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[Shane Bastress]

I'm wanting to start incorporating Medicine Ball training into my workout, I was wondering what would be a good Medicine Ball weight to go with?

Thank you

Much Respect

Take Care.
Shane

 

[GunsforGuevara]

I'm wanting to start incorporating Medicine Ball training into my workout, I was wondering what would be a good Medicine Ball weight to go with?

Thank you

Much Respect

Take Care.
Shane

Why not go to a sports store and test a few different sized medicine balls.

 

[Shane Bastress]

Why not go to a sports store and test a few different sized medicine balls.

Did that, the heaviest they had was 12 and seemed kinda light, but I've never worked with a medicine ball before which is why I asked the question for peoples opinion.

Thank you

Much Respect.

Take Care.
Shane

 

[zop]

Medicine ball throws and slams?

I think Ross has some routines that incorporate a medicine ball. Your also better off making one on your own with a basketball full of sand or something. I think there's a thread on here about that somewhere.

rosstraining.com

 

[ronin0352]

Is Williamsport such a small town that there is only one sports store? Did you check around? (Serious question btw, I grew up in a town so small we didn't even have a stop light, so there was damn sure no sports store.)

It really depends a LOT on your size, strength, fitness level, goals, etc. Not something we can just pick for ya.

 

[shredfighter1]

Make one, it'll come out to about 20 or so lbs.

 

[andrewbc]

15 pounds

thank you

much respect

andrew

 

[finnegan]

make one 20-25lbs. Most other mb style swings and slams can be done with sledgehammers in the 8-16lbs range. Anything heavier than that approaches sandbag range.

 

[ThinkGreen]

Check out Brad Morris' youtube page... I think he has a video of him doing some medicine ball stuff

 

[RedNeckJiuJitsu]

Thread highjack:

I made a medicine ball a year and a half ago, but I took so long making it (pouring the sand through a funnel took forever) and I left the needle the air hole (to let the air out as the sand went it) that it won't hold air, so I've never really used it... Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

[Centaur]

Make a 20# (+/-) ball.

1. Slams
2. Swings
3. 1 arm throw (like a shot put)
4. Sprawl and Ball
5. Over Head throws (like a Keg toss) Get Ups
6. ThunderRolls

You can also make a tornado ball out if it. Rosstraining.com has all the details and such.

You can also make some smaller ones if you like, for variety. They're cheap and easy to make.

 

[redjako]

I'm wanting to start incorporating Medicine Ball training into my workout, I was wondering what would be a good Medicine Ball weight to go with?

Thank you

Much Respect

Take Care.
Shane

You can get a good sweat going with a 10 lber...just google Medicine ball workouts, and with med balls you shouldn't be resting between any sets...create a bunch of super-sets / complexes and you'll have a nice "light" workout.


From my log (still healing my torn disk):
8/24/08 big party weekend at my place
Stretch / warmup in

3x Superset Med ball: swings (each side) to
OH squat 5, 10, 10
3x Legs crossed on floor, throwing catching crunches 5, 5, 8
3x Superset pushups (both hands) on ball, 1 sec up ./ down, hurt wrists to
standing rows (fast) 3 / 20, 5 /20, 5/20
3x 10: start standing w/ ball at hip, hammer curl to shoulders, press, drop to chest like a neg bicep curl, to hip, repeat.

Therapy (stretching, only lower back compressions for the Exercise shit)



Throw some jump rope in between each super, and have fun