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medicine ball
noun
: a heavy usually large ball used especially in conditioning and strengthening exercises
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Leonard was working with a medicine ball, doing drills for his recovery process from a right knee injury that has kept him out all season.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
This arc ultimately culminates in a montage in the seventh episode of Season 3, in which Johnny puts Miguel through a physical regimen that requires his student to navigate obstacle courses, climb stairs and catch medicine balls — all while on crutches.
—Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
The weight room and training equipment includes three squat racks, three stationary bikes, three athletic-training tables and kettle bells, dumbbells and medicine balls.
—Josh Robbins, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
It can be performed with traditional weights, exercise bands, medicine balls, cable machines, sandbags, kettle bells or even just using your own body weight.
—Fred Sassani, Austin American-Statesman, 15 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
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“Medicine ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medicine%20ball. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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medicine ball
noun
: a heavy usually large ball used especially for strengthening exercises
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