Reverse Plank Exercise with a Balance Ball

Video Transcript

" Hi! This is Manny Castro, Exercise Physiologist. One other variation you can use on the plank that we just demonstrated in the previous clip, is the same exercise, however shifting your point of reference around or your point of contact around. Instead of using your arms to pivot on the ball, what you’ll do is use your feet. I’ll demonstrate. What you want to do is put at least one foot up so you can roll the ball into position. Hold your hands in a push up position, right under your shoulders. Then what you will do is balance up on the ball and you’re going to hold in that position. You want to try and stay nice and straight as possible. Hold that position and count for about 30 seconds to a minute and that’s your exercise. Again, sub-variations of that exercise are putting one leg up and shifting legs around doing different sets. This will make it a lot more difficult. Now the exercise is difficult as it is, but if you’re an advanced user, then you can use the one leg up technique. That’ll get you even better results. "