{"id":273,"date":"2011-06-27T14:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/the-power-of-the-medicine-ball\/"},"modified":"2012-03-05T11:13:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-05T16:13:41","slug":"the-power-of-the-medicine-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/the-power-of-the-medicine-ball\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of the Medicine Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cjOZ33J92bE\/TgjZFCzBHnI\/AAAAAAAAAIw\/BXsv3MG6G2c\/s1600\/medball.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-cjOZ33J92bE\/TgjZFCzBHnI\/AAAAAAAAAIw\/BXsv3MG6G2c\/s1600\/medball.jpg?w=525\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">Consider making a medicine ball your next fitness equipment purchase. &nbsp;There are a ton of exercises that can be done with a medicine ball, especially now that the weather is nice! &nbsp;Aside from using it in place of a weight to do exercises like shoulder presses and triceps extensions, medicine balls can be thrown, bounced, and balanced on for high intensity core work. &nbsp;Try chest passes, overhead throws, and oblique twist and tosses with an 8-15lb ball. &nbsp;Consider trying a set of pushups with your hands or feet on the ball. &nbsp;Finally, add a medicine ball to any abs exercise for a higher level of difficulty and increased burn. &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">If you&#8217;re looking for something new to add difficulty to your workout routine look into purchasing a medicine ball from any sporting goods store. &nbsp;A new addition to your fitness equipment could be just what you need to regain excitement in your workouts and avoid hitting a plateau. &nbsp;Search &#8220;medicine ball workouts&#8221; on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">YouTube<\/a>&nbsp;for ideas on where to start!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider making a medicine ball your next fitness equipment purchase. &nbsp;There are a ton of exercises that can be done with a medicine ball, especially now that the weather is nice! &nbsp;Aside from using it in place of a weight to do exercises like shoulder presses and triceps extensions, medicine balls can be thrown, bounced, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/the-power-of-the-medicine-ball\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Power of the Medicine Ball&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,44,22,29],"class_list":["post-273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-core","tag-uncategorized","tag-medicine-ball","tag-upper-body"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":514,"href":"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digorg.com\/napfitpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}