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PREPARATION When you first start out, you may want to select smaller health balls to start out with. Once you get comfortable and your skills improve, you can try exercising with larger size health balls. I suggest that you start out using the iron health balls; other types such as jade, stone and cloisonné are not as durable. Precautions: Always practice on carpet or around a soft area. Wooden or concrete floors are definitely not recommended. If you should drop the health balls on a hard surface, they can and will become damaged. Be aware of your surroundings…keep away from glass and other fragile objects especially in the beginning stages when you’re learning how to handle the health balls. Also, be careful of your arms, knees and feet because when you first start out, you may have a tendency to drop the balls quite a bit and you don’t want to hurt yourself. Posture: To receive the best benefits from this exercise, start out practicing in a sitting position. Bring your forearm to a 90-degree angle or make your arm in the shape of the letter L. Avoid resting your forearm or hand while practicing because this will prevent you from gaining the full effects of the exercise. Patience: Patience is an important factor when doing this exercise because you will be repeating some of the same movements over and over again. By doing these repetitive movements, you will build up the strength in you’re fingers, hands, wrists and forearm and this will help you gain the control and balance you need to move on to the next level. I will be repeating some of the same phrases in each of the three lessons so don’t be alarmed! |
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