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diagonal medicine ball lift from floor - beginner Upper Body exercise

Upper Body
beginner

diagonal medicine ball lift from floor

squat to lift medicine ball diagonally from floor to chest with trunk rotation and knee extension

Starting position: standing
Joints: hip, knee, head, lumbar spine, thoracic spine
Muscles: quadriceps, gluteus maximus, hip flexors, obliques, erector spinae
Equipment: medicine ball
Goal: postural correction, coordination, stability
Type: isotonic concentric, resisted

How it is done

Stand beside a medicine ball. Squat down rotate the trunk and lift the ball and straight up to starting position with ball close to the body. Repeat.

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