Medicine Ball Progression

[nunh]

Learned a coupla new ones - thx!

[ulisesxdp]

nice form, good progression...i will aply to my program, my trainees will be thankful

[fredragon76]

pourquoi il a l air blaireau?

[chokboywonda]

Thanks for your video, great.

There r so many variants of medicine ball work and some will be good for one but not another. E.g. if someone has poor hip stabilisation + poor dynamic oblique power then you may wish to lock hips with heels on the floor at first in a slow controlled manner 2 isolate the muscle group. As they get stronger you would increase the speed then finally intergrate the movement into a more sport specific inclusion of the hips & trunk together. Keep up d good work

[EnglishSmoker2]

wow this is hawt

[KaseyAkira]

Hey cool! I'm not banned! This will change shortly I'm sure.

1) In the first exercise, locking your heels on the floor and keeping your hips stationary will transfer the force into the obliques, activating the stretch reflex in that area and generating more power. By bringing your heels up, you lose a lot of power and emphasis on the mid section, and spread out the stopping-starting action through a series of muscles. This is probably less effective.

[KaseyAkira]

2) on your lunge work, the transition between eccentric and concentric has to be made faster and explosive. Otherwise, you lose the benefit of using a medicine ball and might as well use a dumbbell.

I thought I'd have tons more mistakes to correct, but thats it really.

[jasoncscs]

Almost true. If I weren't teaching the exercise then yes. It depends on for who and for what. BUt there is no inheren't benefit to using a medicine ball or dumbbell except for when you are bouncing the ball. Otherise it is juts resistance, so you could use anything. Bag of dirt or cinder block or log if you wanted.

[KaseyAkira]

1) The purpose of a medicine ball is to aid in the development of the stretch reflex mechanism by allowing a pre loading of fibers under resistance followed by a reversal in direction. You can do this with weights in some cases, but a medicine ball also allows ballistic type movements (throwing, tossing, etc) that weights dont. Now you can do that with a bag of dirt or a log, but I dont know many gyms that would allow those things on the gym floor.

[zdoshi6969]

Ok on this one i agree completely it does need to be fasted and explosive - that is what medacine balls are all about.

[jasoncscs]

HA! Yer funny. ANd you have made an interesting comment that points to a normal mistake most people make. Locking your heels on the floor does indeed transfer the force out of your hips and into your obliques. This transfer of force takes the glutes out of the equation and puts uneccessary stress on your SI joint.

Look up Super Stiffness by McGill He's a Canadian Spine researche and Olympic coach.

[KaseyAkira]

It does put stress on certain joints, but all plyometrics do, which is why its important to gradually build up to it. I still believe that locking the hips and heels, and putting emphasis on the obliques, is more often sports specific towards a goal than is unlocking and twisting your entire body, though if you had an activity that was more sports specific to the other movement, that would be the exception.

[jasoncscs]

DOH! Seriously think about what you just said. You are young so don't quite have the experience, but just think about your statement. "Locking the hips and heels and putting emphasis on the obliques, is more often sports specific" and now think of a sport - ANY SPORT where the athlete has locked hips and heels... (quick hint: NONE) and don't even try golf because ANYONE will tell you that a golf swing is a hip motion/sport not an oblique driven motion.

[jasoncscs]

And another thing: All sports are hip driven and to under utilize the largest muscle group in the body: your glutes is a great way to perform poorly at any sport. Especially if you are trying to favor the tissue thin obliques. They just don't produce any power. Take home point: Follow the expert in the video above, train your rotary power through your glutes with a stiff back and you will become faster stronger and better.

[Sinonez]

well said...GET HER! LOL

[zdoshi6969]

i disagree - true the stopping power is spread out and not focused on the midsection, but false that that is a problem.

muscle isolation is a bodybuilding concept, not a fitness and functional training concept - and there already is to much of it in the sports world.

[PraiseChapelTexas]

Good Stuff.  Will use in future. 5Star

Thanks!

God Bless.

[wasimkhan321]

faggot

[jasoncscs]

Once again a clean display of a poor mentality and (no doubt) an even worse level of conditioning. Know how I know? wasinkhan has not posted any video of himself completeing any of the exercises in my videos. Rather than posting stupid negative comments why not post a video of your strength exploits. Otherwise we are all forced to think you are in the closet.

[darness1234]

check my page and lemme know what ya think

[latintoppapi]

nothing gay about it, (by the way I'm gay and I took offense to those remarks)I work out regularly and I bet I cant even get through half of what he did, but I sure as hell am going to try, nice change from the regular workout

[BigKantz]

unlike the others that think your video is gay i found it very usefull and informative.....thanks cuz

[jasoncscs]

Thanks BigKantz! Killer mini workout or as a warmup for hips, trunk, and upper body.

[garry2008]

i agree this video is so gay

[jasoncscs]

Curious then why you added it to your favorites...

[1alopezpr]

Nice vid jason,kudos.

[alicongo]

how the hell did you get medicine ball training so look so gay?

[jasoncscs]

Please post your video of you doing medball training rather than posting comments that are not useful. Thanks, -J

Also check your spelling before you post, it makes people take you less seriously when you don't.

[sallyd1111]

Medicine Ball progressions