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Medicine Ball Workout
Never heard of a medicine ball? It's a little smaller than a basketball, much heavier and an equally good workout.
"The medicine ball is typically made up of any type of mobile substance that is weighted, like sand or pea gravel," says fitness trainer Stephanie Buck.
Stephanie Buck
Personal Trainer 713-305-9878
They range in weight, but starting with a six to ten pound balls is ideal. You can get a full workout in just twenty minutes.
"A medicine ball will improve your strength, your agility, your coordination. It makes you more dynamic and mobile than a strength-based workout using dumbbells," says Stephanie.
Try these moves...
Toss and Catch:
- Bend your knees
- Let the ball go down with your center of gravity
- Throw the ball up using your whole body
- Do the same move without throwing the ball for an additional shoulder workout
- Hold the ball and squat
- Let the ball drop down when the body comes up
- Hold the ball in both hands
- Press it overhead from your chest and repeat
- Pretend you're going to throw the ball with both hands from your chest
- Once you release the ball to throw it, quickly grab it back and pull it in toward your chest again.
- Throw the ball back and forth with your partner
- To make it more difficult, lunge when you receive the ball.
Stephanie Buck
Personal Trainer 713-305-9878
Special thanks to One 2 One Training Center.
