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Single-Leg Stability Ball Leg Curls Lie on your back with your heels on the ball, and lift your hips toward the ceiling. Curl the ball toward your hips using one leg, then extend it back out.
Stability Ball Leg Curls. Shutterstock. ... Roll the stability ball toward you by bending your knees. Extend your legs to roll the ball back out. Complete three sets of 12 to 15 reps. Rest for 60 ...
Leg Raises with Stability Ball (3 sets of 12 reps) Ball Pikes (3 sets of 10 reps) Ball Toe Touches (3 sets of 15 reps) Directions: Perform this series in a circuit format, resting for 30 seconds ...
Closed kinetic chain exercises or closed chain exercises (CKC) are physical exercises performed where the hand (for arm movement) or foot (for leg movement) is fixed in space and cannot move. The extremity remains in constant contact with the immobile surface, usually the ground or the base of a machine.
Leg curl machine. The leg curl is performed while lying face down on a bench, by raising a weight with the feet towards the buttocks. This is an isolation exercise for the hamstrings. [5] Equipment Dumbbell, cable machine or leg curl machine. Major variants Seated (using a leg curl machine variant); standing (one leg at a time).
The barbell back squat Bodyweight squat. A squat is a strength exercise in which the trainee lowers their hips from a standing position and then stands back up. During the descent, the hip and knee joints flex while the ankle joint dorsiflexes; conversely the hip and knee joints extend and the ankle joint plantarflexes when standing up.
Stability Ball Leg Curls. Shutterstock. Ball leg curls target the hamstrings, glutes, and lower back while challenging your stability and coordination. Using a stability ball adds an element of ...
An exercise ball is a ball constructed of soft elastic, typically in 5 diameters of 10 cm increments, from 35 to 85 cm (14 to 33 in), and filled with air. The air pressure is changed by removing a valve stem and either filling with air or letting the ball deflate.