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Stability Exercise Using A Bosu Ball

Golf Digest fitness editor Ron Kaspriske demonstrate an exercise that will work several upper-body muscle groups at once using a Bosu ball.

Released on 7/29/2016

Transcript

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You know, I want you to close your eyes the next time
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you're in the gym and you see some guy standing on an
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unstable surface, like mimicking their back swing or
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their through swing. I don't know what they're trying
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to do and I can assure you there'll never be a time
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on a golf course when you'll have to hit a shot from a
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Bosu ball. Forget all that unstable training in terms
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of the lower body. Instability training is great for the
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upper body but you need a stable base to do anything
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athletic. Your body won't let you do it unless it feels
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like it is nice and firmly planted. So if you want to use
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a Bosu for something that's actually useful,
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flip it over
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and do push-ups on it.
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Just like that.
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So, what's the difference? Well, the difference is my feet
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were firmly planted on the ground. My brain says, Hey, I'm
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okay, I'm nice and stable. I can perform this exercise. And
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by flipping it over, man, all these rotator cuff muscles, my
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shoulder, my scapula, my chest, everything, even my triceps,
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have to work to perform that exercise. It's a great one to
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try if you got a Bosu. Flip it over and do the push ups.
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Thanks for watching. We'll see you next Friday.
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