga ball can promote blood circulation, enhance vital capacity, not only relieve fatigue, but also achieve the purpose of keeping fit.
(2) Correct posture
Regular practice of yoga ball can improve the softness of human body and correct posture. Adjust the imperfections caused by long-term wrong sitting posture and standing up straight through the actions of some specific parts. For example, adjust the high and low shoulders, hunchback and so on.
(3) enhance physical balance and coordination.
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.
(4) lose weight
When practicing yoga, body fat will continue to burn slowly to gain energy. Compared with running, mountain climbing and other traditional sports, practicing yoga ball shapes a more symmetrical body shape with a sense of lines, and there is no local muscle growth in the calves or arms.