Our Top 8 Stability Ball Exercises

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Our Top 8 Stability Ball Exercises

Standing Side-Splits with a Ball

This yoga-inspired move gives obliques a serious stretch. You can certainly do this exercise without the ball, but it offers a bit of leverage and additional support. And you deserve a treat.

Do it:

Stand with feet together about a foot behind a stability ball.
Bend from the hips, placing hands on ball.
Keeping torso extended and abs and glutes tight, raise left leg behind you until it's parallel to the floor.
Keep your foot flexed and your inner thigh facing the floor.
Rotate your torso to the left and extend left arm overhead.
Turn head to gaze at left hand.
Hold for 3 counts.
Lower and return to starting position.
Repeat on opposite leg.

Try the standing side-splits with a ball