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# Stability ball alternating dead bug
> Novice · Dynamic · Alternate sides. Strength
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| **Difficulty** | Novice |
| **Velocity** | Dynamic |
| **Symmetry** | Alternate sides |
| **Athlete** | Louis |
| **Video length** | 23 s |
## Technique
1. Lie on your back and squeeze a Stability ball between your knees and hands, with the knees bent and the arms straight.
2. Engage your Abs to lift your feet, butt and shoulders off the ground ( Dead bug position), so that only your lower back in contact with the ground.
3. Extend one leg forward while moving the opposite arm overhead.
4. Return your leg and arm to the starting position on the Stability ball and repeat on the other side.
## Form tips
* Keep your head neutral: do not crane your neck forward. It may help to look at the ceiling.
* Aim to be in contact with the ground with as small of an area of your lower back as possible. This will create additional Abs engagement.
**Logging:** Each repetition involves working both sides.
## Muscles
Strength
- Abs
- Obliques
- Pelvis
- Quadriceps
* Rectus abdominis
* External oblique
* Internal oblique
* Iliacus
* Rectus femoris
* Psoas major
## Equipment
## Appears in
## Regressions
Beginner
## Variations
Beginner
Novice
Novice
Novice
Novice
Novice
Want to log this exercise? Open it in [Calistree](https://calistree.app/datasheet/stability-ball-alternating-dead-bug-e11d). Text and images are used under [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/); the video plays from the original source.
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