core excerise equipment

The device is simply two lawn mover wheels attached to a padded 2x4 about 2 feet long, so the device can roll. You place your ankles on the board and walk around on your hands. More advanced techniques involve hopping on your hands or climbing ramps.

You may be interested in getting the power wheel. It's just a larger wheel with pedals you can strap your feet into. I think it requires more side abdominal strength as your core has to balance to keep you from drifting too much to one side. "Alligator walking" is one of my favorite strength workouts, basically you just pull yourself forward on your hands. Except when you pull forward with one hand, you do a pushup. Then you move your other hand forward and do another pushup, repeating until you collapse (Which doesn't take long! :)

In the water, put a kickboard on your stomach and spread your arms and legs into an X position, once you are stable and not wobbling, close your legs to form a Y, once you stabilize yourself again close your arms to form an I. When you are completely stablized, add another kickboard. Floating on your back or your stomach? What does adding kickboards do? Skip Montanaro

Well, I don't know about that particular piece of equiptment, but I do a lot of core stability training for dry land because of my back issues. Some good excercises are... 1. With an excercise ball, roll out attempting to keep your back as straight as a platform, and roll back in. -Walking on your hands- 2. Try and hold a superman position lying on the ball, with your hands in streamline position. Your feet should touch the gorund. 3. In the water, put a kickboard on your stomach and spread your arms and legs into an X position, once you are stable and not wobbling, close your legs to form a Y, once you stabilize yourself again close your arms to form an I. When you are completely stablized, add another kickboard. Core stability is extremely important because it creates less drag and resistance in the water.