The long arm version of the swiss ball crunch is a lot harder, especially if you are adding weight.
As for the pushups, try the T version. I found that initially the T was too hard each time, so I would do 5 regular, then a T, 5 regular, then a T, and slowly build up to doing the T's each time. I'm doing just the T-variation now, and haven't needed to try anything harder yet. If that's still easy for you though, you might try pushups with your hands on an unbalanced surface. Or, if you're just insane, you can put your feet on a bench and hands on a swiss ball (I've only seen this once, and it was beautiful to watch! But also looked incredibly hard).
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