Leg Lifts build strength, endurance, and coordination of the lower abdominal wall and test the recruitment of important core muscles like the transverse abdominus.
In my opinion hamstring curls on the ball beat any hamstring machine I've ever used. This exercise precisely targets your hamstrings and also engages your muscles in your hips and back.
Ridgeline Fitness's podcast will focus on health, fitness, and dynamic living. The Swiss Ball is integral to building strength and conditioning in your abs and core.
The Knee Tuck or Jackknife is a challenging exercise that works your body from head to toe. The exercise is somewhat similar to Rollouts, requiring your lower abdominals to contract isometrically, stabilizing your spine.
The Superman or Alternating Superman exercise on the ball is all about precision. This exercise integrates countless muscles in your back and core. Especially the small stabilizer muscles in your spine that attach one vertebra to another thereby stabilizing and supporting your spine from the inside out.
The Swiss ball brings an element of instability to basic exercises like the straight leg bridge. This stimulates and conditions your deep core muscles improving spinal stability. In addition to these small but important joint stabilizer muscles the Straight Leg Bridge also targets larger prime movers in your back, glutes and hamstrings.
Reverse crunches on the Swiss Ball allow you to train your abdominal through a full range of motion while challenging your balance and coordination. This movement requires more lower abdominal strength than regular crunches.
