In terms of affordable, multi-purpose pieces of workout gear, an exercise ball is essential for runners. The exercise ball, often called a Swiss ball or stability ball, can be used for numerous ...

When it comes to outfitting a home gym, you’re probably familiar with essentials like a mat, dumbbells, and resistance bands. But if you haven’t added an exercise ball to your arsenal yet, you’re ...

Effective abdominal exercises should train stabilization of the spine. This is not accomplished through sit ups and crunches, but rather through exercises like the Swiss ball roll out. Before starting ...

There are so many exercises you can use a stability ball for, especially when it comes to targeting your core. Why? Because this fitness tool, otherwise known as an exercise or Swiss ball, challenges ...

1. Begin lying with your chest on the Swiss ball and your feet out behind you. 2. While balancing on the ball, with your arms at your side, grasp a dumbbell in each hand. 3. Raise the dumbbells ...

1. Lying on your back on a swiss ball, feet shoulder width apart. 2. Overlap your hands and extend your arms straight backwards like a diver. 3. Crunch up using your abs until you are about 4-inches ...

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Objective To investigate whether the addition of a swiss ball to a wall squat exercise has any effect on the levels of lower limb muscle activity at varying angles of knee flexion. Design An ...

Lie face up on a Swiss ball, with your navel at the center of the ball. Place your hands behind your head. From this position curl your torso up, pause, and then reverse into the fully stretched ...