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Exercise Ball Exercises - Floor Ab Crunch
| Starting
Position |
- These exercise ball exercises require you to lie on
your back, arms straight out to the side.
- Rest your legs on the ball such that your hips and
knees are at 90 degrees.
- Try and keep your pelvis in the neutral position.
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| Action |
- Contract your abdominal muscles and pull your
shoulders up so that your shoulder blades lift off the floor.
- Visualize the distance between your rib cage and your
pelvis as shortening.
- Hold this briefly and return to the starting position.
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| Prime
Movers |
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| Physio
Tips |
- Push your tongue to the roof of your mouth to
facilitate deep neck flexors so as to avoid neck strain.
- Also, push your chin down as though to
squeeze an orange between your chin and your chest.
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| Progression |
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 Repeat this ball exercise 6
times.
 Repeat this ball exercise 10
times.
 Repeat this ball exercise 15
times.
| Beginner |
Intermediate |
Expert |
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