Men’s Fitness Australia – June 2017

●Body Book Med ball

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When’s the last

time you got to

name a 32kg kettlebell

after your boss and hurl

it into a concrete wall?

Or crash a 20kg plate

into the ground chanting,

“Cut me off? I’ll cut you

off!” Then you can see

the beauty of a medicine

ball workout. Even the

ancient Greeks knew the

benefits of banging around

a weighted leather training

ball — not just for safely

working virtually every

muscle in the body and

building power, but also

for the sheer joy of getting

out occasional anger or

frustration at the gym

without worrying about

decapitating any shirtless

meatheads taking selfies.

Hot

slam!

Both a full-body blitz and

a steam-venting adrenaline

rush, a medicine ball

workoutisasmashing

way to muscle up.

BY NICK TUMMINELLO

JUNE 2017 MEN’S FITNESS 111

Throw your weight around

Medicine balls are great

for explosive upper-

body strength and

blowing off steam.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES MICHELFELDER