Roll Out - Fitness Ball

Recommendations: 1-3 Sets, 10-15 Reps

Intermediate Abdominals Shoulders Strength Fitness Ball Pull Compound Gym

Purpose: This exercise strengthens the abdominal muscles.

Benefits: This exercise will give you a well-defined mid-section.

Get into a push up position on the floor, placing your elbows on a fitness ball. Your knees should be on the floor and your back should be at a 45 degree angle. Raise your feet from the flora so that only your knees are on the floor. This is the starting position. Slowly roll the barbell forward, while inhaling. Your body will stretch out. Your abs should be kept tight. Your elbows should remain on the fitness ball. Pause briefly at the end of the movement. Slowly roll the fitness ball back to the starting position while exhaling. Let your ab muscles do the work. Pause briefly at the end of the movement. Repeat for the required number of repetitions.

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.