How To Do A Plank With A Balance Ball Video

The plank pose uses a balance ball to target core muscles, developing muscular endurance while burning fat. Learn how to do plank exercises using a balance ball in this strength training video.

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Elbows slightly bent
Keep back straight
Great exercise for core

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Amy McCauley has been a certified personal fitness trainer since 1995. She specializes in pilates, combat cardio, core conditioning and overall strength training. She works with clients ranging in age from 16 - 69. She has worked at Gold's Gym in Wilmington, NC since 2006. She loves her job because it gives her the opportunity to change peoples' lives in a positive way.

AMY MCCAULEY: Hi. I'm going to show you how to do a plank on a balance ball. It's a little bit more advanced move. So if you've just started, I want you to try this on the floor; if not, we're going to try it on the ball. Hands are going to be shoulder-width distance. We're going to stabilize. Take one foot back at a time. You want your head over your hands, elbows are slightly bent just a little bit, and back is flat. So if we're to take a marble, it should roll from your head down to your toes. Things to avoid: Bottom should not be up in the air and the back should not be arched. So we don't want to put the ball all the way down. Bring yourself up, stabilize, and lock it in. You're holding this as long as you comfortably can. Average is between 5 and 30 seconds and you're stabilizing every single muscle in your body, so this is a great exercise for the entire core, stomach, all the way wrapped around your back, shoulders, triceps, chest, and little bit in your lower back and hamstrings. Breathe and release. So again, things to remember: Your set up, hands go down first shoulder width apart. Step two, you going to walk one leg back at a time. Try not to jump both legs back at the same time. Step three, head is over the hands. Step four, the head and the bottom should be at a diagonal line, nice long body frame. You're breathing. Try not to hold your breath. We're holding between 5 and 30 seconds. And this is how you do a plank on a stability ball.

How to Do a Plank with a Balance Ball Video

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