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Technique

  1. Stand in front of a Stability ball and place your hands on it.
  2. Slowly roll forward onto your forearms until your body is fully extended.
  3. Then roll back to the starting position.

Form tips

  • Keep the Abs engaged at all times, with a posterior Pelvic tilt.
  • Keep the arms and legs straight.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Chest
  • Back

Secondary

  • Pelvis
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
  • Pectoralis major (sternal head)
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Teres major

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
Trunkflexion
trains stretches

Progressions

e069

Knees rings rollout

Intermediate
e09b

Straddle rings rollout

Advanced

Regressions

e11e

Stability ball knee ab rollout

Novice
e00s

Stability ball pike compression

Novice
e00t

Stability ball plank tuck

Novice
e0le

Bilateral jedi crawl

Intermediate
e0mj

Back bird

Intermediate
e0mm

Reverse back bird

Intermediate
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