Stability Balls

[Pinny150]

Ok this question is really for anyone, but what size stability ball do you use?? I have the one for short people (55cm). I am 5'2, but if I'm not mistaken Cathe and crew are around the same height, but it looks like their stability balls are bigger and I feel like I"m just not getting the same angle on most of the excercises.........I really want the blue one! But it's 75 cm on the fitness by cathe..... That seems rather round...lol

Iris

 

[TCB309]

I'm 5'8" and use the 65cm ball for most things. A few exercises I wish I had a slightly larger ball. My daughter has the 55cm ball, she is 4'10" and it works great for her. I found the following chart at nwhealth.edu for ball sizes:

Ball Size (cm) Your Height
45 cm Under 5’

55 cm 5’ – 5’ 7”

65 cm 5’ 8” – 6’ 2”

75 cm Over 6’ 3”

Based on the chart maybe instead of a bigger ball I need to see if mine is blown up all of the way! I hope that helps!

 

[jodijodi]

I had thought that the size of my ball was a problem, then I tried blowing it up more and discovered that it loses a bit of air over time. It needs blowing up once in a while. Then it was fine!

 

[Pinny150]

Well I guess I will try blowing it up with that pump again. That is probably what the problem is....I just still feel like my ball is a lot smaller than theirs and I know they are not much taller (if at all) than me......

 

[SNM Videos]

Ok this question is really for anyone, but what size stability ball do you use?? I have the one for short people (55cm). I am 5'2, but if I'm not mistaken Cathe and crew are around the same height, but it looks like their stability balls are bigger and I feel like I"m just not getting the same angle on most of the excercises.........I really want the blue one! But it's 75 cm on the fitness by cathe..... That seems rather round...lol

Iris

Cathe and the normal crew all use 55 cm stability balls as they're are all 5 ft 2 in or under. A 55 cm ball is recommended for anyone under 5 ft 5 in

 

[princessbear]

I'm 5'5" and use the 65 cm ball ... I prefer it to 55 cm

 

[Pinny150]

Well I stand corrected on the size of their stability balls... Thank you snm for clearing that up. I just need to blow mine up some more!! Is anyone afraid of it popping (even though it won't)? lol