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crunch by holding a light dumbbell in your hands in front of your chest and continue with the original crunch move. You may also wish to place the ankle of one leg on the thigh of your other leg and do a series of crunches. If you do this be sure to reverse your legs and do the same amount of crunches in each position.

Push-ups:

Begin with the stability ball in front of you, get on the floor on your knees slowly lean over the ball and allow your body to move forward on the ball until your hands are flat on the floor in front of you, arms bent just like a normal pushup your nose should be almost touching the floor. Your legs should be raised in the air. From this position you will slowly pushup and then slowly lower your body back down.

Relax:

In order to stretch and relax your back after a workout you will lay across the ball with your head down your arms relaxed in front of you and your legs relaxed behind you. I like to compare this stretch to the relaxing position done in Yoga and Pilates called the Childs pose.

Please Notice:

If you have never worked out with a stability ball before you should consider taking a beginner class, purchasing an instructional video or buying a detailed instructional book. This will help insure your safety while using the ball.

I do not advice reading a few instructions off the internet and then trying to incorporate them into a workout with a stability ball. It is important to know how to move safely on your ball and do the moves correctly in order to help insure a safe and effective workout.

You will notice over time that once you become used to working out with the stability ball you can incorporate the ball into almost any exercise you wish to do by simply making a few

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