Swiss Ball Exercises » Medicine ball exercises http://swissballexercises.org Strong Core, Tight Abs, Good Posture, Get The Perfect Physique Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Blast those obliques! Medicine ball oblique twist with a press http://swissballexercises.org/medicine-ball-oblique-twist-with-a-press/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medicine-ball-oblique-twist-with-a-press http://swissballexercises.org/medicine-ball-oblique-twist-with-a-press/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:20:24 +0000 Gareth Hanson http://swissballexercises.org/?p=58 This is a great abdominal and obliques medicine ball exercise, nicely demonstrated by Stephen and Sarah over at diet.com.

I’m hoping to start shooting some videos of my own soon. Until then, I hope you don’t mind me finding videos from other trainers.

If you have any questions about the medicine ball exercises, just drop me a comment and I’ll do my best to answer them for you.

Thanks for reading :-)

]]> http://swissballexercises.org/medicine-ball-oblique-twist-with-a-press/feed/ 0 Medicine ball exercises – an introduction http://swissballexercises.org/medicine-ball-exercises-an-introduction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=medicine-ball-exercises-an-introduction http://swissballexercises.org/medicine-ball-exercises-an-introduction/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:33:45 +0000 Gareth Hanson http://swissballexercises.org/?p=50 Like the Swiss ball, the Medicine Ball can be all the equipment you need for a full body work out.

Medicine balls were first used for strength training 3000 years ago in Persia, where wrestlers filled animal bladders with sand. They were later used in ancient Greece where they were constructed from animal skins sewn together and filled with sand. The name ‘Medicine ball’ was first coined in the late 19th century, when the words ‘health’ and ‘medicine’ were synonymous.

Medicine ball exercise

Modern medicine balls are usually constructed from leather, nylon cloth or vinyl, filled with heavyweight materials ranging from sand to synthetic gels. they are usually available in weights between 2lb (0.9kg) and 25lb (11.33kg), in varying sizes.

Medicine ball exercises range from explosive movement exercises, using the ball as a weight, to balance exercises where the ball is used to create an unstable platform for a foot or hand.

Over the coming weeks I’ll be posting some great medicine ball workouts, so watch this space (or subscribe to my RSS feed).

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