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Primary Muscles Worked: Abs and Core
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
About TRX Exercise: Want to make sit-ups more of a challenge? Add TRX cables, and you will be working your core muscles better than ever. This is not a groundbreaking new exercise, but by placing your heels in the straps, you add a new level of difficulty. You are going to be able to isolate your abdominal muscles as you sit up and lower yourself back down.
Primary Muscles Worked: Lower Back and Shoulders
Difficulty Level: Beginner
About TRX Exercise: If you have lower back issues or tight hips, you are welcome for this hip stretch. The TRX cables are going to allow you to be able to stretch your lower back and open up your hips. Just place your hands on the handles, find a good angle, and then lean forward allowing your back to elongate between the lowering of your hips and your hands on the TRX handles..
Primary Muscles Worked: Lower Back and Shoulders
Difficulty Level: Beginner
About TRX Exercise: This lower back stretch is going to allow you to get your lower back nice and loose. You can hold a stretch position rotating to either side or allow yourself to rock back and forth slowly. All you have to do is pick a good angle and then allow your body weight to do the rest as you hold onto the handles.
Primary Muscles Worked: Midsection, Lower Back, Core
Difficulty Level: Beginner
About TRX Exercise: With this stretch, you are going to be able to stretch your whole midsection. As you rotate, you will be able to feel your lower back, obliques, and abdominal muscles elongate. This is a great exercise to do before or after some of the different ab exercises on this list. You will be able to get loose before, and also make sure that you are stretched out and relaxed after.
Primary Muscles Worked: Lower Back
Difficulty Level: Beginner
About Exercise: Don’t underestimate the power of stretching. This is especially true when it comes to your back muscles. Anyone that has ever experienced back tightness and stiffness knows how easily it can lay you low. This lower back stretch is going to allow you to ease into the stretch as far as you are comfortable. As you become more flexible, you can allow yourself to lean out further and further.
Primary Muscles Worked: Hamstrings, Calves, Lower Back
Difficulty Level: Advanced
About Exercise: If you have already mastered being able to touch your toes on the ground, try adding in a Swiss ball. The added elevation will increase the difficulty of the stretch. Also, the need to stabilize the ball will help with improving your stretch.
Primary Muscles Worked: Hamstrings
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
About Exercise: With this Swiss ball exercise, you will be able to stretch your hamstrings, hips, and back in all directions. This Swiss ball stretch is going to help assist you with being able to stretch forward and side to side. You may have done this stretch while sitting on the ground before, but adding in the Swiss ball is a game changer.
Primary Muscles Worked: Lower Back
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
About Exercise: This Swiss ball supine stretch is really going to allow you to improve your back flexibility. If you experience back stiffness, this is a great exercise to add your workout routine. This stretch pairs well with the next stretch on this list, so make sure that you check out that one as well.
Primary Muscles Worked: Lower Back
Difficulty Level: Advaned
About Exercise: This stretch is pretty easy to do as you simply roll your feet over your head and allow gravity to do the rest. Just because this stretch is easy to do though doesn’t mean that it isn’t highly beneficial. This stretch is going to be great for elongating your back muscles and for allowing your back to get a nice relaxed stretch.
Primary Muscles Worked: Abdominals
Difficulty Level: Beginner
About Exercise: After doing all of the great Swiss ball ab exercises in this list, you are going to want to stretch out your core. This reverse bridge stretch is going to allow you to do just that. You will be able to gently relax your body on the Swiss ball and allow gravity to help stretch your abs and your lower back out.