Abdominal Exercise Ball

The abdominal exercise ball or stability ball is one of the best pieces of equipment you can own. Not only is it cheap (you can literally pick on up at any store department store for under $20), it is one of the most functional pieces of exercise equipment you can own.

Using the abdominal exercise ball you can not only train your abs but you can exercise every major muscle group in your body. But as an extra benefit, no matter what muscle group you are exercising you are still indirectly training your abs. Using piece of equipment is a great way to train you core.

Here are just a few of the exercises that you can do with the abdominal exercise ball:
Legs – Wall Squats – Place the ball between the wall and your lower back. Move your feet away from the way 6 to 10 inches. Tighten your abs and squat until your thighs are parallel with the floor keeping your upper body perpendicular.

Chests – Push-ups – Simply place your hands on the ball instead of the floor and do a push-up.

Back – Dumb bell rows – Place your chest on the keeping your body straight. Let your arms fall to the sides of the ball. Then you pull the weight to your sides.

Shoulders – dumbbell shoulder press – Simply do shoulder press sitting on the abdominal exercise ball.

Abs:
Crunches on the exercise ball – place your lower back on the ball and perform crunch.
Reverse crunch using the exercise ball – Lie on the floor with your back and have the ball underneath your feet. You will have a 90 degree bend at the knees. Pinch the ball between your heals and your hamstrings by curling your legs. Perform a reverse crunch.

v-ups on the exercise ball – Start by lying on back. Place the ball between your feet. Perform the v-up and transfer the ball from your feet to your hands. Then just repeat the motion.

Plank on the exercise ball – Place your elbows on top of the exercise ball and keeping your body straight. Try to pull your abs to your spine.

I hope you can see that there are 100’s of different variations that you can do with the abdominal exercise ball. Pick a few of them out and try adding them to your routine. Make sure that you bookmark this site page because I will be adding more exercises shortly.

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