Intermediate exercise

Ab Roller

Also called Ab Rollouts, Ab Wheel Rollout, Knees Ab Wheel

  • Stability
  • Strength
  • Calisthenics

Technique

How to perform Ab Roller

  1. Hold the Ab Roller with both hands and kneel on the floor.
  2. Now place the ab roller on the floor in front of you so that you are on all your hands and knees (as in a kneeling push up position).
  3. This will be your starting position.
  4. Slowly roll the ab roller straight forward, stretching your body into a straight position.
  5. Go down as far as you can without touching the floor with your body.
  6. Breathe in during this portion of the movement.
  7. After a pause at the stretched position, start pulling yourself back to the starting position as you breathe out.
  8. Go slowly and keep your abs tight at all times.

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Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Rectus Abdominis.

MuscleScoreRole
Rectus Abdominis1.0Target, Stabilizer
External Oblique0.3Stabilizer
Internal Oblique0.3Stabilizer

Calisthenics graph

Progression relationships

These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.

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