Stability Ball Oblique Exercises

Video Transcript

"Okay in this clip we're going to be doing oblique exercises on the stability ball. Okay, what you want to do is start by sitting in an upright position and you're going to roll back. Now remember if you don't feel quite balance on this ball you can take your knees and brace them against the wall for additional stability and you can also push your toes against the wall. So don't feel like you have to be out in the middle of the room feeling insecure about your stability and balance. Okay we're going to put our hands behind our head. Okay. Now what I suggest doing is either putting your hand on the side of the ball or you can even put your hand on your stomach or on the floor if it's low enough to the ground. Whatever you feel comfortable with. I'm going to put it on the side of the ball. And you're going to crunch across the body towards the opposite knee and then relax down. Okay exhale. Extend across. You're feeling it right here in the oblique muscles. Nice and flat. Okay let's switch sides. Hand behind the head. I'm putting my other hand on the ball, now we can put it on the floor or on your stomach. Extend across. Exhale. Then relax down nice and flat. Squeeze across. Relax down nice and flat. Okay you're going to exhale as you come across. Relax the back nice and flat. Really focus on those oblique muscles right here. Then come back down."