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Exercise Ball Exercises - Floor Bridging

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Starting Position
  • These exercise ball exercises require you to lie on the floor with your back and palms flat.
  • Bend your knees.
  • Keep your feet flat on the floor
Action
  • Contract your abdominal muscles and set your transversus abdominus through Abdominal Hollowing
  • Slowly lift your buttocks off the floor until your trunk is straight from your knees to your shoulders without losing the neutral position.
Prime Movers
  • Glutes, hamstrings
Physio Tips
Progression


1ballsHold this position for 5 seonds and repeat 10 times.

2ballsHold this position for 10 seonds and repeat 10 times.

3ballsHold this position for 45 seonds and repeat 5 times.




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