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Rotational ball throw

A isolation exercise for the obliques, with help from the abs, glutes. Equipment: medicine ball.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Side-on to a solid wall, ball at the back hip.
  2. Turn from the hips and throw it at the wall
  3. Catch, reset and repeat; switch sides

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