Wanting to toss a medicine ball, but NOT a hard rubber ball, I looked for the softest, easiest on the hands, best priced medicine ball to toss in the air and catch. This is it.
To the touch, this feels like a 15 lb water ballon. In my opinion, that is GREAT. What could be less stressful to catch on impact than a water ballon? The rubber skin of the ball seems tough enough; if it holds up for a few years, then I will say this is a great design. I got the ball less than a month ago, so all I can say now is so far, so excellent.
Doing wood chops with this ball is a great whole body exercise. Locking your forearms at your side and tossing the ball by moving only your forearms is a great bicep exercise. Sit with your torso and legs at a 100 degree angle (or a right angle if you have freakishly strong abs) and toss the ball straight up from in front of your collar bone. Throw it up as hard as you can and catch it. I doubt you will come anywhere close to hitting the ceiling (as I EASILY did with the 10lb ball), but you will get a great shoulder and ab workout.
I think exercising with this ball is about as fun as any solo at home exercise out there. My 30 lb Kettlebell is probably better exercise for leg and butt strength and a killer high intensity burst workout, but nowhere near as much fun as catching a ball.
I learned these great med ball exercises from Athlean X, run former NY Met/David Wright rehab personal trainer Jeff Cavilere. I don''t know the guy from Adam but for putting so many great workouts on youtube for free, I am happy to give him a plug. So this ball is great for catching and all the excises on youtube from athlean x are great.I got this medicine ball to enhance my workouts at home. I thought the gel filled ball would be nice instead of a basketball-like medicine ball. However, this ball is much softer than I expected. It''s definitely usable, but I wish I had bought a regular medicine ball instead.
(Love the purple color though! It matches my stability/balance ball!).
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Although this medicine ball is smaller than I thought it would be when I ordered it, I love it. It is wonderful to do my abdominal exercises with and makes a difference. If you are looking for a small medicine ball, this is the one.Read Best Reviews of Champion Sports Gel Filled Medicine Ball Here
This ball is pretty soft & squishy, which works great for what I bought it for--tossing back and forth. If you need a firm/rigid ball I would not get this one.Serves my purpose well. No complaints. Does not imjure floor or make noise. No complaints. Perfect for at home work out.

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