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Exercise of the month (05/2004)

Hamstring Work with Ball (advanced)
(Hamstring - Pectorals - Abdominals)

                                    

1-  Place yourself on your knees (preferably with some cushions under them) with your feet under a bar to hold yourself in position.
2
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Let yourself fall forward as you are holding your fall with the back of your legs (hamstring). Try to keep your body as straight as possible during the exercise.
3
- Use the ball, by holding yourself with your arms, to keep the tension in the back of your legs for as long as possible as you move forward.
4- As you
're moving back up, push on the ball with your arms and pull with the back of your legs (hamstring muscles).
5- Always keep your abdominals tight
.
6- Do
6 to 8 repetitions.

By Sylvain Lemaire - All rights to Physigraphe