One of the greatest advantages of doing
the crunches on a stability ball is that it prevents resting your shoulders and head between the reps, resulting with sustained tension throughout the exercise.
When
you crunch on a stability ball, the ball will slightly move underneath you and your core muscles will work harder to help you maintain your balance.
First, there is an added balance challenge when you do
crunches on a stability ball.
The obliques also work at maximum capacity when you perform side
crunches on a stability ball or side planks.
A solution to that flaw is do side
crunches on a stability ball or a bosu ball.
Crunches on a stability ball also add a balance challenge that effectively targets your core.
To add range of motion and activate your core, the next progression is to perform
your crunches on a stability ball.
Not exact matches
Unlike other variations of the
crunch, where you're
on a mat or
stability ball, this modification minimizes strain
on your knees, hips and the tiny muscles in your ankles.
Fourth, forget about
crunches and start using total body ab exercises such as
stability ball rollouts, planks with your arms
on the
ball, pushup side planks, and spiderman pushups to help you burn calories and sculpt your six pack abs.
I really wanted to put
stability ball crunches higher
on my list, but I like the exercises that follow a little more.
If you can do a set of pushups and have mastered
stability ball crunches, you might find this exercise keeps you focused
on improving.
First, abdominal exercises
on the
ball challenge your balance and can lead to improvements in core
stability, and Second, lying
on the
ball increases the range of motion of
crunches and can lead to greater improvements in strength.
You can do cable
crunches for the oblique while lying
on the floor, but you can get more range of motion
on the
stability ball.
So as you are
crunching up you throw the
ball and they throw it back to you as you are retuning to your starting position this is great for doing
on a
stability ball.
The
stability ball has an advantage to many of the exercises traditionally performed
on the floor such as the
crunch.
Crunches — Whether done
on a
stability ball or the floor, performing a 45 degree
crunch is effective for strengthening the abs.
Ab exercises
on a
stability ball are becoming just as popular and regular sit ups and
crunches on the floor.