Exercise Ball Abs Workout

Nowadays, an exercise ball is a popular exercise equipment that is used for the daily workout regime. It must be chosen appropriately according to your height and material quality of the ball. Abdominal exercises, using an exercise ball, can prove helpful to get those fabulous flat abs. Abdominal workouts with exercise balls are not for beginners. Anyone who has been doing his/her workout for more than three months can go for these exercises. Balancing the body or stability of the body is also one of the requirements to do these exercises. The exercise ball workout must be done with utmost care to ensure your safety. Many a time, wrong steps and wrong exercising positions can lead to cramps and strains in the muscles which can lead to serious consequences.

There are in total 3 ways in which you can perform exercise ball workout for the abs, viz. straight sets, super set and circuit. The straight set of ab exercises with an exercise ball is to perform 3 sets of the same exercise and then move to perform the next exercise. In the super set, you can first perform 2 types of exercises one after the other and then again perform these two exercises as another set of abs exercise with exercise ball. Circuit is the most difficult as compared to the two ways of workouts discussed above. This is one of the really tiresome abs exercise with the ball. Let us now discuss some exercises for exercise ball ab workout.

Exercise Ball Crunches

The exercise ball for abs is commonly used for getting six pack abs. This exercise strengthens the muscles of your abdomen and also helps to improve your posture when you sit on a desk. There are again different types of crunches which are as follows:

Oblique Crunches
For oblique crunches, sit on the ball and walk until your hips are on the edge of the ball. Keep your hands below the neck. The next step is, exhale and crunch in an upward direction towards the ceiling. Rotate your body in one direction when you are in an upward motion. Rotate towards the right for 15 counts and then to the left again for 15 counts.
Reverse Crunches
For reverse crunches, lie down on the floor with your legs on the top of the ball. Squeeze the ball with your heels towards your thighs. Now exhale and curl your pelvis towards your chest to lift the ball from the floor. Perform these reverse crunches for 15 times to complete one set.
Side Crunches
This type of workout is effective to reduce fat in the love handle area. In this exercise, you need to anchor your body with your legs to the wall. Lie on the ball on the left side of your body. Hold your hands below your neck. Exhale and lift your body and crunch to the right hand side. When you have crunched your body, wait in that position for 1 second and then come to your starting position. Repeat this for 15 counts to complete one set of side crunches. Again perform this same exercise on the right side of the body.

Roll-in Exercises

For roll-ins, lie in a push-up position, with the exercise ball between your feet and the floor. With your hands straight, fold your legs towards your abs. This is one of the toughest abs exercises with exercise ball.

These were some exercise ball abs workout. Regularity in doing exercise ball workouts along with proper diet, is the key to success.