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Best Ab Medicine Ball
Exercises For Tummy Tightening
Swiss Ball Exercise Routines
Katrina, a 37 year old bank manager, understands the power of ab medicine ball exercise. Even on the road she does ab exercises with an exercise band. And she has a blast doing so. But she mystified by the approach some take to exercise ball routines.|
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Yet as this article on health and exercise will show you the best exercises for tummy are sometimes done on a ball. The best exercise ball routines involve ab crunches which emphasize tightening, bending, twisting and compressing. Giving the abs a serious workout and then some. Even better if you have back issues, stability ball exercise routines offer less risk of back strain. Given the ball often provides back support. |
Here are 3 ab exercise ball routines that focus on your core muscles:
Exercise Ball Crunch
Sitting on your balance ball "walk" your feet forward. Do not stop 'til the small of your back is resting against the ball. Then with your fingers behind your head, lift the ribs toward your hips. Hold that contraction. Slowly lower. Do over.
Exercise Ball Bicycle
The start position is the same as with the exercise ball crunch. Start out by bringing your right knee to your chest while lifting the opposite shoulder. No fair using your arms to help pull forward. Alternately do your left then right knee.
If you like try to keep your feet close together. This will maximize any stability ball routines. Because the closer your feet are the more the obliques must work to keep your balance on the ball.
Midsection Lift
This "midsection lift" falls into the category of exercises for tummy AND hips.
Rest your calves on the ball … arms at your side … back on the floor. Lift your midsection until your body is like a straight line from your toes to your shoulders. Tighten and hold your abs tight. Relax.
With these ab workouts the idea is to inhale as you start to tighten up. Exhaling as relaxing.
But remember this. No ab medicine ball exercise alone will flatten your tummy. What's also needed is to eat smart (low-fat) to lose the extra poundage hanging on.
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