Medicine ball training is an effective way to train the entire body and add variety to routines. Whether your goal is sports performance, fitness, or rehabilitation, adding a med ball to your conditioning program will help develop functional muscular strength and improve flexibility.
Medicine balls allow athletes to develop sports power on the playing surface and doesn't limit them to the weight room to develop two of the most important aspects in all sports: strength and power. From a fitness perspective, medicine balls are a way to add more challenge to exercises such as abdominal crunches, squats, lunges, and push-ups.
A variety of medicine balls are available to fit those different applications. They can be categorized into two basic types, traditional and specialized, and typically range in weight from 2 to 30 pounds.
Med balls work a variety of different musculature in the body; therefore, it is very important to develop a balanced strength base, particularly the shoulders and trunk, before adding a medicine ball to your training program.
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Many sports require activities that could arguably be described as explosive; a pitcher throwing a pitch in baseball, a player taking a slap shot in hockey and many others as well. While weight training is a good way to develop the muscles required for these types of actions, medicine ball training has been getting more popular by the minute. It is also a great program for the everyday fitness enthusiast...
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Before you add medicine balls to your training program, get clearance from your physician. Make sure you have a good strength and flexibility base, especially in the shoulders. If you have had previous spinal, shoulder, or lower limb injuries use caution when starting a med ball program that involves throwing.
Workout Surfaces - Medicine balls can be used indoors or outdoors. If you will be incorporating...
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Medicine ball exercises involve four basic starting positions and four basic throws. You should use all four throws in a general med ball program. By combining the four different throws with the four different starting positions, 16 different exercises are possible. You can create even more variation by forming combinations with the exercises. Learn to perform each exercise properly before adding...
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This collection of videos features specialized exercises for different med ball products.
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Each poster features instructions and photos of six different exercises. Posters are downloadable PDFs. Adobe Acrobat or similar PDF reader software is necessary to read the files.
Elite Power Med-Ball Exercise Poster
Dura Med-Ball Exercise Poster
Power Strap-Ball Exercise Poster
CorBall Plus Exercise Poster
Power Grip-Ball Exercise Poster
Power Rope-Ball Exercise Poster
Power Throw-Ball Exercise...
