THE FACTS Exercise balls are becoming a popular alternative to plain old office chairs, a way — some say — to burn more calories and improve posture. The increase in the calorie burn is real ...

For many of us working a desk job, though, we know that our office chairs might be the biggest culprits in this equation.

Gym Smarts: Exercise Ball At Your Desk Dori Ricci If possible if you can get a ball and bring it into the office as a chair, it’s a great way to work your core muscles all day long while you are ...

In one of its very final performances ever, the durable and beloved string quartet says farewell with music by Beethoven, ... Emerson String Quartet: Tiny Desk Concert. November 6, 2023 6:51 AM ET.

DETROW: That's Tarriona "Tank" Ball on lead vocals. That Tiny Desk launched her band to a new level, but she's flexing another muscle right now and has just published her first collection of poetry.

If you bought a stability ball to use at your pandemic home work station, or dusted off the unused one in the basement, you might want to sit down for this reality check — on a traditional chair.

Ernie Ball has released a newly reimagined version of its Earthwood Bell Bronze acoustic strings with a little help from John Mayer. Having worked with the firm for some peculiarly precise ...

Hold onto the end of the string. Swing the ball in a horizontal path. Release the string. The ball will continue along a roughly horizontal path (the ball will fall, but it is not as obvious as when ...

A desk job can make your muscles kinked and knotted. Consumer Reports shows you how to adopt a healthy desk posture no matter how you work—sitting down, standing up, or even in your bed.

NAMM 2025: Last October, John Mayer joined forces with Ernie Ball to launch the Silver Slinky set, a set of electric guitar strings boasting a unique in-between gauge and a custom core-to-wrap ...

A few years ago, the Swiss ball migrated from the gym to the office en masse. Swarms of desk jockeys rolled them into their cubicles, convinced that sitting for eight straight hours on a rubber ...