Thursday, June 9th, 2005
I’ve updated the wobble board section of my website, which resides in the area dedicated to ProBodX.
There is now expanded information on how to make a wobble board yourself. Previously, I had just a snippet and some pictures. The pictures are still there
and haven’t changed, and hopefully the new explanation will help in understanding them.
The ProBodX system was written by Marv Marinovich and Edythe Heus. The basic, generalized idea of the exercise system is to combine lightly-to-moderately strenuous motions with an unstable base. The unstable surfaces are achieved through wobble boards, balance disks, slant boards, large PVC pipes, and exercise balls. This off-balance type of exercise, they contend, allow the nervous system to become integrated with the movements of the muscles and provide for a much more functional and usable type of stregth. Compared to conventional weight trainig which entirely isolates a specific muscle group, ProBodX is quite a novel and radical idea to fitness.
I’ve been using ProBodX for around a year and a half now, quite inconsistently. During the few consecutive week stretches that I have stuck with the program, the results have been fairly impressive, mainly in the realm of increased balance.