Ab Wheel Rollout

What it is

This exercise effectively strengthens your entire anterior (front) core musculature. It challenges your abdominal muscles, obliques, and hip flexors. You roll out from a kneeling position, extending your body, then pull back to the starting point. This movement also engages your latissimus dorsi and shoulder stabilizers.

Technique tips

• Keep your abdominal muscles braced throughout the entire movement.
• Prevent your lower back from arching by tucking your pelvis slightly.
• Roll out only as far as you can maintain control and a flat back.
• Actively pull the wheel back using your core, not just your arms.
• Exhale forcefully as you initiate the return phase of the exercise.

How to track your progress

Log reps, and add the extra load if you wear a belt or a vest. Straddly counts your bodyweight in the estimated max, so added weight and extra reps both show up as progress, and new records are flagged during the session.