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Professional pole dancer and fitness influencer, Laura Verberne has set a new bar for ab challenges after combining the hanging leg raise with a variation on \u201cBall in a Maze.\u201d The result? An epic workout for the abs<\/a>, and a ton of respect earned via social media.<\/p>\n Verberne, who has over 100k IG followers under the handle \u201cx.hellnokitty,<\/a>\u201d describes herself as a professional pole dancer and a calisthenics athlete, and is never afraid to throw herself into the latest fitness challenge. \u201cPOV: You found the most diabolical way to train your core,\u201d wrote the fit female in an accompanying caption, crediting fellow Instagrammer, Emanuela,<\/a>\u00a0for the inspiration.<\/p>\n Sitting underneath a bar, you\u2019ll place a weight plate over your shins with a tennis ball balancing on top. Then, grab the bar with both hands and perform a hanging leg raise, keeping the legs straight out, so that the ball does not fall of the edge.<\/p>\n To complete the challenge, you\u2019ll need to hang onto the bar and move your hips and legs to guide the ball into the center hole of the weight plate. This full-body exercise will torch the core as it tries to stabilize the whole process. \u201cThis was unnecessarily difficult and took me a LOT of tries,\u201d admitted Verberne. \u201cSo, I couldn\u2019t leave out the bloopers.\u201d<\/p>\n There\u2019s no place for your abs to hide as they are recruited to hold the body upright and make adjustments to the angle of the plate. Your inner core and the obliques at the side will contract as the body twists and turns<\/a>. In addition, the hip flexors, forearms and hand grip will also be taxed. Plus, your lats and shoulders will be essential to the process of keeping the body suspended. Expect your quads be worked too, as they help steer from directly underneath the plate.<\/p>\n On seeing Verberne complete her \u201cdiabolical\u201d ab workout, the seriously strong female\u2019s followers were both impressed and filled with fear. \u201cThe lightest plate I own is 10 pounds. Oh no,\u201d wrote one Instagram user. \u201cMy core is trained just looking at it,\u201d wrote another. \u201cThe most diabolical version of the ball in a maze I\u2019ve ever seen. Ima try it,\u201d concluded yet another.<\/p>\n To follow Laura Verberne on Instagram, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nHow Do You Do the Tennis Ball Hanging Leg Raise Challenge?<\/h2>\n
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