Exercise Database

Revolved Abdomen Pose

Steps : 1.) Begin by laying on your back with your arms out to the sides keeping your hands at shoulder level. 2.) Take your legs and bring them up in the air whilst lifting your hips and buttocks up and to the left. 3.) Extending your heels outward, take your right leg and aim it out towards your fingertips at the side. 4.) Follow this movement slowly by lowering your left leg down to join the right. 5.) Try and hold onto both of your feet with your right hand and anchor your body to the floor with your left arm and shoulder. 6.) Turn your head in the direction of your left hand and repeat this pose for a few reps, lifting your left leg and up down towards the right and holding at full position.

Stability Ball Roll Down

Steps : 1.) Start by sitting on the floor with your knees bent and feet planted firmly on the floor, 2.) Hold an exercise ball in between your hands and arms raised over your head. 3.) Once in position slowly roll down onto your back with control, keeping your feet planted on the ground and knees still bent, and the ball resting on the floor above your head. 4.) Slowly, while squeezing your abs, bring the ball back up towards the ceiling and roll back up to the starting position. 5.) Repeat for as many reps and sets as desired.

Medicine Ball Throw (Stability Ball)

Steps : 1.) Start by taking a medicine ball and holding it against your chest. 2.) Sit down on a stability ball ball, while keeping the medicine ball against your chest, then walk your feet forward so that only your low to mid back is resting on the stability ball. 3.) Extend your arms behind your head and behind the ball. 4.) Then lift up through your abs and extend your arms forward throwing the medicine ball out high and in front of you. 5.) Continue to extend forward until you feel a stretch in your core and your shoulders. 6.) Either receive the ball from your partner or on the bounce back from the wall. 7.) Repeat for as many reps and sets as desired. Tips : 1.) For this exercise you will use either a partner to receive the ball during the throw or throw the ball up against a wall where you will be able to catch and receive the bounce back.

Box Jump Tap Overs

Box jump overs are a plyometric exercise that targets multiple muscle groups, including the lower body, core, and cardiovascular system. Stand facing the box with your feet shoulder-width apart. Keep your chest up, shoulders back, and core engaged throughout the movement. Start by performing a two-footed jump onto the box, landing softly with both feet on top of the box. From this position, jump off the opposite side of the box, extending your hips and knees to propel yourself over the box. Swing your arms to generate momentum and help you clear the box. Land softly on the ground on the opposite side of the box, ensuring that both feet touch down simultaneously. Turn around and repeat the movement, jumping back over the box in the opposite direction. Continue alternating sides with each repetition.

Stability Ball Single-Leg Crunch

Steps : 1.) Begin by lying on an exercise ball with the small of your back, crossing your arms across your chest and slowly lifting one leg off of the floor. 2.) As soon as you find your balance, curl your torso up and draw in your belly button towards your spine. 3.) Squeeze with your abdominals and then slowly return back to the starting position repeating for as many reps and sets as possible.

Stability Ball Wood Chop

Steps : 1.) Start off standing up straight with your feet shoulder width apart and your knees slightly bent. 2.) Hold an exercise ball in your hands above your head to one side of your body in a motion that you are about to chop wood. 3.) Squeeze on your abdominals and slowly bring the exercise ball down in a diagonal direction, pressing the exercise ball down to your opposite thigh. 4.) Return back to the starting position and finish the rest of your repetitions on that side before switching over to your opposite side and repeating the exercise.

Barbell Snatch Balance

Steps : 1.) Start by holding a barbell with light weight across the back of your shoulders, keeping your feet shoulder width apart and turned out slightly. 2.) Slowly lower yourself by bending your knees slightly then forcefully pushing yourself up so that the bar is overhead and you can drive yourself underneath. 3.) As you continue into a full squat, elevate the barbell overhead and hold for a count. 4.) Return to a standing position then slowly, under control, lower the weight back to the starting position. 5.) Repeat for as many reps and sets as desired.

Turtle Pose

Steps : 1.) Start of by resting on your hands and knees and keeping your knees beneath your hips. 2.) Using your glutes sit back slowly onto your heels and lower your forehead down to the floor, placing your arms beside your body right next to your feet. 3.) Hold this position for 5 to 10 breaths and return back to the starting position.

