Medicine Ball Swings
How to Do 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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Related Shoulders Exercises
Medicine Ball Swings Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Medicine Ball Swings targets shoulders and also works glutes & hip flexors and hamstrings. 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
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