Medicine balls, crafted from durable materials and available in various weights, are excellent implements for enhancing workout routines.
They excel in their versatility, allowing for utilization in both traditional resistance exercises and dynamic movements such as throws or slams.
These workouts are designed to elevate heart rate, promote calorie expenditure, and sustain muscular composition, catering to goals of toning and achieving a lean physique.
Resistance levels and repetition counts are tailored to individual capabilities, with general benchmarks for women based on averages (5’5”, 140 lbs, 34 years old) while accounting for variability across personal fitness levels.
The round and stable design of medicine balls introduces unique instability, further challenging core engagement and balance.
Incorporating these tools into exercise regimens fosters effective and engaging session dynamics.
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The Alternating Medicine Ball Push Up is a challenging push-up variation that targets the chest, shoulders, and triceps. Using a medicine ball helps improve balance and strength on both sides of the body.
The Alternating Medicine Ball Push Up is a challenging push-up variation that targets the chest, shoulders, and triceps. Using a medicine ball helps improve balance and strength on both sides of the body.
The Medicine Ball Single Leg Romanian Deadlift helps improve your balance and strength by using a medicine ball for added resistance. It mainly targets the hamstrings, glutes, and lower back, making it a great exercise for overall lower body fitness.
The Medicine Ball Single Leg Romanian Deadlift helps improve your balance and strength by using a medicine ball for added resistance. It mainly targets the hamstrings, glutes, and lower back, making it a great exercise for overall lower body fitness.
Medicine Ball Hip Thrusts are an advanced version of the standard hip thrust, using a medicine ball for added resistance. This exercise targets your glutes and hamstrings, making it a great way to strengthen your lower body.
Medicine Ball Hip Thrusts are an advanced version of the standard hip thrust, using a medicine ball for added resistance. This exercise targets your glutes and hamstrings, making it a great way to strengthen your lower body.
The Medicine Ball Glute Bridge is a modified version of the glute bridge that uses a medicine ball either on your hips or under your feet. It strengthens your glutes, hamstrings, and core while improving balance and stability.
The Medicine Ball Glute Bridge is a modified version of the glute bridge that uses a medicine ball either on your hips or under your feet. It strengthens your glutes, hamstrings, and core while improving balance and stability.
The Medicine Ball Leg Crunch is a great exercise to strengthen your abdominal muscles. You lie on your back, hold a medicine ball between your feet, and lift your upper body toward your legs while keeping the ball squeezed.
The Medicine Ball Leg Crunch is a great exercise to strengthen your abdominal muscles. You lie on your back, hold a medicine ball between your feet, and lift your upper body toward your legs while keeping the ball squeezed.
The Medicine Ball Russian Twist is a core exercise using a medicine ball to increase resistance. This variation challenges your stability and strength while twisting side to side, engaging your core effectively.
The Medicine Ball Russian Twist is a core exercise using a medicine ball to increase resistance. This variation challenges your stability and strength while twisting side to side, engaging your core effectively.
The Medicine Ball Push Up is a challenging twist on a standard push-up that uses a medicine ball to engage your chest, shoulders, and core more effectively. It helps improve your balance and coordination while increasing the difficulty of your push-up routine.
The Medicine Ball Push Up is a challenging twist on a standard push-up that uses a medicine ball to engage your chest, shoulders, and core more effectively. It helps improve your balance and coordination while increasing the difficulty of your push-up routine.
The Medicine Ball Side Lunge is a powerful variation that uses a medicine ball to boost resistance and enhance balance. It works your thighs, glutes, and core, while also targeting your side muscles as you lunge sideways, providing a full lower body workout.
The Medicine Ball Side Lunge is a powerful variation that uses a medicine ball to boost resistance and enhance balance. It works your thighs, glutes, and core, while also targeting your side muscles as you lunge sideways, providing a full lower body workout.
The Medicine Ball Lunge is an exercise that adds resistance to lunges, which helps improve balance and strengthen the legs and core. It makes your lower body workout more challenging and enhances stability and coordination.
The Medicine Ball Lunge is an exercise that adds resistance to lunges, which helps improve balance and strengthen the legs and core. It makes your lower body workout more challenging and enhances stability and coordination.
The Medicine Ball Overhead Lunge is a lower body exercise that also works your core. You hold a medicine ball above your head while stepping forward into a lunge, then switch legs to complete your set.
The Medicine Ball Overhead Lunge is a lower body exercise that also works your core. You hold a medicine ball above your head while stepping forward into a lunge, then switch legs to complete your set.
The Medicine Ball Romanian Deadlift strengthens your hamstrings, glutes, and lower back while improving stability and posture. This exercise is great for building lower body power and is suitable for beginners.
The Medicine Ball Romanian Deadlift strengthens your hamstrings, glutes, and lower back while improving stability and posture. This exercise is great for building lower body power and is suitable for beginners.
The Forward Lunge with Twist is a variation of the lunge that strengthens your quads, glutes, and hamstrings while adding core stability. By holding a medicine ball and twisting, you enhance the effectiveness of the standard lunge for a better workout.
The Forward Lunge with Twist is a variation of the lunge that strengthens your quads, glutes, and hamstrings while adding core stability. By holding a medicine ball and twisting, you enhance the effectiveness of the standard lunge for a better workout.
The Balance Trainer Overhead Weighted Crunch is a core exercise performed on a BOSU Balance Trainer using a medicine ball for added resistance. This exercise targets the abdominal muscles while also improving grip strength and core stability due to the instability of the dome.
The Balance Trainer Overhead Weighted Crunch is a core exercise performed on a BOSU Balance Trainer using a medicine ball for added resistance. This exercise targets the abdominal muscles while also improving grip strength and core stability due to the instability of the dome.
The Decline Sit Up with Medicine Ball Toss is a challenging core exercise done on a decline bench. It works your abdominal muscles and improves coordination by adding a toss to the sit-up movement.
The Decline Sit Up with Medicine Ball Toss is a challenging core exercise done on a decline bench. It works your abdominal muscles and improves coordination by adding a toss to the sit-up movement.
The Medicine Ball Superman is an exercise that strengthens your back, glutes, and hamstrings using a medicine ball for added resistance. It targets similar muscles as the standard Superman but enhances the workout by incorporating an object to lift.
The Medicine Ball Superman is an exercise that strengthens your back, glutes, and hamstrings using a medicine ball for added resistance. It targets similar muscles as the standard Superman but enhances the workout by incorporating an object to lift.