Stability Ball Reverse Crunch

Steps : 1.) For this exercise you will need a partner or a structure to hold your balance and you in place. 2.) It is important to make sure that you have core abdominal strength before performing this exercise. 3.) Start off by lying with your back in the middle of an exercise ball, grabbing your partner's hand, finding your balance and straightening out your legs. 4.) After finding your balance, curl your legs up towards your chest and squeeze tight with your abdominals. 5.) Return back to the starting position and repeat for as many reps and sets as possible. Tips : 1.) It is important to take this workout/exercise slowly, as it is difficult to maintain and get your balance

Dumbbell One-Arm Single-Leg Bicep Curl on Stability Ball

Steps : 1.) Start by sitting on an exercise ball, holding onto a dumbbell in one hand and elevating a leg on the same side. 2.) Lift up the weight, while keeping the leg raise, and curl it up to chest level, making sure to isolate the bicep and then return back to the starting position. 3.) Repeat for as many repetitions as desired and then switch arms.

Barbell Seated High Front Raise

Steps : 1.) Start by sitting up straight at the end of a flat bench with your feet on the floor in front of you holding a weighted barbell on your knees with an overhand grip. 2.) While keeping your arms straight, slowly elevate the barbell up and over your head, squeezing your shoulders on the way up, and hold for a count. 3.) Return back to the starting position. 4.) Repeat for as many reps and sets as desired.

Barbell Frankenstein Squat

Steps : 1.) To begin this exercise; start off by placing a barbell on the front of your shoulders. 2.) Keeping the barbell still and in place, extend your arms out in front of you so that they are parallel with the floor and at shoulder level. 3.) Bend at the knees and lower your hips down towards the ground, keeping your chest and back straight along with the barbell secure on your shoulders. 4.) Continue in a basic squat motion until your upper legs come in contact with your calves. 5.) Return back to the starting position slowly with barbell in place. 6.) Repeat this exercise for as many repetitions as needed.

Dumbbell One-Arm Reverse Fly

Steps : 1.) Begin by setting up on a flat bench with your chest resting on the bench, feet extended behind you, holding a dumbbell in one hand, and arms rested down towards the floor. 2.) Slowly, using your shoulders, raise your arm up towards the ceiling, squeezing on the way up and hold for a count. 3.) Return back to the starting position. 4.) Repeat for as many reps and sets as desired.

Rotational Step-Up

Steps : 1.) Start by standing next to a box or bench slightly rotated so that you aren't fully facing the box, keeping your feet shoulder width apart and straight ahead of your body. 2.) Place your hands on your hips, then rotate your body and step up with one foot onto the platform. 3.) Finish the rotation by taking the rest of your body and lifting up through the hip on the opposite side onto the platform. 4.) Step down, still holding your hands on your hips, return to the starting position and repeat for as many times as you can.

Dumbbell One-Arm Shoulder Press (Stability Ball)

Steps : 1.) Start by sitting on a stability ball straight up, gripping a dumbbell in one hand and keeping it parallel to your head. 2.) Slowly press the weight upward until the elbow is next to your ear and hold for a count. 3.) Return back to the starting position and repeat for as many reps and sets as desired.

Decline Bench Cable Knee Raise

Steps : 1.) Start by placing a decline bench in front of a low pulley cable machine, positioning the lowest end closest to the cable. 2.) Connect an ankle strap to the low pulley cable and wrap it around your ankles. 3.) Lay down with your back flat on the bench with your head up towards the highest end and grab onto the pads with your hands for support. 4.) Slowly pull up with your knees so that they go as high as possible and you feel a stretch in your abs, hold for a count then return back to the starting position. 5.) Repeat for as many reps and sets as desired.

Dumbbell Decline One-Arm Hammer Press

Steps : 1.) Start by laying on a decline bench with your feet flat on the floor or secured under foot holders, one arm holding a dumbbell in a hammer grip position and arm extended above your chest. 2.) Slowly lower your arm to shoulder level, maintaining a 90-degree angle in your arm until you feel a tension in your chest. 3.) Hold this position for a count then return back to the starting position. 4.) Repeat for as many reps and sets as desired.

Stability Ball Rollover

Steps : 1.) Lay down on the floor with your legs extended and an exercise ball between your ankles. 2.) Keep your hands firmly positioned at the sides of your glutes. 3.) Using your abs, slowly bring the exercise ball up and over your body until the ball is resting on the floor above your head. 4.) Hold this position for up to 15 seconds and then return back slowly to the starting position.