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medicine ball floor lift with squat - beginner Upper Body exercise
  • Upper Body
  • beginner

medicine ball floor lift with squat

squat down, lift medicine ball from floor while maintaining neutral spine, return to standing with ball held close to body

Starting position
standing
Joints
hip, knee, shoulder, lumbar spine
Muscles
quadriceps, gluteus maximus, deltoid, erector spinae, trapezius
Equipment
medicine ball
Goal
postural correction, coordination, stability
Type
isotonic concentric, resisted

How it is done

Stand with arms by the side, place a medicine ball on floor close to the feet. Squat to 45 degrees, bend forward and lift the ball, stand up holding the ball close to the body. Repeat.

Nothing here is a prescription. Your physiotherapist decides which of these are yours, and when.

The plan starts with an assessment.