How to Use medicine ball in a Sentence
medicine ball
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Have a partner throw a medicine ball to you hard and fast.
—Jen Murphy, WSJ, 16 June 2022
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The kids take over and hop through the ladder, leap the hurdles, zigzag around the cones and roll the medicine ball.
—John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 5 Apr. 2020
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The medicine ball should be held just beneath your chest.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Nov. 2022
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Bear hug the medicine ball tight to chest and lean torso backwards.
—Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
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Or the person who slammed a medicine ball into the ground: The ball bounced back, hit her in the face, and broke her nose.
—Zoe Greenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2020
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Bend your knees slightly and then throw the medicine ball into the wall above your head.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022
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In a hallway outside the clubhouse, Kyle Farmer slammed a medicine ball against the wall.
—Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 19 Feb. 2018
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Hold the medicine ball in both hands, and extend your arms overhead so that the ball rests on the floor above your head.
—Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2021
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This year, teams had to carry a sandbag, a bell weight and medicine ball from stage to stage.
—Slade Rand, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
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There are some old dumbbells, a medicine ball and a yoga mat.
—Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2020
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Stacked in weight racks next to floor mats and benches are medicine balls and barbells.
—oregonlive, 3 June 2020
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Add a book or a medicine ball to ramp up the difficulty.
—Hannah Seo, Popular Science, 1 Sep. 2020
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There are medicine balls and a dip rack for working out and foam rollers for stretching.
—Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 13 Aug. 2019
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Lie on your back, grab the medicine ball firmly between both hands and place it above your head.
—SELF, 12 Sep. 2018
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The Rhino Promax Slam Ball is the only leather medicine ball on our list.
—Rachel Kalichman, SELF, 9 Sep. 2022
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How to do it: Stand in a square position, holding a medicine ball at your chest.
—Outside Online, 4 Nov. 2019
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If a medicine ball is too heavy, try something simpler.
—Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 9 June 2022
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Keep in Mind Tossing medicine balls on it during testing left some scuffs on the seat.
—Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2023
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To do a wall ball exercise, simply stand with your back against a wall and hold a medicine ball out in front of you.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022
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All that’s left now are two physical tests – a broad jump, and a granny-throw with a weighted medicine ball – and we’re done.
—Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 28 June 2018
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Take a quick cardio and strength break with a minute of mountain climbers, 10 burpees, a minute of ice skaters, and 20 Russian twists with a medicine ball.
—Popular Science, 29 Mar. 2020
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Also in the mix in her workouts: Battle ropes, medicine ball ab twists, and weighted ball slams.
—Korin Miller, Women's Health, 23 June 2023
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Set up: Lie on your back with one foot placed on a foam roller or small rubber medicine ball with your knee slightly bent.
—Jon-Erik Kawamoto, Outside Online, 23 Mar. 2021
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Stand with a wall to your right (a few feet away) with your feet about shoulder-width apart, holding a medicine ball in front of your body with both hands.
—Amy Marturana, SELF, 7 Mar. 2019
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There are also medicine balls, kettle bells, bumper plates and battle ropes.
—USA TODAY, 11 June 2019
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For the Scissor Broad Jump, his training includes grabbing a 15-pound medicine ball and doing broad jumps across the court.
—Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Apr. 2022
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Both return to standing position and then lunge and exchange the medicine ball.
—Angela Peterson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2018
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Your two main free weights in the gym are dumbbells and barbells, but kettlebells, medicine balls, sand bags, heck, even tires are free weights.
—SELF, 12 Jan. 2019
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Ryan shared a video of Kaley jumping rope, doing some medicine ball crunches, and lifting weights.
—Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 26 July 2023
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While the initial test showed no air leakage, our overnight test showed a difference of about four inches in height after a medicine ball rested on it.
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2023
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