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Ball Pike demonstration

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Strength / Stability Ball

Ball Pike

An advanced core exercise where the hips pike up while the feet roll a stability ball toward the chest.

Equipment

Stability Ball

Experience

advanced

Movement

compound

Primary musclesSecondary muscles

Front Delts · Hip Flexors · Serratus

Instructions

  1. 01

    Place the shins on a stability ball and hands on the floor in a high plank.

  2. 02

    Brace the core and keep the legs straight.

  3. 03

    Pike the hips up, rolling the ball toward the chest as the body forms an inverted V.

  4. 04

    Pause briefly at the top.

  5. 05

    Roll the ball back out to the starting plank.

Choose a load and range you can control. These instructions are general guidance, not a substitute for individual coaching.