Category Archives: Medicine Ball

Apr 23 2010

Tone Female Flabby Triceps

Tone and shape your female flabby triceps with the pushup on medicine ball.  The pushup on medicine ball is a tough exercise.  It will help you burn the fat on your triceps and arms.   You might have to start with regular pushups and progress to doing pushups on the medicine ball.

    

How to do the movement: Put both hands on the ball at arms length. Keep your body straight and torso braced (as if taking a punch in the gut) throughout the movement. Keep your head in line with your torso at all times. Lower your body down to the ball and back to starting position. Repeat as required.

This type of pushup requires adequate core strength to do it properly. The pushup on medicine ball will build your upper body stabilizer muscles (chest, arms, shoulders, core, etc.) needed to increase your bench press or other upper body strength exercises.

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Apr 15 2010

Soccer Throw Tones Upper Body

The soccer throw with medicine ball is a great power exercise that tones your upper body and improves your core strength. The soccer throw is an advanced core exercise that is usually done at full speed.  Power exercises train your muscles to fire faster and tone your upper body sooner.

            

Do the soccer throw at full speed if your body is ready for the intensity.  Practice at less than full speed to perfect your technique and avoid injuries.  Use a medicine ball that is 10% of your bodyweight if you can throw a ball this heavy at full speed. If not, start with a lighter ball.

Be sure to also use your legs as you throw the medicine ball. If you don’t use your legs, you won’t be able to throw at full speed. Don’t stand straight up as you throw. Keep your back leg straight and your front leg bent.

Medicine ball exercises are a good change up from just lifting weights.  You are able to use natural body motions with medicine ball exercises.

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Feb 19 2010

Walking Lunge With Rotation

The walking lunge with rotation is a good exercise that will shape and tone your butt, hips and thighs.   It will also improve your core strength, lower body strength and dynamic balance.

                 

When you do the walking lunge with upper body rotation, keep your torso upright, don’t let your front knee go past the front foot and don’t let the back knee touch the ground. Also, when you lunge, the front thigh should be parallel to the ground. Rotate your upper body with the medicine ball in both hands when you lunge (see picture above).

Do this exercise as a warmup or regular workout exercise. To work your hamstrings more, lunge out further with the front leg. A shorter lunge will work the quadriceps more. Most women need more hamstring strength to prevent injuries.

Increase the weight of the medicine ball to increase difficulty.

Include the walking lunge with upper body rotation in your regular workouts.

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