Stability exercises are crucial for building core strength, balance, and control. Often overlooked in regular workout routines, these moves enhance your ability to stabilize and support your body, preventing injuries and improving overall strength.
Whether you’re an athlete, a fitness enthusiast, or simply looking to move with more ease, adding stability exercises can make a big difference. Here are 17 stability exercises you may not be doing but should consider adding to your workout for improved balance and core strength.
Single-Leg Deadlift
This exercise targets your hamstrings and core while challenging your balance. Stand on one leg, bend forward at the hips, and extend the opposite leg back. Keep your back straight and core engaged.
Bird Dog
Bird dogs engage the entire core and help with coordination. Start in a tabletop position, extend one arm forward and the opposite leg back, then switch. It’s a simple but effective stability move.
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Stability Ball Plank
Using a stability ball intensifies the classic plank. Place your forearms on the ball and hold the plank position, engaging your core to prevent wobbling.
Bosu Ball Squats
Squats on a Bosu ball challenge balance and strengthen the lower body. Stand on the flat side of the Bosu ball and perform squats, keeping your core tight to stabilize.
Single-Leg Glute Bridge
This exercise targets the glutes and core. Lie on your back with one leg bent and the other extended. Lift your hips while keeping one leg raised, then switch sides.
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Standing Cable Rotation
This exercise improves core stability. Stand sideways to a cable machine, hold the handle with both hands, and rotate your torso, engaging your obliques.
Pallof Press
The Pallof press strengthens the core and fights rotation. Stand next to a cable machine, hold the handle with both hands at chest height, and press out, resisting the cable’s pull.
Single-Leg Balance with Medicine Ball Toss
Stand on one leg while tossing a medicine ball against a wall. This drill improves balance, coordination, and reflexes as you stabilize on one foot.
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Lateral Band Walks
Place a resistance band around your thighs and step sideways. This move targets the hip stabilizers, helping improve balance and reducing injury risk.
Swiss Ball Passes
Lie on your back, holding a stability ball between your legs. Pass the ball from your feet to your hands, then back again. This exercise works the entire core and improves control.
Reverse Lunge to Balance
Step back into a reverse lunge, then lift your back knee up to balance. This move challenges stability and strengthens the lower body.
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Tandem Stance Balance
Stand with one foot directly in front of the other, heel to toe. Hold this position to test and improve your balance, or try closing your eyes for added challenge.
Wood Chop with Dumbbell
This rotational exercise improves core stability. Hold a dumbbell, twist from the hips, and swing it down across your body, engaging your core throughout.
Dead Bug
Lying on your back, lift your arms and legs up, then alternate extending one arm and the opposite leg. This move enhances core stability and coordination.
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Stability Ball Hamstring Curl
Lie on your back with heels on a stability ball. Lift your hips and roll the ball toward you by bending your knees, targeting the hamstrings and core.
Heel-to-Toe Walking
Walk in a straight line, placing one foot directly in front of the other, heel to toe. It seems simple, but it challenges balance and control.
Side Plank with Leg Lift
Hold a side plank, then lift your top leg for added challenge. This move strengthens the obliques and improves balance, especially in the hips and core.
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