Medicine balls are commonly used by athletes to improve their
core strength, especially in the chest, arms and legs. Athletes who have
sustained injuries also perform medicine ball training to recover their former
strength and fitness. Medicine balls are effective exercise equipment for
professional boxers, who use them to build strength in the abdominal muscles.
Medicine ball exercises are effective for improving
sport-specific as well as overall strength, fitness, flexibility and body
coordination. They can be performed alone or with one or more partneSome of
the common medicine ball exercises include squats, lunges, lunge crossovers,
slams, crunches, oblique twists, single-leg V-ups, reverse curls, overhead
lateral flexions, kneel to push ups, diagonal chops, figure eights, two-arm
wall passes, hammer throws, sit-up passes, front lateral raises and standing
Russian twists.
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