Bosu Ball Squat

[TronSpecial]

What are your guys thoughts on this exercise? I've seen people doing squats on upside down bosu balls, no weights just plain down and up parallel or below parallel squats. They say it involves your core a lot more and stabilizer muscles too.

 

[ballhawkdawk]

If your squat doesn't heavily involve your core, you're doing it wrong. People who squat on bosu balls generally end up in a thread we have here called "Gym Idiots."

 

[Bloodhy]

Obvious troll is obvious.

TronSpecial? More like TrollSpecial

 

[Ethan]

I think it has a place but that place is in rehab, not strength training.

Some of the "functional" and "sport specific" doofuses talk about how it helps your proprioception, but I don't know what the fuck that is or why you would want it. I still think it's a rehab tool.

 

[Ethan]

Can we get through a couple of posts before we toss the T word around? This is why no one wants to play with us.

 

[Kiwi Tricker]

What are your guys thoughts on this exercise? I've seen people doing squats on upside down bosu balls, no weights just plain down and up parallel or below parallel squats. They say it involves your core a lot more and stabilizer muscles too.

No. No no no. NO. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.

NO.

Unless you're undergoing physiotherapy or something else specific, it is beyond useless for most trainees and goals.

 

[ThatBJJGuy]

if lazy people didnt do squats in the freaking smith machine then they wouldnt need to work stabilizer muscles

 

[TronSpecial]

Alright well thanks for the input guys, appreciate it. No I'm not trolling as some might believe.

 

[Ethan]

^It was a valid question.

We get trolled a lot here. Hope we helped even with the slight jackassery.

To recap, barbell squats will work your core just fine and if they don't there are better core work solutions.

 

[Badger67]

I think it has a place but that place is in rehab, not strength training.

Some of the "functional" and "sport specific" doofuses talk about how it helps your proprioception, but I don't know what the fuck that is or why you would want it. I still think it's a rehab tool.

Proprioception is the body's ability to understand where it is in space in relation to itself. Typically after an injury, proprioception decreases, especially if you have an ACL injury as an example. This is why the bosu ball is useful in rehabilitation for reestablishing lost proprioception through unstable surfaces as the GTO's (golgi tendon organs) will be able to sense the force/tension within the muscle and allow for adjustments.
http://courses.washington.edu/conj/bess/spindle/proprioceptors.html

However, in healthy individuals or those who are post rehab (done with their rehab program) this is unnecessary largely and one should continue with barbell squats as able.

 

[NoSmilez]

This pt i dated stole me a bosu ball from the gym. It's pretty fun, I have a coffee table next to this old couch and i put the bosu platform next to the table. I would try to run and jump and try to go over the table and land on the couch. Although one time I almost didn't clear it and was close to owen harting myself

 

[Ethan]

Proprioception is the body's ability to understand where it is in space in relation to itself. Typically after an injury, proprioception decreases, especially if you have an ACL injury as an example. This is why the bosu ball is useful in rehabilitation for reestablishing lost proprioception through unstable surfaces as the GTO's (golgi tendon organs) will be able to sense the force/tension within the muscle and allow for adjustments.
http://courses.washington.edu/conj/bess/spindle/proprioceptors.html

However, in healthy individuals or those who are post rehab (done with their rehab program) this is unnecessary largely and one should continue with barbell squats as able.

Good info, thanks.

 

[miaou]

There is nothing wrong with doing some unstable-surface training for increased balance/proprioception, or just for something different/fun.

If it is a significant part of your training and you are doing it for increased strength, though, you are doing it wrong.

 

[Misfit1]

Try doing pistols on one. It takes some practice.

 

[ripskater]

Standing on the soft side of the bosu is going to train your ankles. It can help train the reactive ability of the ankle to adjust. Basketball and soccer players can benefit from this. Surfers, skaters, skiers would use it also.

 

[CarbonFistprint]

Standing on the soft side of the bosu is going to train your ankles. It can help train the reactive ability of the ankle to adjust. Basketball and soccer players can benefit from this. Surfers, skaters, skiers would use it also.

Also try walking in high heels. Works just as well for training the ankles, and might come in handy if you decide to enter a drag queen contest.

Otherwise, skip the non-stable surface training unless it's a warmup or you're in rehab.

 

[ripskater]

Also try walking in high heels. Works just as well for training the ankles, and might come in handy if you decide to enter a drag queen contest.

Otherwise, skip the non-stable surface training unless it's a warmup or you're in rehab.

Lol. Sorry that the bosu makes you feel so insecure CarbonFistprint. Nobody has to do it.

 

[CarbonFistprint]

Lol. Sorry that the bosu makes you feel so insecure CarbonFistprint.

Wow you were very quick to come to the Bosu's defense. You're a very dedicated Bosu white knight, I'll give you that. What were you defending before the Bosu fad came around? The thighmaster? Ever expounded on the virtues of the Shake Weight?

 

[ripskater]

Wow you were very quick to come to the Bosu's defense. You're a very dedicated Bosu white knight, I'll give you that. What were you defending before the Bosu fad came around? The thighmaster? Ever expounded on the virtues of the Shake Weight?

Before that I was actually a big promoter of my Richard Simmons VHS tapes. Worst day of my life when my mom sold those in a garage sale.

 

[gspieler]

There's nothing inherently wrong with Bosu work. It's just that its a very 3rd-rate way to go about strength training. Could have other applications though, e.g. balance training, auxiliary work, rehab, etc. Point is that, unless you're attempting to employ it as a means of increasing/maintaining a high level of strength, then go ahead with it.