Medicine Ball Swings
- Hold the medicine ball just below your waist and your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart.
- Bend your knees, allow your body to lean forward and let the ball hang between your calves.
- Explode upwards using your legs and bring your arms up holding the medicine ball out in front of you until its just above your head.
- Lower the ball back between your legs (but not to the floor) and repeat the movement.
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Medicine ball swings is a gym work out exercise that targets shoulders and also involves glutes & hip flexors and hamstrings. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Kneeling plank scapula push ups / planks scaps, medicine ball slams and standing front shoulder plate / dumbbell / kettlebell raises are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as medicine ball swings. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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