Medicine Ball Floor Press / Laying Chest Passes
- Laying flat on the floor with your legs bent and knees pointing upwards, hold the medicine ball on your chest with your hands at either side.
- Using an explosive press, drive the medicine ball up and away from your chest.
- Allow the ball to leave your hands but be ready to catch it again on its descent.
- Catch the ball and lower it back to your chest to repeat.
Take extra care with this motion! Practice with a very light ball to get the rhythm.
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Medicine ball floor press / laying chest passes is a gym work out exercise that targets chest and also involves triceps. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Wide push-ups / pushups, gymnastic ring dips and decline barbell smith press are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as medicine ball floor press / laying chest passes. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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