Wise Man Daily April 2018

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HAMSTRING CURLS
USING A STABILITY BALL
When you do something that challenges
your body’s balance, your core muscle
groups will activate to help you maintain
that balance. Using a stability ball while
doing hamstring curls is a great way to
challenge your body’s balance. This exercise
will not only give an excellent workout
for the abdominal area but it also will
give a good workout for the gluteal muscles
and even hamstrings. It accomplishes
all this by causing you to balance your legs
on a surface that is unstable while trying
to hold a glute bridge and simultaneously
control your knees with a full range of
motion. This is a difficult exercise but one
that will give an extreme workout to your
core muscle groups.
You will need to place your feet on the stability
ball while keeping your legs straight
and lying on your back. Your palms will be
flat on the ground beside you and you’ll
use them for support when you lift your
hips off the floor so that your body makes
a straight line from the head to the heels of
your body. You will then press your heels
into the ball and start pulling your legs
back and bending your knees. You then go
back to your original position to complete
the repetition. You will want to do a minimum
of two sets and as many as four sets
that each include 10 repetitions.
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