Ball Pikes: Exercise of the week

By Aditi | November 27, 2009 7:18 pm |
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Exercise of the Week

Want to feel better? Do you want your liveliness and conceivably even survive longer? Look no further than doing regular exercise. If you are looking for a new way to work the abs using an exercise ball, ball pikes are great for aiming steadiness, firmness and, core strength. Ball pikes are a more superior version of the tucks and involve the use of abs to pull your body into a hilltop position with the legs erect. This is a sturdy move and so you should feel very contented via an exercise ball. You can always amend the move by keeping the knees slightly bent and only lifting the hips a few inches.

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  1. Start the initial position by balancing your legs on the stability ball and hands on supported on the ground.
  2. Make sure that the initial position of the legs, abs and spine is straight.
  3. Now compress the abdominal muscles and try lifting the butt towards the ceiling as upwards as possible.
  4. For a more difficult and tough exercise try keeping the legs straight ending in a straight-leg pike with the toes on the ball.
  5. Return to start position and repeat for 10-16 times the above steps.

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