# Stability Ball Stir-the-Pot

URL: https://heatsy.app/ex/stability-ball-stir-the-pot

Also known as: Swiss Ball Stir-the-Pot, Exercise Ball Stir-the-Pot, Stir the Pot, Stir-the-Pot, Stability Ball Stir the Pot

Body region: Core

## Muscles

- Main: Rectus Abdominis, External Oblique, Internal Oblique, Transversus Abdominis
- Helps: Deltoid, Serratus Anterior, Latissimus Dorsi
- Holds: Erector Spinae, Gluteus Maximus, Triceps

## Equipment

- Stability Ball

## Technique

1. Get into a forearm plank with your forearms on a stability ball.
2. Brace the abs and squeeze the glutes.
3. Move your elbows in small circles, as if stirring a pot.
4. Complete half the reps in one direction, then reverse.

### Cues

- Keep the hips still while only the arms circle.
- Make the circles small when starting out.
- Keep the body in one straight line.

### Common mistakes

- Letting the hips sag.
- Making large circles that you cannot control.
- Rocking the body instead of the arms.

## Alternatives

- [Stability Ball Plank](https://heatsy.app/ex/stability-ball-plank)
- [Plank](https://heatsy.app/ex/plank)