Researchers look for signs of contamination in Hanford-area fish Aug 10, 2009
Two orange buoys that look like exercise balls bob in the water at each end of a set line. Underneath, eight hooks are baited with a seafood banquet squid, shad or commercially available trout and hung with 30-pound lead weights to keep them on the bottom of the river where the sturgeon feed. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Challenges of being obese Aug 4, 2009
Exercise ball: I love exercise balls. I use them with all my clients, but really enjoy using them with my obese clients to help them work on balance, stability and abdominal strength. (iAfrica.com)
49ers headquarters gets a new face Apr 30, 2009
Racks of old-school kettlebells and heavy chains have their place alongside the latest weight machines, racks of free weights and exercise balls and elastic tubing. It's now a showplace for touring free agents as well as a place to hunker down for serious work. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Exercise With Caution? Fitness Balls Recalled Apr 18, 2009
CPSC Announces Recall of Exercise Balls Based on Reports They Can Burst. By DAN CHILDS and KATE BARRETTApril 17, 2009. (ABC News -- Business)
Framingham company praised as healthy workplace Apr 18, 2009
Red exercise balls dotted the floor, yesterday. Some were next to cubicles, others wedged underneath desks. (Framingham TAB, MA)
Ball Theme Birthday Party Ideas Feb 18, 2009
Hop balls (the bouncing exercise balls with handles). Game Ideas for a Ball Theme Birthday Party. (Suite101.com)
Students will get more activity, monitoring as part of P.E. health and wellness Feb 13, 2009
The grant provides for purchasing equipment to monitor cardio-vascular fitness, digital pedometers, body fat analyzers, digital scales, resistance tubes and exercise balls. We have a baseline identification for at-risk students using the body mass index from the National Center for Disease Control, said Myers. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
Movin on up: YMCA's much-anticipated opening finally arrives Saturday Feb 8, 2009
Most of the equipment in the new YMCA is brand new, including these multicolored exercise balls. Movin on up: YMCA's much-anticipated opening finally arrives Saturday. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)