Plank - Fitness Ball

Recommendations: 1-3 Sets, 30-60 Dur

Beginner Abdominals Hip Flexors Strength Fitness Ball Gym

Purpose: This exercise provides flexibility and mobility of the hamstrings.

Benefits: This exercise will assist in giving you strong abdominals. This exercise looks easy but is very beneficial for the abdominal muscles.

Position yourself face down with your elbows and forearms on a fitness ball. Your legs should be straight behind you with the balls of your feet on the floor. Your back should be straight and you should look forward not down. This is the starting position. Contract your abdominal muscles tightly. Hold this position as long as you can. Keep looking forward and your back straight. Do one repetition of this exercise but try to extend the time you can hold the position each time you do it.

The abs can be divided into the abdominals themselves and the obliques. The obliques are the outer abs and are used in twisting movements. For the sake of exercising, the abdominals are sometimes divided into upper abs and lower abs (this is not a technical division but something for exercising). Both upper and lower abs are used in straight line ab exercises while the upper abs are also involved in twisting movements.