Basic Medicine Ball Exercises
The best thing about medicine ball exercises is that it engages multiple muscles and joints of your body to perform even a single movement. This simple fact makes them a must have tool in your gym accessories. It provides incredible results for toning and getting your body in the right shape.
Thanks to those endless biology classes in high school, we all know that our body is made out of countless muscles, bones and joints. So it is easily understandable that it is better to engage multiple muscles instead of concentrating on just a single muscle.
Why use a Medicine Ball?
- By engaging multiple muscles all at once, medicine ball save a lot of time.
- Workouts with medicine ball are great to work with a partner or a friend. You can casually do them with your buddies even on a weekend.
- Medicine ball exercises are great for working on your strength and muscle toning.
Here are a few simple exercises to get you started with your medicine ball:
Medicine Ball Jumps
- Get into a crouching position while holding the ball in front of you with both hands.
- Jump as high as you can.
- Land in the same initial position.
- Repeat
This exercise is great for your leg muscles and thighs.
Ball Throwing
- Lie on the floor with your face upwards
- Hold the ball slightly elevated in front of your face.
- Throw the ball as high as you can.
- Catch the ball in the same position.
This exercise works best for your arm muscles and shoulders.
Triceps Worker
- Stand Straight while holding the ball as high as you can above your head
- Slowly lower the ball behind your back
- Elevate the ball above your head again.
- Repeat
This exercise works wonders for strengthening your back and triceps.
