Ready to get sweaty? Here are 8 exercises you can do using only a medicine ball. Seven has a funny name, but it’s a great workout! Have you tried it yet? Image via andrewmalone/Flickr If you are using a lighter medicine ball, try doing two sets of 15 – 18 repetitions. With a heavier ball, try three sets of 8 – 10 repetitions. Remember to listen to your body, and if you need to rest between sets or between exercises, do it! Want to make this a full-body exercise? Squat as you bend your elbows, standing up as you extend your arms up straight. If you’re in a gym, you could progress this exercise by letting go and bouncing the medicine ball at the bottom of the movement. (Probably best not to try this at home if you have downstairs neighbors or particularly nice floors!) Hold the ball at your chest, then push it forwards as you hinge from the waist to sit up. The movement of the medicine ball gives you a biomechanical ‘assist’ to the exercise to make it a little easier. Resist the urge to have your feet tucked under a couch or bench when you do sit ups and crunches. When you do this, your hip flexors take over more of the work than your abdominals. Lie on your back with the medicine ball straight up over your chest and your legs up in a 90 degree tabletop angle. Lower one leg slowly, bring it back to start position, then repeat on the other side. That’s one repetition. To add an arm workout, as you lower your leg also lower your arms to the floor behind your head. Note: Skip this exercise if you have diastastis recti (where your abdominal wall has separated and the muscles haven’t knit back together — often experienced post partum).
title: “8 Awesome Workouts With Just One Medicine Ball” ShowToc: true date: “2024-08-26” author: “Anthony Strom”
Ready to get sweaty? Here are 8 exercises you can do using only a medicine ball. Seven has a funny name, but it’s a great workout! Have you tried it yet? Image via andrewmalone/Flickr If you are using a lighter medicine ball, try doing two sets of 15 – 18 repetitions. With a heavier ball, try three sets of 8 – 10 repetitions. Remember to listen to your body, and if you need to rest between sets or between exercises, do it! Want to make this a full-body exercise? Squat as you bend your elbows, standing up as you extend your arms up straight. If you’re in a gym, you could progress this exercise by letting go and bouncing the medicine ball at the bottom of the movement. (Probably best not to try this at home if you have downstairs neighbors or particularly nice floors!) Hold the ball at your chest, then push it forwards as you hinge from the waist to sit up. The movement of the medicine ball gives you a biomechanical ‘assist’ to the exercise to make it a little easier. Resist the urge to have your feet tucked under a couch or bench when you do sit ups and crunches. When you do this, your hip flexors take over more of the work than your abdominals. Lie on your back with the medicine ball straight up over your chest and your legs up in a 90 degree tabletop angle. Lower one leg slowly, bring it back to start position, then repeat on the other side. That’s one repetition. To add an arm workout, as you lower your leg also lower your arms to the floor behind your head. Note: Skip this exercise if you have diastastis recti (where your abdominal wall has separated and the muscles haven’t knit back together — often experienced post partum).
title: “8 Awesome Workouts With Just One Medicine Ball” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-09” author: “James Quintana”
Ready to get sweaty? Here are 8 exercises you can do using only a medicine ball. Seven has a funny name, but it’s a great workout! Have you tried it yet? Image via andrewmalone/Flickr If you are using a lighter medicine ball, try doing two sets of 15 – 18 repetitions. With a heavier ball, try three sets of 8 – 10 repetitions. Remember to listen to your body, and if you need to rest between sets or between exercises, do it! Want to make this a full-body exercise? Squat as you bend your elbows, standing up as you extend your arms up straight. If you’re in a gym, you could progress this exercise by letting go and bouncing the medicine ball at the bottom of the movement. (Probably best not to try this at home if you have downstairs neighbors or particularly nice floors!) Hold the ball at your chest, then push it forwards as you hinge from the waist to sit up. The movement of the medicine ball gives you a biomechanical ‘assist’ to the exercise to make it a little easier. Resist the urge to have your feet tucked under a couch or bench when you do sit ups and crunches. When you do this, your hip flexors take over more of the work than your abdominals. Lie on your back with the medicine ball straight up over your chest and your legs up in a 90 degree tabletop angle. Lower one leg slowly, bring it back to start position, then repeat on the other side. That’s one repetition. To add an arm workout, as you lower your leg also lower your arms to the floor behind your head. Note: Skip this exercise if you have diastastis recti (where your abdominal wall has separated and the muscles haven’t knit back together — often experienced post partum).
