Gym ball exercises were hugely popular in the 90s and early 2000s but as Pilates and weight training took centre stage, this ...

To crunch, squeeze your abdominal muscles, hold for a few seconds and then un-curl back to the start position. Repeat. Many athletes perform crunches and other abdominal exercises by “throwing ...

Personal trainers agree that to achieve a strong and functional abdomen, it is not enough to do hundreds of traditional ...

For this exercise, kneel in front of your ball, with your shins up against it. Then, place your hands on the ground, making sure your arms are straight from your shoulders down to your wrists.

Crunches get a bad rap, but they're a solid core exercise. Here's how to do crunches correctly, including 14 other types of crunches you can do.

Jennifer Rizzuto September 5, 2023 at 12:00 AM·10 min read a photo of people in a gym doing crunches on a Swiss ball ...

Just drape your upper body over the ball, and you’ll find that crunches are now much harder. That means you can get to that ab-burning feeling with a set of, say, 10 instead of 50.