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BYLINE: SONYA PADGETTREVIEW-JOURNAL
Thinking about buying fitness equipment for the home?
Well, before you shell out a couple hundred dollars for that weight set, go play some ball. Swiss ball.
Made of a durable, nearly unbreakable material, Swiss balls have been around for decades, said exercise physiologist Leigh Coss.
But their popularity is increasing among personal trainers and workout enthusiasts because they're cheap and can provide a complete body workout with one piece of equipment, she added.
"The thing that's good about it is you can get a total body strength workout on it," said Coss, the director of sports medicine at…