10--Bike to the gym and back, about 55 min; 45-min yoga class
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Originally Posted by EZMONEY
Hey MANGO...what is bosu?
Hi EZ! I meant to reply to you last night--when you said you scared us all away!--but I was tired, so I just added my accountability updates that I had missed. Don't worry, you didn't scare everyone away!
The thing about the accountability thread is sometimes we don't update for a couple days, and if we don't get to exercise for a day or two, we don't necessarily like to post it.
Don't worry, keep posting! And we'll join you again eventually.
A bosu is an awesome piece of exercise equipment. BOSU stands for BOth Sides Up--it's like half of a stability ball, with a hard plastic bottom. It has many of the benefits of a stability ball, in that it's "squishiness" means you have to use your muscles more when you use it--but the fact that it's flat on one side also means you can use it for things you can't do with a stability ball, like stand on it, or use it like a step in an aerobics class, do push-ups and tricep dips, use it for lunges, etc. You can also flip it, like the name implies, and put the round side down, which is less stable and much more challenging. If you're curious, here's a
link--scroll down the page and there are a dozen or two exercise shown, with pictures. I love the bosu, but they're expensive to buy for yourself--the cheapest one I could find here was $125 CDN. They have both bosu balls and stability balls at my gym, and when I can't go to a class I challenge myself with one or the other.
Let me know if you try one! It's one of the things that has helped me with my core strength since I joined the gym in September, so I'm curious to hear what you think.
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