Prone Twist On Stability Ball

Lie face down on a stability ball with your feet shoulder-width apart and toes touching the ground. Place your hands behind your head. Keep your elbows out to the sides. While keeping your core engaged, exhale and twist your upper body to the right, rotating from your waist. Inhale and return to the starting position. Exhale and twist your upper body to the left, rotating from your waist. Inhale and return to the starting position. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Prone Twist On Stability Ball

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Prone Twist On Stability Ball using your stability ball.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your abdominals.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your abdominals rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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