Balanced Body has just introduced the Orbit. Is anyone playing around with it? Any programming ideas?

I haven't yet... but would love to hear about it too.

I will be taking CEU course for the Orbit, so if no one has used it by then I will leave another comment.

Jodi- who is providing the training? When we contacted Balanced Body they said it wouldn't be available til Fall. Our Orbits arrived and we've been experimenting with them - definitely a challenge.

Hi Roseanne
It's BBU and yes it is in October. I am looking forward to it.

We play with it but we have bamboo floors so it makes using them extremely challenging. They need to either be on carpet (not long carpet but short indoor/outdoor style carpet as found on the trade show floor) or you have to have special mats for each of them. We only bought three (thank goodness!) and use them for some amazing stretching and then just a few really strong private clients get to indulge in an ab series similar to that on a stability ball w/ their feet or hands on the orbit (pike, plank, ball up -- etc.). If we had carpet in the studio we'd play a lot more. I hear BBU is going to do the orbit soon, should be great!

We have one in our studio which has brazilian maple flooring. It works fine without the special mat. Definitely for advanced students.

I have used the orbitz! Very challenging for more advanced clients however there are also ways to use it for intermediate clients too. It comes with a DVD that is helpful. Lots of fun things you can do with it!

Just bought the orbit! Very very challenging on hardwood floor. I have carpeting at the studio, but tried it at home first. It adds some great circular movement, but have to be extremely careful to maintain lumbar flexion. Haven't tried it with my clients yet.

I purchased a floor protector for office chairs
(without the carpet gripping teeth) to use with the Orbit and it is a phenomenal gliding surface.