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Ball Crunch
Benefits
- Helps flex the spine and maintain control over abdominal muscles and helps stabilize your spine and pelvis.
- The ball allows you to get a greater range of motion from standard crunches.
- The ball adds instability forcing you to use more muscle.
Body Parts Used
Main focus is on the rectus abdominus.
Instructions
- Lie back on an exercise ball.
- Allow your spine to wrap over the ball.
- exhale as you tighten your abs and curl your shoulders off the surface as far as you can while still maintaining you low back on the ball.
- Inhale as you return to nearly the starting position. Stop just before touching down and repeat for as many repetitions as desired.
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Sample Routine
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Note: One exercise alone is not sufficient for any goal. All exercises should be part of a comprehensive exercise program. Also, see my list of exercises for more.