Medicine Balls|Muscle Manufacturing

A medicine ball is a weighted leather or rubber ball, between 1 to 25 pounds, that you throw and perform various full body exercises. The ball requires coordination, strength, and stamina to keep it under control during the exercise.  Medicine balls should be used by anyone looking to excel in sports, lose weight, or for general fitness.

1. Functional Strength – It’s one of the most effective tools to train all the muscle groups in your body, especially stabilizer muscles; it builds functional strength.

2. Combined Cardiovascular and Strength Training – I like using efficient gym equipment that allows me to shorten my workouts. Who has hours and hours to work out? Medicine ball workouts, done properly, will increase your cardiovascular capacity, build strength, and improve muscle stamina all at once.

3. Versatility – The key to a good workout is variety. Because medicine balls are portable you can workout at home, on the beach, outdoors, or on the road. Exercises can be tailored for specific sports or targeted toward specific muscle groups.

4. Inexpensive – You don’t need to purchase expensive or complicated equipment for a great workout. Medicine balls are inexpensive and have a great return on investment, making them a great choice for exercise equipment. You can’t find many other pieces of gym equipment less expensive that provides as much versatility.

5. Provides Unique Loads on Your Muscles and Increases Hand Eye Coordination – When a medicine ball is thrown to you or by you, the path it travels is never identical. You catch it at a different place every time. You use different muscle groups to balance your body and control the ball for each catch. This trains your body to react faster to catch and control the load.

Solo Workout Tip
If you want to practice throwing and catching exercises but you don’t have a partner, look into our rebounders.  Set it up solidly on an angle so it can return the ball to you at the height you desire.