Your body includes the pelvis, abs, back and chest muscles. Your body core muscles provides stability, balance and flexibility.

Every movement you make brings the core muscles into play. Weak core muscles are one of the biggest causes of back pain. Once you develop these muscles, you may find your back pain lessening or completely eliminated. You will definitely find you are much more fit and better able to do every day activities.

One of the absolute best ways you can work out your core muscles is to incorporate an exercise ball, also known as a Swiss Ball, into your exercise routine.

Exercising on a Swiss ball provides instability to each exercise you do because the ball is round. While you perform your exercises on the ball your body core muscles are working to keep your balance so you dont fall off. The exercises you perform on the Swiss ball work out your body more intensely, meaning you do the same amount of exercise and you get twice the results.

You may even find you can exercise for a shorter period of time and get better results than you got putting in twice the minutes.

Try this. Get your hands on an exercise ball. First do a regular crunch on the floor. Then lay back onto the ball with your legs in front of you, feet flat on the floor. In the beginning you may want to widen your stance but as you become use to the ball, bring your feet closer together for even better results.

Now do the same number of repetitions of the crunch you did on the floor; if you can. Notice how much more intense the crunch on the ball was?

Now, to put all doubts behind you, go into a pushup position with your hands supporting you on the ball. Begin doing a pushup, be carefull or you may fall flat on the floor. Your whole body is quivering. While you are doing a pushup for your upper body, your core muscles are working to keep your balance. Your ab muscles are getting a solid workout.

The result is you are achieving your goal much quicker without adding any additional exercises to your routine. Not to mention, most people find it more enjoyable to exercise on a Swiss ball. You can do a variety of exercise so you never get bored and the ball makes it more challenging and produces better results so you are more apt to want to keep exercising.