Personally I love doing weighted excercises for my abs, hanging leg raises, crunches on a decline bench, cable crunches, weighted side bends, whatever, you name it.
My problem is with the swiss ball, everyone I've talked to says hooking your feet under something while on the ball takes away from the strain put on your abs and transfers it more to your hip flexors. But when I hold 35lbs behind my head and try crunches on the swiss ball I feel like my feet are barely gripping the floor because the weight is pulling me backwards towards my head.
So I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions/ideas so that I can still do weighted ball work without being pulled back onto my head.
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01-10-2005, 11:52 AM #1Custom User Title
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weighted crunches on a swiss ball?
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I got one of them and nearly fell off it lol.Originally Posted by ddude241
Dont know to be honest, you just remind me of how i nearly fell off one lol .11
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01-10-2005, 12:12 PM #3Registered User
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I find it hard to keep balance on those things unweighted. But if you can, weights would be awesome bro.
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01-10-2005, 12:13 PM #4Registered User
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use less weight
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01-10-2005, 01:30 PM #5Registered User
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Move your butt forward on the ball a little...still keep your back flat but if you have a little more weight forward it should help you balance-wise.
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01-10-2005, 05:15 PM #6I'm Here 2 Bring The Pain
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Lay more on your lower back then on your a**. Plus it keeps your head from hitting the ground when you lay back. Thats the only way I can ever stay balenced.
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01-10-2005, 06:11 PM #7Custom User Title
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I don't lie on the ball on my as atall. I guess I should have put it out there that I am 6'6". Therefore i have a much longer torso than most. And anyone who's taken physics or even just plaied on a teeter totter knows the farther the weight is from the folcrum the more force is applied.
I try to keep the ball against my lower back, but i suppose i could try sliding down a bit more."Bodybuilding is not a pastime, it's a way of life"
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