How to perform a swiss ball bridge exercise with an image showing the move. Click on the picture to see the full sized image.
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Benefits of the Bridge Exercise
This morning, I put up an article explaining how to do the bridge exercise. After reading it, Bud Gibson asked:
So, what does this exercise do for me? Is it supposed to work on abs and core strength? That�s what the description suggests. I like the illustration and form advice. I could do the exercise from them.
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How to perform a bridge exercise with an image showing the move. Click on the picture to see the full sized image.
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Bridge Exercise on a swiss ball, Part II
Last week, I saw somebody doing a bridge exercise on a swiss ball, which I thought was a fairly novel idea. It was new to me, anyway. I tried it during my workout in place of my last set of crunches, and I liked it. I mentioned that I wanted to try it with my feet elevated, so today I worked that into my morning’s exercise.
The first set I elevated my feet. It did not work my abs nearly as hard as when my feet were on the floor and my shoulders were elevated. My last two sets I just did the bridge on the swiss ball normally rather than elevating my feet. The extra danger of falling with the exercise not doing as much good did not really seem worth it. My feet were not elevated to the same height as the swiss ball; they were probably about ¾ of the height. I do not know if I will try doing it on the level or not; probably not.
Bridge exercise on a swiss ball
This morning I was at the gym working out (my “getting back into lifting shape” workout), and I saw somebody doing a bridge, which is a great workout exercise for your abs but which I do not have currently written into my workout. However, he was doing it on a swiss ball, which I had never seen before or even thought of doing. “What a great idea,” thought I, so I tried it.
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