Leg Extension Exercise Using the Balance Ball

Video Transcript

" Hi! This is Manny Castro, Exercise Physiologist. In this particular exercise, another standardized exercise, again, with the difficulty of using the ball. What we are going to do is leg rises. Now, I brought in some ankle weights, and these ankle weights you can probably get at any sports retailer or online, and these particular ankle weights you can actually take out some of the weights to adjust your weight. It’s adjustable from I believe 1 lb. to 10 lbs. For this particular exercise, what you are doing is, again, sitting on the ball. Always remember, throughout all these exercises you want to try and keep a nice stable back, you have good posture, and your abdominals are nice and tight while you are breathing normal. What we are going to do is as a leg raise; take one leg raise it up. Once again, your feet are about shoulder width apart. Here you are stimulating the front of the leg, and the thighs. You’ll do about 12-15 repetitions as a beginner; about 15-20 as an advanced user and remember to switch legs. Once you do one leg go to the other leg, and about three sets of each. "