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Technique

  1. Start in a standing Straddle position with an Ab wheel on the floor.
  2. Slowly roll the wheel forward until your body is parallel to the ground.
  3. Pull yourself back to the starting position.

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Form tips

  • Keep your Abs engaged and avoid arching your back.
  • Ensure your arms and legs remain straight.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Abs
  • Obliques
  • Pelvis
  • Quadriceps
  • Chest
  • Back

Secondary

  • Hip adductors
  • Rectus abdominis
  • External oblique
  • Internal oblique
  • Iliacus
  • Rectus femoris
  • Psoas major
  • Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
  • Pectoralis major (sternal head)
  • Latissimus dorsi
  • Teres major

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Equipment

Ab wheel
Ab wheel

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Appears in

Joint movements
Trunkflexion
Shoulderextension forward
Hipflexion
trains stretches

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Progressions

e1ad

Ab wheel rollout

Elite

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Regressions

e09b

Straddle rings rollout

Advanced
e1ab

Knees ab wheel rollout

Advanced

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Variations

e09b

Straddle rings rollout

Advanced
e017

Rings rollout

Advanced
e05d

Incline rings rollout

Advanced
e12m

Barbell ab rollout

Elite
e129

Ab rollout pushup

Elite
e069

Knees rings rollout

Intermediate
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