This exercise doesn’t allow you to “cheat” – not that you would intentionally, but our bodies sometimes figure the easy way out! By using a ball, you have to stay elevated up in your abdominal curl to keep holding the ball in place and you have to keep your lower abs engaged to hold the ball in place as well.
- Place ball in front of thighs, not between thighs/knees, but in front of your thighs and hold the ball in place with your elbows. Hands behind head.
- Perform 10 Reverse Crunches using your lower abdominals. Your bum my lift slightly off the floor. Think kegel muscle when performing a reverse crunch.
- Do 10 upper body crunches – pressing your elbows into the ball.
- Do both upper and lower body crunches simultaneously. Whew! This will get you!
Rest then repeat 2 more times! This is a great, intense exercise! Hope you like it!