Today's exercise is a bit more advanced, but can easily be modified for beginners. To begin, place your stability ball on the floor and while standing over the ball, place your hands on top of the ball so that your thumbs and index fingers touch forming a triangle shape.
Another great abdominal exercise to do with a stability ball is the ab leg raise. This is performed by lying on your back on the floor, and placing the ball between your legs...
A good compound leg exercise is the scissor squat using a stability ball. To perform this exercise, place the ball against the wall, and with your legs in a scissor position with the right leg in the forward position, lean against the ball with your right arm hung over the ball...
Continuing on with the stability ball series, this post focuses on push-ups. But not your average push-up, this push-up involves a little more because you are not only performing the exercise, but you are working your balance just to maintain your position on the ball.
The single leg squat is a great compound leg exercise that requires some balance. With a stability ball on the floor, place the ball behind you and put one leg on the ball so that your shin and top of your foot is making contact.
If you've been following this month's posts, you know stability ball exercises are what we're focusing on and today's exercise is the rotational plank on the ball. This is considered more of an advanced exercises for starters, and you start by placing the ball on the floor...
The reverse back extension is a great modification to a traditional back extension on a stability ball. To begin, place the ball on the floor and lay over the ball with your abdominal area resting on the ball...
Continuing with the ball exercise series, today's post focuses on the standard abdominal ball crunch. This is the exercise that most people are familiar with on a ball. It's a great exercise because it offers low back support while performing a standard crunch...
The reverse leg curl is a great exercise for the hamstrings and the glutes and calves also assist. While lying on your back on the floor, put your legs on a stability ball with your calves resting on the ball. For stability, spread your arms out with the palms towards the floor.
The core roll-out is a great exercise to increase core strength. Using a stability ball, kneel down on the floor with the ball placed in front of you...
