Medicine Balls
The Right Medicine
Balls That Could Be The Remedy
For Your Workouts.
Once an invaluable training tool for track athletes, fitness fanatics, and prizefighters, the medicine ball has been revamped from dormancy and is once again regarded as a workout favorite for many trainers.
The attic door swings open.
Behind the ancient bumper pool table,
beside the old Zim-Zam set and underneath the ugly pair
of K-Tel skis lies a round, leathery object covered
by two decades of dust. At first, it looks like an old,
warn soccer ball or volleyball.
But to many fitness trainers around
the world, that simplistic medicine ball is the answer
to all their workout prayers.
The value of the medicine ball is
that it targets your core strength, or the area that
includes your back and your abs. Strengthening your
core will directly fortify the joints in your elbows,
shoulders, and knees, thus providing more raw power
for your arms and legs.
Medicine Ball Exercise
So to put that old training
tool back to use, try these abdominal exercises with
the use of the medicine ball:
LEG RAISES: Get flat on your back and
place your arms by your sides. Holding the medicine
ball between your lower legs, slowly raise the ball
until your legs are arched upward at an angle of 45
degrees (or approximately two feet off the floor). Slowly
bring your legs (and the ball) back toward the floor
as you squeeze your abs, stopping just an inch or two
before hitting the floor. Repeat the motion for as many
repetitions as you can.
SIT-UPS: Bend your
knees slightly, keeping your feet flat on the floor
as you lie on your back. Holding the medicine ball directly
out in front of you, slowly lift your shoulders off
the floor, lifting your upper torso until it's bent
at a 45-degree angle. Slowly let your back drop down
to the floor before repeating this motion as many times
as you can.
For an upper-body exercise, try this exercise
to strengthen the triceps and the chest with the use
of the versatile medicine ball:
PUSH-UPS: Place
your hands atop the medicine ball with the ball directly
underneath your chest. Your hands, obviously, will be
placed close together. Your legs should be straight
back with your toes planted straight into the floor.
Push your torso straight up from the ball until your
arms are fully extended. Then slowly lower your upper
body until it nearly touches the ball. Repeat this motion
as many times as you can for a great chest and triceps
workout.
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