This article talks about some new classes being offered that consists of doing movements with a stability ball, that includes....beating it with sticks like you're Nikki Sixx.
It just amazes me that it seems that every time a workout comes out to try and "trick" people into thinking they're exercising, the fad falls away and then something new comes out that is even less effective yet gets all kinds of praise because it's again, trying to get people to exercise without them thinking they're actually exercising.
From the article:
Classes like "Sweat the Rhythm" force people to use different muscle groups without feeling like they're being forced.
Forced? This is what the state of health and fitness are coming to in America? We have to come up with non-mechanical, non-efficient means of exercise to supposedly get in shape but not feel FORCED to do it?
Another quote:
Raptis adds that "the same motion every day isn't effective. You need variety and movement."
Completely incorrect. The same motion every day IS effective, as long as you continue to increase the INTENSITY that you're using in that movement. How exactly are they adding resistance to a drumstick pounding on a ball? Are they making them do it while standing on one leg in an isometric lunge? I'm guessing if they did, the class would fall flat on it's face because then people would think "oh geez, I can't do that! That would be exercise!"
Exercise. Get it through your head. You want results, then exercise, sweat, complain, hate it. Then you'll get the results that you want.
End rant.
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