| Starting
Position |
- These exercise ball exercises require you to lie on
your back with your hands behind your head.
- Don't interlock your fingers.
- Rest your legs on the ball such that your hips and
knees are at 90 degrees.
- Try and keep your pelvis in the neutral posture.
|
| Action |
- Contract your abdominal muscles and pull your
shoulders up so that your shoulder blades just lift off the floor.
- Visualize the distance between your rib cage and your
pelvis as getting shorter.
- Hold this briefly and return to the starting position.
|
| Prime
Movers |
|
| 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.
- Avoid pulling on your head.
|
| Progression |
- Try holding a weight across your chest.
- Try Ab Crunch 3
|
Repeat this ball exercise 6
times.
Repeat this ball exercise 10
times.
Repeat this ball exercise 15
times.