Check out the comments for this video. While many of them are very rude (and/or funny) in typical YouTube fashion, the many reasons for not using a Swiss Ball (not to mention doing arm curls) are enumerated (occasionally concisely) therein.

For instance:

• Balancing on a ball is a non-transferable skill, not a generalizable athletic activity.
• Using a ball (or anything) to disrupt stability reduces force generation.
• Compound loaded exercises (Squat, etc.) produce more trunk (core) activation.
• On unstable surfaces, the legs take over the load from the trunk.
• Some ball work (like the above video) are accidents waiting to happen.

And my personal favorite:

"Wow...just...wow.

Doing bicep curls of any sort is bad enough, but bringing a ball into the movement? That's like p**sing into an ocean of p**s..."

Social Climbing at BIW 6-9PM

Come climb with the CFEB crew. If you don't know how this is a great opportunity to learn to top-rope: you don't need to own equipment, but there is a nominal fee for harness and shoe rental.

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