TOP 5: The 5 best exercises with Giant Medicine Balls

Starting from a standing position and holding the Giant Medicine Ball with both hands at chest height, perform a front lunge and perform a twist on the same side with which you performed the lunge. While doing this exercise, think about activating your core: this way you will maintain a stable position and avoid overloading or compensatory movements that could cause back pain.

This exercise is perfect for training the legs and upper body in one movement, stimulating coordination, strength and mobility. To increase the difficulty, try keeping your arms almost fully extended during the rotation or perform a jump to change legs.

Position yourself with your feet hip-width apart and your toes slightly extra-rotated. Bring the Giant Medicine Ball to your chest while holding it with both hands and remember to bring your elbows slightly forward to create a stable base of support. Perform a squat and quickly extend your legs. Once extended, push the ball over your head, performing a 'squat'.Overhead Press. Return the Giant Medicine Ball to your chest and perform another repetition.

This exercise is used to improve the power and explosiveness of the lower limbs, as the fast rise will give the ball a big push from the legs, helping the press performed with the arms. To increase the difficulty, you can try throwing the ball up after the squat: this exercise will require more power and dynamism.

Place your forearms on the Giant Medicine Ball and remain in this position, creating a straight line between your ankles, knees, pelvis and shoulders. While holding this position, think about contracting your abdomen and buttocks. This will return your pelvis to the correct position and avoid overloading your spine.

To increase the difficulty, try lifting one foot at a time for a few seconds: you will have to concentrate on holding the position and you will stimulate the deep core muscles.

Position yourself prone on the floor, placing one hand on the Giant Medicine Ball and keeping the other hand resting on the floor. Keeping your body in line, perform a squat on your arms, trying to get as far down as possible. Push hard and return to the starting position, move the ball by rotating it towards your other hand and perform another squat.

Remember to always keep the body in line while performing the exercise, avoiding compensatory movements. This exercise will stimulate upper limb strength, as well as significantly stimulating the pectoral muscles.

This is one of the most difficult exercises to train the abdominals with a Giant Medicine Ball. Lie on the floor in a supine position and rest your arms sideways, with your palms facing the floor at shoulder height. Hold the Giant Medicine Ball between your knees and swing from side to side in a slow and controlled manner. Make movements that are not too wide and remember that you must keep your arms and shoulders firmly on the ground.