Medicine Ball Slams
How to Do Medicine Ball Slams
- With slightly bent knees and a tight core, hold a medicine ball in front of you at hip-level.
- Begin by raising the medicine ball upward above your head with both hands.
- Keeping your elbows bent, forcefully throw the ball at the ground.
- Catch the ball as it bounces back up, and bring it back up above your head.
- Repeat this slam and catch movement.
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Medicine Ball Slams Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Medicine Ball Slams targets abs and chest and shoulders and upper back & lower traps and also works biceps and forearms and triceps. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: medicine ball.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Turkish get ups, dumbbell biceps curl to shoulder press and single / one arm cable lateral / side raises / shoulder abductions. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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