What’s an Ab Balance?

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Abdominal balance exercises tone and tighten the midsection and can be done with or without equipment. The most common way is to sit on the floor with feet flat and knees bent, then lean back and engage the abdominal muscles. Using equipment like a balance ball or resistance bands can maximize results.

An abdominal balance is an exercise that works the abdominal muscles, which can help tone and tighten your midsection. An abdominal balance exercise can be performed with or without additional equipment, such as resistance bands, a balance ball or disc, or a weighted medicine ball. Additionally, an abdominal balance exercise may incorporate movements such as squats or may require stationary balance.

The most common way to do an abdominal balance exercise is to sit on the floor, or on a balance disc or ball if available, with your feet flat on the floor in front of your body and your knees bent. From this position, lean back until your abdominal muscles are engaged. At this point, the feet can be lifted off the floor to increase the difficulty and make the exercise a true balance exercise, or the feet can remain planted on the floor or wedged under a heavy object to keep them steady during the exercise. rest of the exercise

With your legs elevated, a cycling movement with your legs and feet can increase the intensity of your abdominal balance exercise and bring your obliques into the exercise. Alternatively, the legs can remain straight and slowly raise and lower to work the full range of the abdominal muscles. Also, the upper body can be lowered to the floor and raised again in a sitting movement. Lowering your upper body and legs to the ground at the same time and then coming back up in a balanced “V” shape is another good way to intensify the exercise. A slight twisting motion through the torso can be used to work the obliques, but this must be done with caution to avoid damaging the spine.

Using equipment can help maximize results and improve comfort during exercise. Sitting on a soft balance disc or ball can provide more cushioning than sitting on the floor, while also stabilizing the hips so that the abdominal muscles are isolated and worked, as opposed to the hip flexors. To add a high level of intensity to the exercise, resistance bands can be looped around an object or held and used by an assistant to resist movement and pull the upper or lower body toward the floor. Holding a weighted medicine ball across your chest also adds a great deal of resistance, especially when performing a sitting motion.




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