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PlyometricsBeginner

Medicine Ball Throw (Backward)

Equipment:Medicine Ball
Type:Compound
Force:Push

Muscles Targeted

Primary

Shoulders, Glutes

Secondary

Hamstrings, Lower Back, Traps

How to Perform

  1. 1

    Stand feet shoulder-width apart, hold medicine ball with both hands.

  2. 2

    Lower into slight squat, bringing ball between legs.

  3. 3

    Explosively extend hips, knees, ankles.

  4. 4

    Simultaneously swing arms up and overhead.

  5. 5

    Release ball backward over head at peak extension.

  6. 6

    Aim for height and distance.

  7. 7

    Retrieve ball and repeat.