TarHeelMom
Cathlete
Hey y'all, bookmark this post and come back when you have time to spend 15 minutes.
I ran across some FASCINATING discussions over at Video Fitness about Anna Benson (founder of The FIRM) and her latest DVD's, which are workouts for women with a special focus on your pelvic floor. To do these workouts, you need a little fitness gadget that Anna sells on her website (http://www.fitnessfavorites.com) called "Smart Balls", or you can buy an alternative product known as "Ben Wa Balls". Here's the thing that caught my eye: during the workout you wear your Smart Balls or Ben Wa Balls internally, ladies.
In deference to Dave's and Bill's and Jerry's presence here (hi guys, how ya doin'? ;-)), I will not venture another word of explanation. You're gonna have to research this for yourselves.
Here are the VF threads:
http://forum.videofitness.com/showthread.php?t=110874 (Don't miss Anna on Youtube, as linked in this thread!)
http://forum.videofitness.com/showthread.php?t=111129&page=1&pp=10 (Discussion of Smart Balls and Ben Wa Balls)
And here's a particularly, um, lovely set of Ben Wa Balls at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Gold-Ben-Ball...ef=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1202344603&sr=8-4
(Note the "Ships by" and be sure to read Reviewer #2's comments)
One more IMPORTANT thing -- We're such a diverse community now that I wouldn't be surprised if we have members here who are familiar with all of these gadgets and techniques, or who use them, maybe with Anna's DVD's. More power to you, ladies, and I really do mean that sincerely. (No pun intended! ) I'm sure Anna Benson is equally sincere in her passionate belief that these workouts fill a need in the fitness market, and perhaps they do, who knows? I just know that in my book there are very few topics that can't benefit from or withstand a little gentle humor. This is, IMHO, DEFINITELY such a topic, and I can't resist passing along these discussion threads -- and the unintentionally hilarious Amazon sales page -- to you all. I hope you enjoy them in the spirit in which they're offered to you!
I ran across some FASCINATING discussions over at Video Fitness about Anna Benson (founder of The FIRM) and her latest DVD's, which are workouts for women with a special focus on your pelvic floor. To do these workouts, you need a little fitness gadget that Anna sells on her website (http://www.fitnessfavorites.com) called "Smart Balls", or you can buy an alternative product known as "Ben Wa Balls". Here's the thing that caught my eye: during the workout you wear your Smart Balls or Ben Wa Balls internally, ladies.
In deference to Dave's and Bill's and Jerry's presence here (hi guys, how ya doin'? ;-)), I will not venture another word of explanation. You're gonna have to research this for yourselves.
Here are the VF threads:
http://forum.videofitness.com/showthread.php?t=110874 (Don't miss Anna on Youtube, as linked in this thread!)
http://forum.videofitness.com/showthread.php?t=111129&page=1&pp=10 (Discussion of Smart Balls and Ben Wa Balls)
And here's a particularly, um, lovely set of Ben Wa Balls at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Gold-Ben-Ball...ef=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=hpc&qid=1202344603&sr=8-4
(Note the "Ships by" and be sure to read Reviewer #2's comments)
One more IMPORTANT thing -- We're such a diverse community now that I wouldn't be surprised if we have members here who are familiar with all of these gadgets and techniques, or who use them, maybe with Anna's DVD's. More power to you, ladies, and I really do mean that sincerely. (No pun intended! ) I'm sure Anna Benson is equally sincere in her passionate belief that these workouts fill a need in the fitness market, and perhaps they do, who knows? I just know that in my book there are very few topics that can't benefit from or withstand a little gentle humor. This is, IMHO, DEFINITELY such a topic, and I can't resist passing along these discussion threads -- and the unintentionally hilarious Amazon sales page -- to you all. I hope you enjoy them in the spirit in which they're offered to you!