| Starting
Position |
|
| Action |
- Slowly and in a controlled manner, use your
abdominal muscles to pull your upper body off the ball.
- Visualize the distance between your rib cage and your
pelvis as getting shorter.
- Pause for a second and return to the starting
position.
- Keep your lower back in contact with the ball at all
times.
- The ball should not move during this exercise.
|
| Prime
Movers |
- Abdominal muscles, neck flexors
|
| Physio
Tips |
- Pull your chin toward your chest as though you were
squeezing an orange between your chin and your chest.
- Press your tongue against the roof of your mouth to
help activate the deep neck flexors and avoid neck strain.
|
| Progression |
- Have someone hold your feet down and begin
this exercise ball exercise with the ball centred under your pelvis.
- Hold 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.