Medicine Ball Full Body Workout

Free training coach for all types of exercise using medicine ball.

A medicine ball is a small weighted ball and can be held to perform various exercises. The main advantage of using it is that unlike traditional dumbbells, it does not put pressure on your wrists and joints but can give you a similar exercise and training experience. Here are some other important benefits of a medicine ball workout:

Stretching:

You can add an extra component of strength to your stretching regime, using medicine ball exercises. Holding the weighted ball adds weight to your exercises and has considerable benefit for you. Also, a medicine ball can be worked around during a stretching regime to ease pain in the joints and muscles.

Balance:

Medicine ball exercises help improve your balance as you workout. Add a medicine ball to your regular push up routines or dead lifts and as you try and balance your body for improving your core strength and burn more calories. In fact, medicine balls are being increasingly used to add intensity to workouts without increasing weights or repetitions.

Hand Eye Coordination:

Improve your hand eye coordination with a simple toss and bounce of a medicine ball. You will be a star thrower and a catcher in a short time!

Versatile Workout:

A medicine ball will give you an explosive workout and you really don’t even need to do anything extra with it. You can toss the ball around, hold it in your hands or place it around your body to add an extra punch in your workout. Infact, a medicine ball is so versatile that you can include it in any workout you do, whether it’s a push up routine or a ‘Pilates’ move and you will be guaranteed better balance, flexibility and increased strength. There is no dearth of the number of permutations and combinations you can use with medicine ball exercises to create a wholesome medicine ball workout routine.

Inexpensive and Fun:

A medicine ball is not an expensive piece of equipment like a bench press or a treadmill and can be used in a million different ways which will never bore you and add an element of fun to your workouts. From simply holding the ball and rolling, you not only add strength to your core muscles, but also have a fun exercise to add to your workout.