Medicine Ball V-up

How to do it

1. Lie flat on your back with arms extended overhead, holding the medicine ball with both hands, and legs straight out on the floor.
2. Brace the core before lifting the arms and legs off the floor at the same time.
3. Fold the body at the hips, raising the straight legs and the ball together to meet above the midline in a V shape.
4. Touch the ball toward your shins or feet at the top, working the abdominal muscles through the full fold.
5. Exhale as you fold up into the V and inhale as you lower the arms and legs back down together with control.
6. Keep the lower back from arching as the legs lower back down, since letting the back arch is the common fault in this exercise.

Muscles worked

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