Medicine Ball Exercise: Standing Abdominal Drop

http://pacificwavejiujitsu.com. A medicine ball exercise for strengthening the inner abdominal wall to help martial artists take blows to the gut.

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Sports

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• core strength training
• core conditioning
• ab strength training

[TheBackflipStudio]

how does this actually benifit you ?

[lorioco]

@TheBackflipStudio It strengthens the inner abdominal wall, which is the part of the abs used most for taking hits to the body like in boxing or martial arts sparring. It doesn't give you cut abs though since it's for the inner abdominal wall as opposed to the outer wall.

[lorioco]

@TheBackflipStudio It strengthens the inner abdominal wall, which is the part of the abs used most for taking hits to the body like in boxing or martial arts sparring. It doesn't give you cut abs though since it's for the inner abdominal wall as opposed to the outer wall.

[lorioco]

Lol. I wouldn't recommend that. But if you do try it let me know how it goes.

[oed00001]

I never comment on Youtube videos, but I have to make an exception here. The muscles of the core perform all sorts of functions - flexion and extension of the spine, rotation, anti-rotation, isometric strength and stability. Smacking your partner in the gut with a heavy object isn't exercising any of these functions. If you want stronger core/abdominal muscles, try some plank variations, do some heavy compound barbell exercises. This isn't intelligent training, it's pointless brutality.

[lorioco]

@rmsolympic1 Thanks! You could just lie on your back and toss the medicine up and catch it with your abs, but you wouldn't be able to replicate someone throwing it down with force (or at least not in any way that I can think of).

[rmsolympic1]

@lorioco Great combination of beauty and toughness! Question: how can I replicate this exercise by myself using a medicine ball?

[masterp678]

@thefakeyeti lol no you just would ba a total ass ( no offense) what if you did threw it up and it hit you in the penis lol

[hundredprizm]

very easy but effective training, good job! nice breathing.

[thefakeyeti]

Would any weight do the trick?

like if I were to grab a 10 pound metal WEIGHT, lay on the ground toss it up in the air and have it hit my gut.