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Stand on one leg and gently bring the sole of the other foot to your inner thigh or calf. Find a focal point to help with balance, and hold for 30 seconds to one minute on each leg.
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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).
Bridging exercises are done with a flexed knee to lessen the stretch on the hamstring (a knee flexor) and focus the hip extension work on the gluteus maximus. In that same respect, the reduced knee flexion makes plantar flexion work comparable to a seated calf raise, due to the lessened stretch on the gastrocnemius (like the hamstring, also a knee flexor).
Stability ball leg curls are dynamic exercises that engage the hamstrings and glutes while challenging your core stability. Lie on your back with your feet on a stability ball. Lift your hips ...
This image shows an abdominal exercise crunch using a stability ball. There are multiple ways to work on our abdominals but here are various abdominal exercises someone can do that are effective. One of the most popular exercise is what is known as the abdominal crunch. It activates the four abdominal muscles because it flexes the spine while ...