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Medicine Ball Exercises

There are well over a thousand ways to use a medicine ball. Here is where to start.

A thousand exercises, for every part of your body, from light to brutal. The first step towards training like a professional is deciding what you actually want from your body - and then going and doing it.

Pick up a Basket Bullet and take it wherever you want.

Training session with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
For women
Shoulder work with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
For men
Sit-up with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
Light
Overhead lift with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
Harder
Paired training with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
In pairs
A Basket Bullet medicine ball during a training session
And with a smile

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Where to start

A sample of what the ball gets used for. These are names and pictures, not a training plan - for coaching, talk to us.

Core and rotation

Rotation is where a ball earns its keep: the mass sits away from your spine, so every twist and sit-up has momentum to fight.

  • Russian twist with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Russian twist
  • Torso twist with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Standing twist
  • Sit-up with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Sit-up
  • Sit-up with a press with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Sit-up with a press
  • Plank with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Plank
  • Plank variation with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Plank variation

Upper body

Pressing and throwing a ball loads the shoulders through ranges a barbell never visits.

  • Overhead lift with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Overhead lift
  • Overhead lift from behind with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Overhead lift from behind
  • Straight overhead press with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Straight press
  • Single-arm press with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Single-arm press
  • Shoulder work with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Shoulder work
  • Windmill with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Windmill

Legs and conditioning

Carried, swung or held overhead, the ball turns simple leg work into whole-body conditioning.

  • Step squats with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Step squats
  • High step with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    High step
  • Running drill with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Loaded run
  • Hanging hold with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Hanging hold
  • Balance work on a BOSU with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Balance work on a BOSU
  • Bulgarian bag swing with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Swings

In pairs

A ball you can throw at a partner makes conditioning a game - which is why pairs keep training longer.

  • Two-handed pass with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Two-handed pass
  • Paired torso twists with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Paired twists
  • Paired training with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Partner drill
  • Paired training with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Partner drill
  • Paired training with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Partner drill
  • Paired training with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Partner drill

On the court

Every basketball move done with extra mass - dribble, pass, shot - comes back faster with the game ball.

  • Dribbling with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Dribbling
  • Two-ball dribbling with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Two-ball dribbling
  • Jump shot with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Jump shot
  • Set shot with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Set shot
  • Bank shot with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Bank shot
  • Defensive stance with a Basket Bullet medicine ball
    Defensive stance