Jenna

Im working trying to work on my abdominals and wanted to intensify my work out so bought a swiss ball....just wondering what the best exercises are to get the best results?

Chil

Theres a good lower ab excersise you can do. I'll do my best to explain.

Strectch out fully in the push up postion with your hands on the floor and your toes up on the swiss ball. So that there is nothing underneath you.
Then pull your knees to your chest rolling the swiss ball with it. Get it?

Or i think the best one is this:

with your back on the swiss ball crunch with left shoulder to right knee so that your your knee and shoulder kinda meet. Do a set of these and then switch it right shoulder to left knee.

i think the key is nice and slowly and hold the crunch for 2 or 3 seconds.

Hope that helps.....

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Nine Pack

I have a book crammed full of hundreds of weird & wonderful exercises to do with a swiss ball.

If I were you I'd get hold of a book & have a play to see what suits you.

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Truewarrior1

get a gun and shoot it (i jus hate it when i see someone benchin or something stupid on a ball)

jokes aside.i work my abs usin the ball by sittin on it and comin up reaaaal slow flexing my abs if u do it right u wont be able to get more than 15-20 reps.

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ajfitness

why do you hate seeing someone bench on it? it a good addition to a workout every now an then and as ninepack said theres pretty much no limit to what you can do with them.

skipstaylor

Swiss ball roll outs i find are a key abdominal excercise. (same as using a barbell or home adjustible dumbell roll out)

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ONE SMART COOKIE

Here you go some ab & swiss ball exercises here http://youtube.com/watch?v=zQi5RAq1C6s

Truewarrior1

your working on balance at the same time as benching so if you wanna try balance 44kg+ a hand and bench on a swiss ball feel free to try. anyone with me ? they do have their place though.

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hertderg

Jenna - I started using the swiss ball for abs , you get a great workout from it. I found this video on you tube a great help. When you take the arms back, my god you can feel them working.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YHd89otakGc

Jock

I find them great for balance and co-ordination, I regularly do swiss-ball squats with light dumbells.

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invisiblekid

I often squat 100kg on them while balancing using only one leg and Irish Luck.

Seriously though, some people go too far with what they do on a Swiss ball. I've just started using on as part of my rehab for a back injury. I never realised how weak my core was until I started doing simple exercise like raising a knee without my whole body shifting. My core probably resembles that of a 9 year old girl!

A great piece of kit if used correctly and sensibly.

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paulo

to be honest they are a waste of time for abs-do strict slow crunches-they defo work squeeze at top and slowly lower(thatl be why called crunches!)do to side also by moving on to hip works a treat and you can do anywhere

Mahonski

I've been doing some of this routine for the last couple of weeks since seeing. I personally think it's excellent.

ONE SMART COOKIE

Thank you for those words...

Hopefully at some point we`ll get a more advanced version done..

maccer

Hey OSC how are you mate? Don't know if you remember me?

How many times a week you recommend training the abs?