Medicine Ball Training for athletes

There are many ways to skin a cat (really weird saying by the way) just as there are many ways to build great athletes. I know that in my own training I get stagnant and run the risk of over training if I do the same lifts over and over. As such we like to switch things up for our athletes and train using different modalities and training methods.

Obviously in my last post I made my affinity for the olympic lifts, and particularly those from the hang, quite clear, but that is only one of the methods that I like to use to ensure that my athletes are getting the most out of their training.

I can find very few exercises that replicate the dynamic nature of the football linemen’s upper body or the shot putter’s arm like medicine ball throws from the pushing position. Similarly the rotational strength that Medicine ball side throws or hammer throws require very closely resemble those that these athletes do on a regular basis through the core area.

Take a look at a video of a workout I did recently and tell me what you think.

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