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  Author : Michael Jespersen Number of Pages : 64 Publisher : Productive Fitness Pub |
Book Description
The medicine ball, a popular exercise tool in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s, is now making a comeback in the year 2001. The trend in fitness is toward core strength; strong abdominals, obliques and back muscles. The core group of muscles or “core” are often the initial source of physical movement. Therefore, having a strong core is crucial to both sport success for the athlete and functional movement for the average person. Because of it’s size, weight, and easy handling ability, the medicine ball is an excellent exercise tool for working the core.
The Great Medicine Ball Handbook shows the user a range of different exercises, along with proper instruction and safety concerns. Other sections include; rotator cuff exercises, stretching, a sample routine, and muscle anatomy diagrams.
This “How to” book gives a complete body workout with start and finish photos and easy to follow, step-by-step, instructions.
Customer reviews
Medicine Ball Workout 
by .. Rebecca Johnson (Washington State)
After completing the exercises in “The Great Medicine Ball Handbook,” I felt I had achieved a full-body workout. The exercises are divided up into: Core, Lower Body, Upper Body, Throws and Catches and Rotator Cuff. If you are exercising by yourself then you can’t do the Throws and Catches. You also need a small medicine ball to do the Rotator Cuff exercises. For most of the exercises you can use a 6-pound medicine ball.
Some of the exercises include:
Standing Twist
Crunch
Pullover Sit-up
Seated Twist
Split squat
Reverse Lunge
Tricep Exstension
Overhead Toss
The easiest way to use this book (so it stays open) is to cut it in half. Then, simply punch holes in the corner of each page and put it on a metal ring. This will allow all the pages to lay flat when you are exercising. This book also includes a brief section on stretching, muscle diagrams and information on aerobic training. You can start with as little as 8 reps per exercise and work your way up to two sets of fifteen reps.
~The Rebecca Review
The Great Medicine Ball Handbook 
by .. Jonathan Harding ()
This is an excellent little resource; concise and well illustrated, I have used it several times a week in my exercise regimen since the book was purchased.
medicine ball handbook by .. Dolores Bruno (tn)
What an excellent book this is. The instructions are clear, and easy to understand. Everyone should have this book, and use it to improve their physical fitness.
Only a medicine ball to use. by .. Sally Greer ()
For only having a medicine ball to use for exercise, this book was the greatest for helping me.
This Book is Very Disappointing 
by .. Mrs. S. J. Reid ()
Firstly this is a stretch to call it a book, its more like a pamphlet. Although it has nice color pictures it contains very little practical information, on important areas like which muscle groups are used, alignment concerns, possible stress areas, technique tips, etc. I returned the this item.
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