Alternatives to Stability Ball

[a1wish]

Hi everyone, thank you for reading.

So many workouts I am sorry to miss out on because I can't use a standard stability ball, even the "petite" sized ones are too large for the workout space I can dedicate to my practice. I see now that they have peanut inflatables largely used for labor but I am wondering if anyone can advise on the use of one of these as a smaller alternative to the use of a stability ball in Cathe's workouts? I like how the sizes offered range widely. Please let me know thank you immenseley for any input.

 

[firemedic]

When you say you don't have the space, are you talking about for doing the exercises or for storage? If it's for storage, before I made my room bigger, I used the corner of my wall near my ceiling and a cargo net from my car. I attached each side of the net to the wall and it made the ball completely out of the way. I still use it even with my space being bigger, I just hate things on the ground. I have 2 nets in 2 different corners because I have 3 balls (Large, small, and 9 inch pilates ball). If it's because you don't have the space for the exercises, I don't think any size ball can really help with that, but they do make a small that is 38-45cm, that's a lot smaller than my large at 58-65cm.

 

[jennifer319_2013]

I don’t know what your space is, but is there a way to move things out or to a different part of the room?

 

[Lady Vol Fan]

So there are several items you may have that you can use instead of a stability ball:

Most moves you can use a sturdy chair. For other moves:
rollouts you can use sliding discs;
for squeezing the ball between the legs you can use a yoga block;
and for stretches you can use a towel/resistance band.

If there's a specific move you have a question, then you can ask and I'm sure one of us can give you some ideas.