How To Do Lateral Extensions With Stability Ball Video

Stability balls are a great way to improve your core muscles. Learn how to do lateral extensions with a stability ball in this exercise video from a fitness instructor.

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Keep weight above knees
Ball in between hands
Come in slightly
Release
Don't let momentum take over

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Carol Childers has been a physical fitness trainer for twenty three years. She is experienced in yoga, pilates, sports conditioning, core strength training and nutrition. She currently works with clients all over the country.

Working lats with the stability ball is a good way to create core challenge. So make sure that you've mastered the movement in a fixated position with a bar and being able to sit on a chair or at a bench. But before you begin the movement, I want you to think about depressing the shoulders, retracting in the shoulder blades, the scapula. Scapular retraction, neutral shoulders. We're going to come up with our weight above the knees. The ball is out and you got the ball right in between your hands. Already, my muscles are starting to shake. I come in slightly, but I don't want to come in so much that I'm bringing myself out of neutral and my wrists are moving. Boom! Right there, the lats are turned on; they're on fire and release. Try not to let momentum take over. It's a small movement. It doesn't take much to hit these muscles because they're anchored, they're stabilizing the whole time. Contract and release. Contract and release. It's similar to what you may have seen with Ab Wheel, but with this one, we're primarily focusing in on the back where with the Ab Wheel or a Torso Track, your entire body moves forward to extension and then back in, 10 to 15 reps. Work your way up to three sets to fatigue.

How to Do Lateral Extensions With Stability Ball Video

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