Friends and Fitness Enthusiasts,
Watching the VCU Rams upset higher seeded teams left and right in this year's March Madness is making me want to start playing basketball. If you are like me and lack the coordination to actually play basketball well, you could train like a basketball player anyway to get a great workout. Here are some basketball inspired moves for you to try:
1. With your medicine ball, shuffle to your right while rolling the ball on the ground; guide it with your hand. Pause, grab your ball, bounce it, get under it, and toss up like you're going to shoot. Repeat on your left side then...work it!
2. Find a partner and a medicine ball. Take a wide, staggered stance, and toss the medicine ball to your partner overhead. You can also do this as a chest pass.
3. Suicides! You probably haven't done these since you were a kid but, it's a great way to work on agility and boosting your metabolism.
In health,
Lauren
Showing posts with label medicine ball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medicine ball. Show all posts
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
217/365 Medicine Balls: Making Plyos More Interesting
Friends and Fitness Enthusiasts,
Medicine Balls are a fantastic way to make your plyo exercises more challenging and fun.
For example, take your jump squat to the next level. Get into your squat, holding your MB close to your body. Give it a bounce, catch it, and launch yourself up. From here you can either give your ball a toss above your head or hold it while you're in the air. Make sure you get under the MB so that you maximize the force you put into your jump into your arms.
You could also do a lunge with your right leg in front. Twist to your left, give your ball a hard throw to the ground, catch it, and jump into a lunch with your left leg in front; repeat.
Play around with your medicine ball to make your work out more interesting and challenging.
In health,
Lauren
Medicine Balls are a fantastic way to make your plyo exercises more challenging and fun.
For example, take your jump squat to the next level. Get into your squat, holding your MB close to your body. Give it a bounce, catch it, and launch yourself up. From here you can either give your ball a toss above your head or hold it while you're in the air. Make sure you get under the MB so that you maximize the force you put into your jump into your arms.
You could also do a lunge with your right leg in front. Twist to your left, give your ball a hard throw to the ground, catch it, and jump into a lunch with your left leg in front; repeat.
Play around with your medicine ball to make your work out more interesting and challenging.
In health,
Lauren
Monday, November 22, 2010
125/365 Thankful for Medicine Balls
Friends and Fitness Enthusiasts,
3 days until Thanksgiving, ya'll! One of the most fun pieces of fitness equipment is the medicine ball. These are rubber balls with sand inside. You can throw them, bounce them, and toss them to mimic the more dynamic activities of your life. Though you can do many things that I will articulate as the days go on, here's one:
1. Start by holding a medicine ball in both hands. Squat down so that your butt and chest are out and your knees are sitting right on top of your ankles.
2. Get some force going by standing up a little, extending your knees, hips, and back. Lift the arms up and flex so that elbows are bent.
3. Throw down the medicine ball with all your might by flexing your trunk and extending your arms. Make sure to catch it and not let it hit you in the face.
4. Repeat. The power comes from your legs on the up phase and your arms and back to throw the ball.
In case you were wondering, this exercise works your quads, hamstrings, erector spinae, anterior deltoids, pec major, lattissimus dorsi, teres major, triceps, and brachioradialis. Wow!
In health,
Lauren
3 days until Thanksgiving, ya'll! One of the most fun pieces of fitness equipment is the medicine ball. These are rubber balls with sand inside. You can throw them, bounce them, and toss them to mimic the more dynamic activities of your life. Though you can do many things that I will articulate as the days go on, here's one:
2. Get some force going by standing up a little, extending your knees, hips, and back. Lift the arms up and flex so that elbows are bent.
3. Throw down the medicine ball with all your might by flexing your trunk and extending your arms. Make sure to catch it and not let it hit you in the face.
4. Repeat. The power comes from your legs on the up phase and your arms and back to throw the ball.
In case you were wondering, this exercise works your quads, hamstrings, erector spinae, anterior deltoids, pec major, lattissimus dorsi, teres major, triceps, and brachioradialis. Wow!
In health,
Lauren
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