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medicine ball
noun
: a heavy usually large ball used especially in conditioning and strengthening exercises
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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
There are medicine balls and peanut balls for laboring, books and magazines, and a TV.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
So toss a medicine ball, Tylicki said, or use resistance bands to create extra tension against your muscle tissues.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 16 July 2024
Select a light medicine ball and press it over your head with both hands.
—Matt Parrott, arkansasonline.com, 30 June 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 28 Nov. 2024.
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medicine ball
noun
: a heavy usually large ball used especially for strengthening exercises
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