Alternating Inchworm and Pike from a Plank Exercise Using a Stability Ball

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SUMMARY

THE TECHNIQUE OF THE ALTERNATING INCHWORM AND PIKE FROM A PLANK EXERCISE USING A STABILITY BALL IS DESCRIBED AND DEMONSTRATED IN THIS COLUMN.

TYPE OF EXERCISE

Core stability and strength exercise with challenge of balance and upperbody static holds.

MUSCLES INVOLVED

Core stabilizers, abdominal muscles (external and internal obliques and transverse and rectus abdominis), hip flexors (iliopsoas, rectus femoris, and sartorius).

EXERCISE DESCRIPTION

This exercise for the core stabilizers, abdominals, and hip flexors combines 2 separate exercises, the inchworm from a plank and the pike from a plank, into 1 fluid exercise, performed sequentially and repetitively using a stability ball. Thé actual exercise, performed in 2 parts, begins and ends from a plank position with an inchworm and then a pike performed in the middle. Body balance and upper-body static strength are required, in addition to core strength, to be successful.

PART 1 OF ALTERNATING...