Arif's Scrapbook: Sitting on Balance Ball

Sitting on Balance Ball

I have two office chairs, they are just regular office chair, not that expensive Aeron. And both broken :) One has the height can’t be adjusted. Another has its left armrest broken. I usually work on the last chair, which is fairly new, I think around a year ago. After working for 5-8 hours, I usually got pain in my shoulder as well as by back. I should fix this. I am planning and looking forward to buy some good chair, like Aeron chair, but the price tag worry me :) $1000 crazy!

After reading some articles on good posture habit, I really tempted to fix this posture habit issue. It even raised when I read Dan Benjamin’s Sitting, Standing, and Bouncing excellent guide.

In short, he put this:

Sitting on a balance ball requires good posture, encourages movement, and involves your whole body. It will help strengthen your core stabilizer muscles, your upper and lower back, and your legs.

Well, standing position is good. But I need to arrange (and buy) other property, like proper standing desk fitting my height. In short, this balance ball is a good solution to my problem. And it sure not such pricey compared to buy Aeron.

Not long (luckily) I bought it when I went to Pondok Indah Mall a week ago. I’ve been lucky since the salesman from a Bandung fitness outlet have a marketing stand on PIM bridge connection until this late December. It cost me Rp 569,000 for a Gymnic Plus 75cm ball. It has one year warranty (like if it burst) for normal usage.

An empty Gymnic exercise ball. Diameter size 75cm (maximum pumped). It’s high quality burst resistant ball and with soft countour. For your knowledge, the 75cm diameter is the correct size for my height, 180cm. People should buy ball with correct size for their good posture.