Men's Fitness Guide

MEDICINE BALL

FIT NOTE: if maintaining grip proves tricky, try finding a ball with handles

TARGET WHOLE BODY

SLAM DUNK

The beauty of the medicine ball is that you can slam it on the floor or throw it against the wall without taking chunks out of your décor. You can’t do that with a dumbbell.

The dynamic throwing exercises you do with a medicine ball use the fast-twitch muscle fibres in your body. These are the fibres that are used in explosive movements such as heavy lifts, jumps and throws (as opposed to

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