When doing a dead bug abdominal exercise with a stability ball, do you keep your lower back neutral or flat on the mat?

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Catherine July 17, 2012 0 Comments

On back with a stability ball between your stacked knees over hips and hands pushing the ball into the knees. Extend opposite hand and leg and return to starting position. Is the back neutral or flat?Enter some more information that will help others answer your question

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My pilates training would say neutral.

My personal training brain would chime in, “neutral is a range, not an exact point,” and would encourage the client to be as stable as possible (not changing the lumbar curvature irrespective of where they’ve positioned the pelvis.

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Hello Catherine,

Which ever is most comfortable for you; but, striving for neutral is probably the best way.
Take care.

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Usually exercise takes into account what is comfortable for the person. I’d try seeing what gives a good workout and stay with that- while seeing if anything hurts and staying away from that. Each persons body is different and responds differently.

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Over the years we have had the phrase of the year and “neutral” has been one of them.

I personally don’t know what dead bug means, but I can follow your description.

My belief has always been “neutral” but what does that mean today?
The main question would be: why? do you insist on either way?

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I am of the school that believes in strengthening as much as possible in a neutral spine. Newcomers to this exercise, though, will find a posterior tilt much easier than a neutral spine. I would use it as a learning tool for a neutral pelvis and how to maintain it.

The only thing to avoid is an anterior pelvic tilt.

Hope this helps.
Karin Singleton
www.meltnc.com

When doing a dead bug abdominal exercise with a stability ball, do you keep your lower back neutral or flat on the mat?

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