Medicine Ball Progression

You've seen those medicine balls in the gym, but do you know how to use them to build strength and core stability? Try adding this fast, hard series to your abdominal workout.

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[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

[zdoshi6969]

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

[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.

[Sinonez]

well said...GET HER! LOL

[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.

[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.

[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.