Ready for a Challenging New Workout? Try Basketball Balancing

Whether you have a basketball, tennis ball, or hula hoop in your garage, you have everything you need for an unusual and challenging workout. For example, here’s a killer basic move you can do with a basketball:

Basketball Core Buster

Sit on a basketball with your hands on the ground at your sides. Using your torso, gently lean back (about a foot) and lift your feet off the ground, trying to maintain your balance. Once you’ve mastered this, try lifting your hands off the ground as well. Keep your hand counting to 10 (or more if you can).

Read the complete list at Outside to learn more about your strengths, balance and coordination. Can you toss a baseball from hand to hand during a hula hoop? Catch a frisbee standing on one leg? Hold the plank position with your hands on the basketball? Try this and tell us how you did it!

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