Medicine Ball V-Ups
How to Do Medicine Ball V-Ups
- Lie face up on with a medicine ball between your hands and your arms extended behind you. Keep your arms and legs straight and then raise your feet an inch off the floor.
- Raise your torso and legs up at the same time and touch the medicine call to your feet. Hold for a moment.
- Lower down to starting position with arms and ball behind your head.
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Medicine Ball V-Ups Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Medicine Ball V-Ups targets abs and also works glutes & hip flexors. 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 Staggered hand push-ups / pushups, modified bicycles / elbow-to-knee crunches / cross-body crunches and dumbbell weighted leg pull-ins. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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