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Should You Use Medicine Balls?

Medicine balls are a great piece of equipment, but sadly they really don’t get used much by women in the gym. They can however provide a slew of different exercises to lose weight. Let’s take a look at some of these and see how you can use them.

The first one is the med ball clean and press. This is where you lift the ball from the ground all the way up to the sky. It’s a full range of motion and really helps you begin to build strength so you can move to dumbbells and heavier weights.

The second exercise is med ball pushups. These are much harder to do but doing pushups, and you can do them from your knees… but you put your hands on the med balls and do some pushups. This really works on your balance and builds you lean muscle so it’s a double dozy.

Third, you can throw the med balls at a cinder block wall at your gym. When you throw these as hard as you can, they really activate your lean muscle and help to build it. It’s also a great full body workout because the throwing motion uses your entire body. Try these out and start to use the med balls more in your workouts.

March 11th, 2010

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