GoFit 55cm Professional Stability Ball

GoFit’s Professional Stability Ball is a safe, durable ball with burst resistance to 1200lbs! This ball is perfect for weight training on the ball as well as users looking for extra performance for health club settings & other heavy-use applications. The kit includes a Core Performance DVD training session by Mark Verstegen, owner of Athletes’ Performance & author of the books “Core Performance” and “Core Performance Essentials”. Verstegen trains champions in many sports including Mia Hamm, Brett Favre, Curt Schilling, Phil Mickelson & many more. Also included is a two-way hand pump, an exercise booklet & ball plugs.

GoFit 55cm Professional Stability Ball Review

I recently added strength training (dumbbells & resistance bands) to my workouts, but quickly injured myself when I increased the weight. Determined not to stop completely, I looked at a sports medicine textbook which said that the key to avoiding injury is to become comfortable with a particular weight level and then to perform the exercise (using the same weight) in a less stable environment. This helps to challenge and strengthen various stabilizer muscles before moving to a higher weight level.

For this reason, I was looking for a good exercise ball to use with my strength training exercises. If you read through the reviews of other balls, you’ll see the occasional story of someone who was injured when their ball burst. Most of the high-quality burst-resistant balls that I saw were too expensive, but the GoFit Professional balls seemed like a good compromise between price and quality. They have a 1,200 lb. burst rating and are slow to deflate if the ball is accidentally punctured.

I originally ordered the 65 cm. ball but this was too big (I’m 5’7″), so I sent it back and ordered the 55 cm. Deflating the 65 cm. ball seemed to take forever. This gives me a certain comfort level that I won’t be doing a face-plant if my new ball punctures while exercising on it.

The 55 cm. ball is more of a reddish color than the picture shown on Amazon. The pump included with the ball is certainly adequate, but I bought an Isokinetics pump, which made short work of pumping up the ball. Fully-inflated, the ball measures a bit less than 57 cm. high.

So far, I’m very happy with this ball. It seems to be very high quality and I feel comfortable exercising on it. My one minor complaint is that it’s a bit difficult to remove the plug (I use a small screwdriver) when you need to add air to the ball. The ball comes with a second plug (which I’ve already lost) along with an instructional booklet and a DVD. I haven’t looked at the DVD yet, but other reviewers speak highly of it. One of these days, I’ll get a DVD player for the old tv in the basement and maybe add this to my workout routine as well.

All in all, I recommend this ball highly. I think it’s well worth the extra money to buy a ball of this quality.

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