This will mark the last post of our stability ball series, and starting in February will be starting an in-home exercise series without equipment, just body weight and things you can use around the house. Today’s post will explain how to perform an oblique exercise using a stability ball. You know, the muscles that are on either side of your waist. To begin, place the ball on the floor, near the wall. With your feet up against the baseboard of the wall, lean over the ball in a sideways fashion so that the ball is on your side between your rib cage and your hips. Spread your feet in a scissor fashion to brace yourself so you don’t roll off the ball. Now place your finger tips just behind your ears, and with your head facing the same direction as your body, bend at the waist sideways over the ball and follow by bending in the opposite direction so that you are lifting your body away from the ball towards the wall. You will feel this exercise in your oblique muscles, which are part of your core abdominals. Try 12-15 repetitions on one side then switch and complete the same thing on the other side.
Melissa Allen, BS, CPT, CES. Please visit my website at https://OptimumCondition.com
