3. The Push Up
Lie on your toes, prone placing your
hands on top of the ball. Extend your
legs and keep your back fully straight.
Perform a regular push up from the top
surface of the ball. Breathe out
pushing, inhaling coming down.
4. The Push Up (With Knees)
Kneeling in front of the ball, place your
hands on top with your back straight.
From this position perform a regular
push up motion. Breathe out pushing,
inhaling coming down returning to
starting position.
5. The Push Up (Feet Up)
Lying in a prone position with your
thighs across the ball, extend your legs
and back straight back while placing
your hands flat palm onto the floor.
From this position perform a regular
push up motion. Breathe out pushing,
inhaling coming down returning to
starting position.
6. The Bear Hug
Assume a sitting position on a flat bench.
Make sure your back is aligned straight
and your are seated with your back
against a hard vertical flat surface for
support. Grip or bear hug the ball against
your chest with your hand squeezing
either side. Squeeze in then out and
repeat the motion for a set number of
repetitions. Make sure you breathe out
after you release each squeeze.
7. The Sit Up
The focus of this exercise is to work the areas of
the abdominal muscles but as well as working your
core muscles by working upper abdominals as well
as the hips muscles.
Lying on the lower part of your back against the
ball and place your hands clasped behind your
head; raise your trunk and the upper part of your
body from the ball then return it to a rest position.
Make sure you breathe out while performing the
upward motion of the crunch and exhale when you
return to the rest position.
8. The Push Up (With Knees)
Kneeling in front of the ball, place your
hands on top with your back straight.
From this position perform a regular
push up motion. Breathe out pushing,
inhaling coming down returning to
starting position.
9. The Ball Reverse Crunch
Lying on your back flat against the
floor, grab the ball with your calves
with your arms spread out flat against
the floor. Squeezing the ball with the
calves of your legs bring your knees
forward towards your chest as far as
you can then gently roll back the ball
back down.
10. More resources
From BallExerciseWorkouts.com
BOSU Ball Exercises: http://www.ballexerciseworkouts.com/bosuball-exercises-bosu-balance-trainer/
Yoga Ball Exercises: http://www.ballexerciseworkouts.com/yoga-ballexercises/
Medicine Bal Exercises:
http://www.ballexerciseworkouts.com/medicine-ball-exercises/
Swiss Ball Exercises: http://www.ballexerciseworkouts.com/swissball-exercises/
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exercise_ball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine_ball
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOSU
From WikiHow
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-an-Exercise-Ball-for-Beginners