title: “8 Awesome Workouts With Just One Medicine Ball” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-19” author: “Sandra Field”
Ready to get sweaty? Here are 8 exercises you can do using only a medicine ball. Seven has a funny name, but it’s a great workout! Have you tried it yet? Image via andrewmalone/Flickr If you are using a lighter medicine ball, try doing two sets of 15 – 18 repetitions. With a heavier ball, try three sets of 8 – 10 repetitions. Remember to listen to your body, and if you need to rest between sets or between exercises, do it! Want to make this a full-body exercise? Squat as you bend your elbows, standing up as you extend your arms up straight. If you’re in a gym, you could progress this exercise by letting go and bouncing the medicine ball at the bottom of the movement. (Probably best not to try this at home if you have downstairs neighbors or particularly nice floors!) Hold the ball at your chest, then push it forwards as you hinge from the waist to sit up. The movement of the medicine ball gives you a biomechanical ‘assist’ to the exercise to make it a little easier. Resist the urge to have your feet tucked under a couch or bench when you do sit ups and crunches. When you do this, your hip flexors take over more of the work than your abdominals. Lie on your back with the medicine ball straight up over your chest and your legs up in a 90 degree tabletop angle. Lower one leg slowly, bring it back to start position, then repeat on the other side. That’s one repetition. To add an arm workout, as you lower your leg also lower your arms to the floor behind your head. Note: Skip this exercise if you have diastastis recti (where your abdominal wall has separated and the muscles haven’t knit back together — often experienced post partum).
title: “8 Awesome Workouts With Just One Medicine Ball” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-07” author: “Julia Schiff”
Ready to get sweaty? Here are 8 exercises you can do using only a medicine ball. Seven has a funny name, but it’s a great workout! Have you tried it yet? Image via andrewmalone/Flickr If you are using a lighter medicine ball, try doing two sets of 15 – 18 repetitions. With a heavier ball, try three sets of 8 – 10 repetitions. Remember to listen to your body, and if you need to rest between sets or between exercises, do it! Want to make this a full-body exercise? Squat as you bend your elbows, standing up as you extend your arms up straight. If you’re in a gym, you could progress this exercise by letting go and bouncing the medicine ball at the bottom of the movement. (Probably best not to try this at home if you have downstairs neighbors or particularly nice floors!) Hold the ball at your chest, then push it forwards as you hinge from the waist to sit up. The movement of the medicine ball gives you a biomechanical ‘assist’ to the exercise to make it a little easier. Resist the urge to have your feet tucked under a couch or bench when you do sit ups and crunches. When you do this, your hip flexors take over more of the work than your abdominals. Lie on your back with the medicine ball straight up over your chest and your legs up in a 90 degree tabletop angle. Lower one leg slowly, bring it back to start position, then repeat on the other side. That’s one repetition. To add an arm workout, as you lower your leg also lower your arms to the floor behind your head. Note: Skip this exercise if you have diastastis recti (where your abdominal wall has separated and the muscles haven’t knit back together — often experienced post partum).
title: “8 Awesome Workouts With Just One Medicine Ball” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-05” author: “Jesse Joyce”
Ready to get sweaty? Here are 8 exercises you can do using only a medicine ball. Seven has a funny name, but it’s a great workout! Have you tried it yet? Image via andrewmalone/Flickr If you are using a lighter medicine ball, try doing two sets of 15 – 18 repetitions. With a heavier ball, try three sets of 8 – 10 repetitions. Remember to listen to your body, and if you need to rest between sets or between exercises, do it! Want to make this a full-body exercise? Squat as you bend your elbows, standing up as you extend your arms up straight. If you’re in a gym, you could progress this exercise by letting go and bouncing the medicine ball at the bottom of the movement. (Probably best not to try this at home if you have downstairs neighbors or particularly nice floors!) Hold the ball at your chest, then push it forwards as you hinge from the waist to sit up. The movement of the medicine ball gives you a biomechanical ‘assist’ to the exercise to make it a little easier. Resist the urge to have your feet tucked under a couch or bench when you do sit ups and crunches. When you do this, your hip flexors take over more of the work than your abdominals. Lie on your back with the medicine ball straight up over your chest and your legs up in a 90 degree tabletop angle. Lower one leg slowly, bring it back to start position, then repeat on the other side. That’s one repetition. To add an arm workout, as you lower your leg also lower your arms to the floor behind your head. Note: Skip this exercise if you have diastastis recti (where your abdominal wall has separated and the muscles haven’t knit back together — often experienced post partum).
