Medicine Ball Exercises
Exercise of the Week: Flamingos/Single-Leg RDL Combo
Without balance and stability, excelling in any sport is difficult if not impossible. Imagine absorbing a tackle or landing from a layup with poor balance. You're likely to end up [...]
Exercise of the Week: Explosive Med Ball Hyper
Back Hypers are an excellent exercise for improving hip extension by developing the lower back muscles, glutes and hamstrings. However, the exercise is generally performed in a slow and controlled [...]
Exercise of the Week: Explosive Med Ball Bench
Performing the Explosive Med Ball Bench engages the pecs, delts and triceps, similar to the Bench Press; however, the med ball exercise focuses specifically on training those muscles to be [...]
Exercise of the Week: Med Ball Rotational Throws
A strong core provides the foundation for executing almost every sports skill. If the feet are in contact with the ground, it’s almost guaranteed the core is activated—which highlights the [...]
Amp Your Core Power With Peyton Manning
Despite his success and his multitude of accolades—four-time NFL MVP, 10-time Pro Bowler, rocket-arm status—Peyton Manning spends a good portion of his off-season in a weight room chasing his next [...]
Explosive Med Ball Drills
Olympic lifts [Cleans and Snatches] are among the best at helping athletes become faster, stronger and more powerful, because the athlete must move explosively to perform the lifts correctly. However [...]
Duke Soccer’s Med Ball Massacre
There’s no denying it: soccer is a contact sport. Therefore, you must strengthen your chest and shoulders to prepare for the sport’s rigors. “It’s important that soccer players work not [...]
Overhead Med Ball Throws With Florida Volleyball
Want to play above the net when camp rolls around? Hip extension is 40 percent of your vertical jump, according to Matt DeLancey, volleyball strength and conditioning coach for the [...]
Swinging With the Sooners
No longer is softball just a spring and summer sport. To reach the upper echelon of the game of softball, it takes year-round dedication—especially in the weight room. After stepping [...]
Tennessee Men’s Basketball Med Ball Work
The University of Tennessee men’s basketball squad no longer plays second fiddle to the men on the gridiron. In the past two years, they’ve averaged 25.6 wins, racked up an [...]