Swiss Ball Rotation
The swiss ball rotation is an abdominal exercise which focuses on the oblique muscles.
Teaching points
- Lay on your back with the knees straight and ball between the lower legs.
- Rotate slowly from the hips, lowering the ball towards the ground.
- Try to keep the mid back flat on the floor throughout.
- Once you have reached as far as you are comfortable, return to the start and repeat to the other side.
Variations and progressions
- Perform the exercise with the knees bent and ball held between the knees to make it slightly easier.
Muscles worked
- Internal Obliques.
- External Obliques.
- Quadratus.
- Lumborum.
Alternative exercises
- Medicine ball twist.
- Twisting crunch.
- Sitting twist with a resistance band.
- Standing twist with a resistance band.
Related injuries
- Abdominal strain.
- Lower back pain.
