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Exercise: Medicine Ball Figure Eights

Medicine Ball Figure Eights ExercisePrimary Muscle

Abdominals

Secondary Muscles

Obliques

Equipment Needed

Medicine Ball

Mechanics Type

Isolation

Proper Exercise Technique



While standing with a shoulder width stance, take a medicine ball and press it overhead. Hold it over your right shoulder do a cross body diagonal chopping motion and then bring the ball up to the left shoulder and perform another cross body diagonal chopping motion and bring up to the right shoulder again. That is one repetition. To increase the difficulty of this exercise you can use a tornado ball or heavier medicine balls.

Medicine Ball Figure Eights - Start Position

Medicine Ball Figure Eights Start Position

Medicine Ball Figure Eights - Finish Position

Medicine Ball Figure Eights Finish Position

Medicine Ball Figure Eights Exercise Video

 

Medicine Ball Figure Eights Exercise Video Example

 

 

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