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Squash Your Way to Stronger Abs and Toned Legs

Want stronger abs and toned legs? Try the Squat to Squash exercise with StrongBoard Balance board. This is an intermediate exercise and should be performed on a stable surface prior to performing with StrongBoard Balance board. This exercise is primarily for the abs and your VO2max, but will also work the shoulders, lower extremities and your entire core musculature, along with the entire scapulothoracic region.

Featuring Mike Curry ACE CPT, BMCES, and SBB Inventor, StrongBoardBalance.com.
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1. With medicine ball in hands (weight can vary), step onto the StrongBoard Balance platform, place feet up against the handles.

2. Keeping a slight bend in the knees and your abs braced at all times, raise the ball over your head.

3. Smash the ball to the ground while dropping into a squat.

4. As the ball bounces back up to you, bring yourself back to standing.

5. With ball now over your head again, repeat steps 2-5 for desired amount of repetitions.

6. Repeat for desired amount of sets.

Tips: Keep head in line with your spine and abs braced to help stabilize your back. For more of a challenge, you can use a heavier ball, and/or increase your repetitions/sets.

Squash Your Way to Stronger Abs and Toned Legs with the Squat to Squash Exercise on StrongBoard Balance board

StrongBoard Balance utilizes MULTI SPRING TECHNOLOGY™ that works with your body to deliver the perfect amount of stimulation to keep your core musculature and stabilizing muscles engaged and contracted, while training your central nervous system, improving posture, proprioception and reaction time.

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Extreme Plank Partner Exercise

Work your core with this extreme plank partner exercise! SEEL Drops are an intermediate exercise and should be performed on a stable surface prior to performing on StrongBoard Balance board. This exercise is great for strengthening the entire core musculature along with the erector spinae. This exercise requires stabilization of the scapula and the glenohumeral joint.

Featuring Marcus Hobbs, CPT and StrongBoard Balance Ambassador.
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1. Start in isometric plank position with your hands gripping handles or wide on each side of the platform logo, fingers spread, while partner holds your ankles.

2. Keep your shoulders directly over your hands, brace your abs.

3. Your partner will let go of your right foot without you knowing when. Your task is to not allow your leg to drop once they let go. You partner will do this twice, or for desired amount.

4. Your partner will then let go of your left foot without you knowing when. Your task is to not allow your leg to drop once they let go. You partner will do this twice, or for desired amount.

5. Repeat for desired amount of repetitions/sets.

6. Switch positions with partner and repeat steps 1-5.

Tips: Be sure to brace the abs at all times. This will help stabilize the lower back while in isometric plank position. Utilize your chest, shoulders, and obliques for a combination of core engagement as you control the tilt your body creates when your partner lets go of your leg. For more of a challenge, you can teeter the board side to side. You can also perform a desired amount of push-ups in between each leg drop. Want to challenge your partner too? Place a StrongBoard under his feet.

Extreme Plank Partner Exercise SEEL Drops on StrongBoard Balance Board

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Next Level Push-Ups for A Toned Upper Body and Abs

Try these next level push-ups to help tone upper body and abs! Reverse pike with shoulder touch push-ups is an intermediate exercise and should be performed on a stable surface prior to performing it with the StrongBoard Balance board. This exercise is primarily for the chest, shoulders, and abdominals but will also work the entire core musculature, along with the obliques and lower back.

Featuring Rachael Novello of TheSimplyFitStudio.com, SBB Certified Trainer and Instructor.
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1. Start by placing both hands on the floor, keeping shoulders directly over your hands.

2. Place both feet on platform with a closer than normal stance, toes on the StrongBoard Balance logo.

3. Keeping your abs braced, lower yourself into a push up. Bring yourself back into a plank position.

4. Immediately bring your right hand to your left shoulder, then back down.

5. Immediately bring your left hand to your right shoulder, then back down.

6. From plank position, begin walking your hands toward the board, until you are in a full pike.

7. Walk yourself back to full plank position.

8. Repeat for desired amount of repetitions and sets.

Tips: Be sure to keep spine erect and stabilized during full plank position. For more of a challenge you can slow the tempo of your walk to and from Pike. You can also hold your plank position.

Next Level Push-Ups for A Toned Upper Body and Abs using StrongBoard Balance Board

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Strengthen Abs and Back While Burning Fat

Strengthen abs and back with Stability Ball Pikes. This is an advanced exercise and should be performed on a stable surface prior to performing it with StrongBoard Balance board. This exercise is primarily for the abdominals and obliques but will also work the entire core musculature, along with the lower back, and shoulders.

Featuring Rachael Novello of TheSimplyFitStudio.com, SBB Certified Trainer and Instructor.
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1. Start by placing both arms on the stability ball, keeping shoulders directly over your elbows, palms down.

2. Place both feet on StrongBoard Balance with a closer than normal stance, toes on (slightly in front) the StrongBoard Balance logo.

3. Engage the abs and keep your head in line with your spine as you pull the ball towards the board, bringing your butt towards the ceiling (think downward dog).

4. Slowly roll the stability ball back out to starting position and lower your butt. Control the roll with your core engagement.

5. Repeat for desired amount of repetitions and sets.

Tips: Be sure to keep spine erect and stabilized by bracing your abdominals through entire set. For more of a challenge you can slow the tempo of your stability ball roll down. You can also pause in your plank position.

Strengthen Abs and Back While Burning Fat with Stability Ball Pikes on StrongBoard Balance Board

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Total Strength and Cardio Training in One Power Move

The V-Sit Battle Rope exercise is an intermediate exercise and should be performed on a stable surface prior to performing it with StrongBoard Balance board. This exercise is primarily for the abdominals but will also work the entire core musculature, along with the lower back, hip flexors, shoulders, and arms.

Featuring Chris Skraba, Lean Bodies OC client.
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1. Start by placing the board in a lateral position. Sit on center of platform, with one end of the battle rope in each hand.

2. Lean back, keeping your abs engaged and your spine lengthened and neutral.

3. Lift your feet just off the floor and hold.

4. Begin to move battle rope in an alternating wave like flow by lifting one side up as you bring the other side down. Be sure to use enough speed to keep the rope in constant motion.

5. Change direction of battle rope by pulling both handles up and down together.

6. Change direction back to alternating movement with a more vigorous tempo.

7. Repeat for desired amount of repetitions and sets.

Tips: Be sure to keep spine erect and stabilized by bracing your abdominals through entire set. For more of a challenge you can pull your knees into your chest as you are performing the battle rope sequence. You can also change your speed to incorporate a more aerobic workout. Other movements can be performed with battle rip while in V-Sit, like side-to-side and Sidewinders.