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Hi, everyone. Welcome back. Today I have Dr. Payton and Dr. Jill with me. They are EBLO instructors, former doctors of, well, they are doctors of physical therapy. They used to

practice physical therapy. Now they work for EBLO full time. And we are here to answer some of your questions. So I put a question box on my Instagram and got to be physical therapy. Now they work for Evel full time. And we are here to answer some of your

questions. So I put a question box on my Instagram and got some great questions that we want to

address today. So we're just going to kind of tag team these. First question, why ball crunches

over regular crunches? So why put something behind your back instead of doing crunches from the floor?

Well, first off, there isn't anything wrong with doing crunches. So why put something behind your back instead of doing crunches from the floor? Well, first off, there isn't anything wrong with doing crunches flat to the ground. So for some

people, they might actually prefer that over a ball crunch, and that's great. But we prefer the

ball crunch because it's going to increase the range of motion of the exercise. So instead of

starting with your trunk neutral from the

ground, the ball is going to prop you up from the ground. So now you're going to start with your

trunk or your spine in a slightly extended position. So by increasing the range of motion,

you're going to also be increasing the load to your abdominal. So it can be a way to ensure that you are going to also be increasing the load to your abdominal.

So it can be a way to ensure that you are going to approach muscle failure within that given time frame.

So for eVlo, 60 seconds or less, or non-EVlo, 30 reps or less.

So it can really increase the effectiveness of the exercise by increasing the range of motion.

Yeah, nailed it. I think when you're doing crunches on the floor, a lot of times it ends up being a lot

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