Balance and coordination exercises

Balance and coordination exercises in the Fitness Coach catalogue: 154 exercises. Mostly for: Legs, Quads, Glutes.

  • Swiss Ball Leg Curl

    The Swiss Ball Leg Curl is an effective exercise targeting the hamstrings, glutes, and core muscles. It involves using a Swiss ball to perform leg curls while lying on your back, which adds an element of instability to engage stabilizing muscles.
    LegsBeginner
  • Weighted Pistol Squat

    The Weighted Pistol Squat is an advanced lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, hamstrings, and core. It involves performing a single-leg squat while holding a weight, enhancing strength, balance, and coordination. This exercise requires significant flexibility and stability, making it suitable for experienced athletes.
    LegsAdvanced
  • One-Arm Landmine Half Kneeling Shoulder Press

    The Landmine Half Kneeling One Arm Shoulder Press is an exercise that targets the shoulder muscles, particularly the deltoids, while also engaging the core for stability. This exercise utilizes a landmine setup, which is a barbell anchored at one end, allowing for a unique pressing angle that can reduce strain on the shoulder joint.
    ShouldersIntermediate
  • Single Leg Dumbbell Deadlift

    The Single Leg Dumbbell Deadlift is a unilateral exercise targeting the hamstrings, glutes, and core. It enhances balance, stability, and coordination while improving lower body strength. This exercise requires a dumbbell and focuses on maintaining proper form to prevent injury.
    LegsIntermediate
  • Landmine Twist

    The Landmine Twist is a core exercise that targets the obliques, abdominals, and shoulders. It involves rotating the torso while holding a barbell anchored at one end, providing a unique rotational movement that enhances core stability and strength.
    AbsIntermediate
  • Opposite side elbow to knee

    The opposite side elbow to knee exercise is a core strengthening movement that targets the oblique muscles. It involves bringing the elbow across the body to meet the opposite knee, engaging the abdominal muscles and improving rotational stability.
    AbsIntermediate
  • Dumbbell Bulgarian Squat

    The Dumbbell Bulgarian Squat is a unilateral lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, and calves. It involves performing a squat with one leg elevated behind you on a bench or platform while holding dumbbells for added resistance. This exercise improves balance, coordination, and strength in the lower body.
    LegsIntermediate
  • Single-Leg Box Jump

    The One Leg Box Jump is a plyometric exercise that targets the lower body, focusing on the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, and calves. It enhances explosive power, balance, and coordination by requiring the athlete to jump onto a box or platform using one leg. This exercise is beneficial for athletes looking to improve their single-leg strength and stability.
    LegsAdvanced
  • Turkish Get Up

    The Turkish Get Up is a full-body exercise that enhances strength, stability, and mobility. It involves transitioning from a lying position to standing while holding a weight overhead, typically a kettlebell. This exercise engages multiple muscle groups including the shoulders, core, hips, and legs.
    ShouldersAdvanced
  • TRX Single Leg Bird Dog

    The TRX Single Leg Bird Dog is a compound exercise that targets the core, glutes, and shoulders, enhancing stability and balance. Utilizing the TRX suspension trainer, this exercise requires coordination and control as you extend opposite limbs while maintaining a stable core.
    AbsBeginner
  • Standing Russian Twist

    The Standing Russian Twist is a core exercise that targets the oblique muscles and improves rotational strength and stability. This exercise is performed while standing, which engages the lower body and enhances balance.
    AbsBeginner
  • One-Arm Kettlebell Overhead Press

    The one-arm kettlebell press is a compound exercise that targets the shoulders, triceps, and core. It involves pressing a kettlebell overhead with one arm while maintaining stability and control. This exercise enhances unilateral strength and improves shoulder mobility and stability.
    ShouldersIntermediate
  • Stabillity Ball Wall Squat

    The Stability Ball Wall Squat is an exercise that targets the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, and core muscles. It involves using a stability ball placed between your lower back and a wall to perform a squat with added support and balance challenge.
    LegsIntermediate
  • Lateral Monster Walk

    The Lateral Side (Monster) Walk Squat is a dynamic exercise that targets the gluteus medius, hip abductors, and quadriceps. It involves performing a squat while simultaneously stepping laterally, often using a resistance band to increase intensity. This exercise enhances hip stability, strengthens the lower body, and improves lateral movement capabilities.
    GlutesAdvanced
  • Smith Rear Lunge

    The Smith Rear Lunge is a lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, and calves. Utilizing the Smith machine provides stability and control, making it suitable for both beginners and advanced lifters. This exercise helps in improving balance, coordination, and overall leg strength.
    LegsIntermediate
  • Pistol Box Squat

    The Pistol Box Squat is a unilateral lower body exercise that targets the quadriceps, glutes, hamstrings, and core. It involves performing a single-leg squat to a box or bench, which helps in maintaining balance and control while reducing the range of motion compared to a full pistol squat. This exercise is beneficial for building strength, improving balance, and enhancing mobility.
    LegsIntermediate
  • Barbell Cossack Squat

    Barbell Cossack Squat is a lateral squat variation performed with a barbell across the upper back. It trains the quadriceps, glutes, hamstrings, and adductors through a side-to-side lower-body pattern.
    LegsIntermediate
  • Pogo Jumps

    Pogo Jumps are a plyometric exercise designed to improve lower body explosiveness, agility, and coordination. This exercise primarily targets the calves, but also engages the quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes. It is performed by bouncing off the ground with minimal knee bend, focusing on quick and repetitive movements.
    LegsIntermediate
  • One-Arm Dumbbell Lateral Raise

    The One Arm Dumbbell Lateral Raise is an isolation exercise targeting the lateral deltoid muscle. It helps in building shoulder width and strength by lifting a dumbbell to the side of the body with one arm. This exercise is typically performed standing, allowing for greater range of motion and unilateral focus.
    ShouldersBeginner
  • Superman

    Superman is a prone bodyweight exercise involving a coordinated lift of the arms and legs. It engages the spinal extensors, glutes, and muscles around the shoulders as part of posterior-chain and trunk-control training.
    LegsAdvanced
  • Ring Push-Up

    The Ring Push Up is an advanced upper body exercise that targets the chest, shoulders, and triceps while engaging the core for stability. It involves performing push-ups using gymnastic rings, which adds an element of instability, requiring greater muscle activation and control.
    ChestIntermediate
  • Bear Plank

    Bear Plank is a bodyweight core-stability hold performed from a quadruped position with the knees hovering close to the floor. It trains the abdominals, shoulders, and quadriceps while developing full-body control.
    AbsBeginner
  • Shoulder Tap

    Shoulder Tap is a plank-based core-stability exercise that alternates contact between a hand and the opposite shoulder. It trains anti-rotation control through the trunk alongside shoulder stability and weight transfer.
    ChestAdvanced
  • Kettlebel Renegade Row

    The Kettlebell Renegade Row is a compound exercise that targets the back, shoulders, arms, and core. It combines a plank position with a rowing motion, enhancing stability and strength. This exercise is effective for improving balance and coordination while building upper body and core strength.
    BackIntermediate