BENEFIT This exercise works the muscles in the chest (pectoralis major), back of the upper arms (triceps) and front shoulders (anterior deltoids). Adding a medicine ball to a traditional push-up ...

Feet-on-Medicine-Ball Push-Up. Begin in plank position with your toes resting on a five- to 10-pound medicine ball. Keeping your core engaged, bend and straighten your arms to complete a push-up.

Single-arm medicine ball push-up. While this form of medicine ball push-up isn't as hard, it's still pretty challenging — especially if your upper body strength is, let's say, in progress.

Alternating Med Ball Push-Up: This variety increases range of motion, and works core stability. Place one hand on top of the medicine ball, while the other stabilizes the body on the floor.

10. Medicine Ball Push-Up Shuffle. How to: Start in a high plank with a medicine ball under one hand. Do a one-hand elevated push-up, ...

Come into a high plank position, place one hand on your medicine ball. Bend both elbows and lower your body toward the ground (keep your body in one long line THIS WEEK'S EXERCISE: Medicine ball ...

April Calderon, the push-up champ, sets up for medicine-ball push-ups by putting each hand on a ball. “Then it’s one foot at a time until I’m stable,” said Calderon, ...

Pick up a medicine ball in your right hand, and feed it under your right leg. 3. ... Do 10 push-ups in a row to start, adding 5 additional push-ups whenever you feel comfortable.

I'll admit it: For years, I avoided adding a medicine ball to my workouts. Frankly, I was intimidated by the large weighted ball, imagining it was meant solely for hard-core exercisers with 18 ...

I'll admit it: For years, I avoided adding a medicine ball to my workouts. Frankly, I was intimidated by the large weighted ball, imagining it was meant solely for hard-core exercisers with 18-inch ...