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Need some new exercises to spice up your programming? These seven medicine-ball moves each train one or more different facets of fitness and performance, making you a better, more efficient athlete.
Sprinkle them throughout your training week or try the suggested Sporty Girl’s Medicine-Ball Workout: It’s the ultimate fitness prescription.
The Exercises
1. Single-Leg Slam
Agility | Balance | Coordination
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold a medicine ball with both hands. Lift your right leg to hip height and raise the ball overhead, arms straight. Quickly drop your hips, swing your right leg behind you and whip your arms downward to slam the ball on the floor. Catch it on the rebound, stand and repeat.
Tips:
Do this slowly for one or two rounds to…
