The new trend at work is using a pilates ball at a desk chair. I don’t think I could possibly sit on a pilates ball all day, but I think it’s a great idea and really does do the good things people claim it does. So instead of looking like a trend follower at work, I’ve bought a ball for my home office. Except I take the ball from behind my desk and actually use it for crunches and exercise in the more-floor-space bedroom or living room.
The first time I tried to do sit ups on it, Gracie here flipped over the ball backwards and crashed into Greg’s wardrobe, causing Greg to jump up from the bed where he was reading to see if I was okay. From his angle, he only saw a pair of legs flail before they flipped backwards and disappeared in a loud crash.
Ball has now become an entity. I’m not the best at putting Ball away because I think that leaving the Ball somewhere will encourage me to do crunches. So sometimes Ball is in the bedroom, sometimes Ball is in the study if I left him there because I was exercising while watching TV. Greg compares Ball to a pet, because Ball just seems to appear in different rooms at different times.
There was one morning before Greg left for work when he said, “Hee hee! I like having a giant ball in the house!” He dribbled it twice then picked it up with both arms and hurtled the 70-inch ball at my head (I was still sleeping) crying, “Wake up honey!”
THAT, was not one of the intended uses for Ball.
Greg wants to use both shooting puzzle pieces AND a 70-inch ball as wake-up devices? Wow, Selena, you better start going to bed earlier.
I have a purple ball myself (mine shall remain nameless and genderless. I live alone. It would be creepy.) and it has stayed in the corner for about a year now. Poor thing, it’s yet another one of those exercise tools I bought thinking it would motivate me…and it hasn’t yet. But it adds nice color to the apartment!
hey! what happened to fun maps?
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those things are ugly and stupid.
Tasteslike…, which is stupid the bouncy balls or Luxury Beach Condos? Either way I’m likely to agree.
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Tasteslike, you live off of a NY artist’s diet (i.e. one Powerbar = 4 day meal). I need to actually use an exercise ball in order to stay on my diet of beer and Jumbo slices.
you’re right, because there’s neither beer nor pizza in New York, and I certainly don’t consume them constantly as they are on every street corner of Manhattan. Nor do I have the same profession as you, by that I mean, sitting in a comfortable chair all day long.
I ignore the Ball at the gym. I live in terror of popping it. No one ever wants to be known as the one who popped the Gym Ball.
Ours is a more sedate mint green, though…
yeah, isn’t just like a large balloon ms kang? and aren’t you terrified it’s going to pop right there in your face?
Thanks for reminding me that I have a ball somewhere. I’ll go find it and use it now with all of our new found space in the house.
Ours is usually used as entertainment for the kids.
“When you have a ball, you have the world’s greatest toy of all.”