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Examples
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To get her body ready for downhill adventures, Billoni, 44, swears by rubber half spheres called Bosu balls.
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He will often balance on a Bosu ball, which looks like half of a stability ball, while doing bicep curls or twists with a 45-pound weight plate to work his obliques.
A Bouncy Castle for Grown-ups Jen Murphy 2010
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Awesome items: Digital photo frames from Vivitar; Reebok's EasyTone shoe collection with a sole containing pockets of air that gives a similar feeling to balancing on a Bosu ball.
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This can be simply done by standing on one foot without shoes and socks on an unstable platform (like a Bosu or even a folded towel).
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The platforms are a variation on the Bosu ( "Both Sides Up") trainer, one of the first training props to be used widely.
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(Mr.. Gagnon was beautiful, Mr. Bosu translated in his head, more beautiful than the young nanny, and twice as sexy.)
Alone Gardner, Lisa 2005
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My home gym has an elliptical, a multi-gym with eight different stations on it, and then free weights, benches, Bosu and exercise balls.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MONIQUE SAVIN 2011
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I stood with one leg on the Bosu ball, and then I tried to reach down and touch a bar that's lower, reaching across my body, all while holding my balance.
SI.com 2011
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A full-body circuit training session that includes 50 lunges and 10 sets of vertical leaps and squat thrusts (to work the legs), tricep dips, pushups and pullups (to tone the arms) and the Romanian chair and Bosu ball (to tighten those abs) leaves me in a quivering heap on the floor - and we haven't even hit the Stairmaster yet!
NYDN Rss NICOLE LYN PESCE 2012
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If that's easy go to forward leaning like an airplane, then backward leaning, if that's easy then eyes closed, then Rory moves to a Bosu, and then eventually goes into dynamic balance exercises where she's jumping onto the foot or skipping back and forth, so that ankle is ready to do that.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Monique Savin 2011
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