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Medicine ball slam
Difficulty Trunk rotation
How to perform it
Jump up and slam the medicine ball explosively into the floor β heavily engages the rectus abdominis, assisted by the obliques and lats. Drive the whole movement from the abs, not just the arms, and put maximum force into the slam.
Equipment
- Medicine ball / Wall ball 9 kgFree weight
Muscles worked
Front
Back
Muscles and artwork credits
- External obliques
- Internal obliques (not on the surface map)
- Lats
- Rectus abdominis
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Medicine ball slams
Exercise family Β· pattern: Trunk rotation
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