Abs Ball Workouts
In order to get toned abs, you may be enjoying hundreds of crunches, sit-ups and other traditional abdominal exercises every day. There is no doubt that you will eventually get the result you desired as long as you stick to the routine. Nevertheless, performing the monotony movements again and again for months or even years can lead to boredom. As the effect, your routine plan ends premature. The good news is that there is excellent home fitness equipment available for you when it comes to train your abs. It’s called the exercise ball. Fitness exercise ball is a great tool for toning your abdominal muscles as well as other core muscles. It has a wide range of uses so you can do a variety of workouts including abdominal exercise. Both men and women have been appreciating the effectiveness of using exercise balls in flattening their abs. So it’s not surprised that there are a lot of people these days enthusiastic perform abs exercises with a ball.
Performing abs ball exercises offers you effective result in a simple and fun way. The exercise can be performed anywhere you can place the ball. Since the exercise ball is very versatile, you can perform many combinations of abdominal workout on it. In this way, working your abs using a fitness ball regularly will give you excellent result which helps you targeting different muscles at your midsection from every angle.
Without further ado, here are two abdominal workouts you can do using a fitness ball.
Abdominal Crunch
To begin the exercise, lay your back on the top of ball with bent knees so that your feet resting on the floor. Try to keep your back straight and then put your hands crossed over your chest. Alternatively, you can put your hands beside your hips but not on the back of your neck. Tighten your abdominal muscles and then do a normal crunch your midsection. Just relax and try to hold for five deep breaths and then return to the initial position. Repeat the movement about eight to ten times. As your fitness level improves, increase the repetitions.
Diagonal Crunch
Diagonal crunch with a fitness ball is a little more difficult movement than the previous exercise. Yet it’s very good exercise to work your obliques. Unlike the previous exercise in which your feet planted firmly on the ground, diagonal crunches require you to lift one foot alternately during the movements. Therefore, you need to keep your balance while doing the exercise. You begin this exercise by laying your back on the ball with your hands behind the head. Raise one foot up in the air with bent knee at approximately 90 degree angle. To make you feel comfortable, you may choose whichever leg to be lifted first at the starting position. Let’s say you begin with left foot. From this position, raise your right elbow in a diagonal movement until it touches your left knee. Do it slowly and feel the crunch in your obliques. Return to the initial position and then lift the other side alternately.
