If the last time you picked up a medicine ball was in school it may be time to take another look. The medicine ball is a cheap and effective piece of equipment that anyone can use to enhance and add variety to their exercise session.

Modern medicine balls are much better than the leather ones of old and make a excellent addition to your home gym.

With balls varying from one to twenty kilos you can work just as hard with a medicine ball. In fact, the medicine ball is better than many other forms of weight training equipment.

Here are three reasons to use a weighted ball during your next workout.

Challenges Your Core

Throwing and catching a medicine ball can help improve your core strength, which in turn decreases the risk of you injuring yourself and can enhance your performance. Training with the medicine ball better simulates your normal daily activities than other pieces of exercise equipment because you are not fixed in place and are forced top mobilise more muscles.

Adds Variety

The more pieces of equipment you have, the more variety you can add to your exercise routines, preventing them from becoming stale and boring.
Throwing and catching a medicine ball is fun! People of all ages and fitness levels can use them.

They're Cheap!

A two Kilo medicine balls cost around £5-00 so you won't break the bank buying one.

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Carol Bartram (Dip.PT, IIHHT)
Personal Trainer
Pilates Instructor
Hull, East Yorkshire, UK

carol@zestforliving.co.uk
http://www.zestforliving.co.uk