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Exercise balls, also known as stability balls, can help pump up your normal workout by adding a balance challenge and increasing the intensity of your strength training routine. Learn how to tone your upper body and lower body using an exercise ball in this free health and fitness video lesson.
Series Summary
Exercise balls are a great way to pump up your workout routine and workout your core muscles while doing your normal exercises. In this free video series, our expert will show you how to do exercise ball workouts. You will learn how to do leg extensions, hamstring curls, squats and crunches with an exercise ball. You will also learn how to incorporate an exercise ball into chest presses, twist crunches and lateral pull exercises. If you've got an exercise ball but can't figure out what to do with it, let our fitness instructor show you all the exercises you need to know to achieve that lean muscular look you've always wanted.
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Doing side lying abductions, or leg lifts, with a stability ball can increase the intensity of your leg workout and tone your outer thighs. Learn how to use an exercise ball when doing side lying leg lifts in this free fitness and strength training video lesson.
Twist crunches with a stability ball help to tone and strengthen the obliques, which are the muscles running along the side of the stomach. Learn how to do twist crunches on an exercise ball in this free fitness and strength training video lesson.
Lying lateral flexion workouts using a stability ball help to tone and strengthen the oblique muscles. Learn how to workout your obliques using an exercise ball in this free health and fitness video lesson.
Passing an exercise ball from your feet to your hands is a great way to tone and strengthen your inner thighs and stomach. Learn this great stability ball workout routine in this free health and fitness video lesson.
Squatting with one leg while extending the other leg on a stability ball is a great way to improve your balance while toning and strengthening your legs. Learn how to do this exercise ball workout in this free fitness and strength training video lesson.
Chest presses on a stability ball are done in the same way as chest presses on a bench, but by using an exercise ball you can add a balance challenge to this upper body strength training workout. Learn how in this free health and fitness video lesson.
Hamstring curls using a stability ball are a great way to tone your legs and hamstrings. Learn how to use an exercise ball for hamstring curls in this free health and fitness video lesson.
Doing lateral pulls with an exercise ball (aka stability ball) will help you strengthen your back, stomach and triceps (the muscle of the back of the upper arm). Learn how in this free fitness and strength training video lesson.
Standing one leg squats with an exercise ball (aka stability ball) are a strength training exercise that can help you improve your balance and tone your legs. Learn how to do squats with a stability ball in this free health and fitness video lesson.
Using a stability ball to do seated leg abductions is a great way to strengthen your inner thigh muscles. Learn how in this free health and fitness video lesson on strength training with exercise balls.
Doing overhead extensions with a stability ball is a great upper body strength training workout that will also help you improve your balance. Learn how to do overhead extensions on an exercise ball in this free health and fitness video lesson.
A stability ball, or exercise ball, makes seated leg extensions more challenging by adding a balance component to the exercise. Learn how to work your leg muscles with seated leg extensions on a stability ball in this free health and fitness video lesson.
Standing leg curls using a stability ball are a great way to strengthen the hamstrings (the muscles on the back of the thigh). Learn how to do hamstring curls with an exercise ball in this free fitness and strength training video lesson.
Work out your stomach muscles by doing crunches with an exercise ball, and learn how stability balls can increase the intensity of your abdominal strength training routine, in this free health and fitness video lesson.
