Stability Ball Abdominal Crunch Exercise

Series Summary

Many people want to lose weight, yet despite claims of quick fat burning pills and powders, the best way to lose weight is still through proper diet and exercise. Exercise does more than maintain physical fitness. Working out improves bone density, builds muscle strength, and improves joint mobility. It can also reduce general health risks, boost the immune system, and help with depression and insomnia. Whether exercising to lose weight or improve muscle mass, working out is always a good idea to promote mind and body health. A stability ball is a great tool for exercising core muscles. In this free exercise video series, a professional trainer will demonstrate several exercises using a stability ball. Learn to do abdominal crunches, stretches, lifts and balance using this tool. Easy to do at home or at the gym, strengthen abdominals fast with these stability ball core exercises.

Video Transcript

"This functional core exercise using the stability ball is called an abdominal crunch. Basically, just come on down to the ball and make sure you have got a good balance and a solid foundation. Simply walk your feet out and place the small of your back on the stability ball. Make sure that your feet are hip width apart, place your hands gently behind your head, and keep your elbows wide. And you want to tuck your chin slightly and just image that you have a tennis ball between your chin and your chest. And then you want to come up, exhale as you lift and inhale as you come back. Now, what can really make this exercise affective is if you image that you are snapping your rib cage close together here. Never open up and really release that tension in your abdominal region. So you want to really contract and stay contracted the entire time. And exhale as you come up, inhale as you come back. Exhale up, inhale as you come back. Now, generally speaking you want to perform this exercise until you fatigue through your abdominal muscles until you really feel that burn. When you are finished simply sit up, walk your feet up, and that is your abdominal crunch."