You all will agree that exercising can be done in different ways using different items, but nothing is as exciting as using a Swiss ball for exercising. Read on to know some of the best ball exercises in this article.

Plank Ball Exercise: Try out the plank ball exercise for strengthening your lower back. Just lie on your stomach on the ball placed on the ground. Then, squat in front of it placing your stomach on it and pushing your feet while keeping your hands on the floor for balance. Try to squat holding for 10 breaths.

Side Crunch Swiss Ball Exercise: Try this ball exercise for getting extra fat out of your sides. Just lean on such a ball with your right hip and torso on it. Support yourself through your feet and then clasp your hands behind your head and crunch your torso as far as you can. Make sure to repeat the exercise on the other side too.

Thigh & Belly Toner Ball Exercise: Use the Swiss ball for toning up your thighs and belly. Just lie on your back keeping your arms at your sides. Now, grasp the ball between your feet and raise your legs as high as you can making a 90 degree angle. Repeat the step for at least 15 times.

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.

• Lie down on a mat or on the floor with your hands and palm placed straight on the floor.
• Now bend your knees with your legs placed on the ground.
• Place a ball tenderly between the knees holding it resolutely clutching both the thighs together.
  

• Now compress your abdominal muscles and then slowly lift both the legs holding the ball.

• Now move the legs in one direction. While doing this make sure that your hips, arms and spine remain in contact with the ground.

• Now repeat the same movement of the legs in the opposite direction.

• For a tougher exercise place the ball between your ankle and repeat the above steps.

• Take a ball. Place the ball in front of a wall at such a distance that when you lie down on the ball your torso should be resting on the ball.
• Position your feet across the wall so that it helps balancing your body.
• Place your both arms on the back of the head supporting it and the head facing downwards.

• Now slowly start lifting your head, torso and spine at an angle of 30 degrees from the start position.
• During the practice of the above step exhale.

• Now after raising the head and spine at an angle of 30 degrees try to stretch your spine and torso more, say at an angle of 45-60 degrees, depends on body to body. Keep exhaling during this step too. Seize this position for a few seconds.
• While doing the above step keep balancing the ball.
• Now slowly come to the initial position and inhale while coming to the start position.
• Perform 10-12 repetitions of the above steps.

Take a ball and balance yourself by sitting on the ball with your feet placed flat on the ground.

Hold dumbbells in both your hands with the palms facing inwards.

Bend yourself leaning your chest and spine in downward direction and place your hands besides both the feet.

Now raise both the arms sideways at an angle of 45 degrees slowly.

Now bring the lifted hands to the shoulders so that the hands and shoulders are in one line.

Try to keep your hands as straight as possible.

Repeat the exercise for at least 10-12 times.

• Take a stability ball and position your back on the stability ball.
• Raise both your hands towards the head and cross them over the head.

• Now inhale and expand your stomach.
• Now raise your head with the help of the hands while maintaining the balance on the stability ball.
• Exhale and contract your stomach while doing the above step.

Note: If your head and neck muscles get tired very soon than your position on the ball is not proper. Just again balance properly on the stability ball and try the crunches again. While doing the crunches place your tongue upwards in the mouth. This would help the muscles deep in your neck kick in.

• Start the exercise by lying down straight on your back.
• Place a large ball under your heels as shown in the figure.
• Lift your hip and make sure that the knees are not bent.
• Place the hands on the floor.

• Now slowly bring the ball under your legs with help of your heels.
• Make sure that your hips don’t touch the ground.
• Seize the position for a few seconds.
• Repeat the above steps for at least 5 times.

· Lie down straight on a mat.

· Hold a ball between your legs with the knees folded.

· Place your hands behind the ears in a crunch position.

· Get sure of your abs being erect and taut.

· Now try and raise your body from the butt along with the legs carrying the ball.

· At the same time lift your head towards the ball with the help of your hands.

· Exhale while doing the above two steps.

· Now return to the starting position and inhale.

· Repeat the above steps for 15-20 times.

· Start the initial position by resting yourself on a mat.

· Now on a stability ball rest your legs as shown in the figure.

· Now keeping both the hands rested on the floor slowly lift your butt as shown.

· Now gently pull the ball inside with your legs.

· After a few seconds push the ball again outwards.

· Repeat the above steps.

• Start the initial position by balancing yourself on the ball with the help your legs resting on the wall and toes touching the floor.
• Note the legs should be placed apart.
• Hold the dumbbells into your palms and place both your hand wide apart as shown in the figure.

• Now bring both your hands a little closer as shown in the figure.

• Bring both the hands together towards the ground.
• Now slowly go on repeating the above steps.

Take care that your elbows do not fold or bend while performing the exercise.