Crossword clues for medicine ball
medicine ball
Wiktionary
n. A large, heavy sphere of leather or plastic filled with sand and used for athletic training or physical rehabilitation.
WordNet
n. heavy ball used in physical training
Wikipedia
A medicine ball (also known as an exercise ball, a med ball, or a fitness ball) is a weighted ball roughly the diameter of the shoulders (approx. 13.7 inches), often used for rehabilitation and strength training. The medicine ball also serves an important role in the field of sports medicine. However, it should not be confused with the larger, inflated exercise ball.
Medicine balls are usually sold as balls and are used effectively in plyometric weight training to increase explosive power in athletes in all sports. Some medicine balls are up to 14" wide and up to 14 lbs weight, or in the form of weighted basketballs. Modern exercise balls are larger, up to 36" diameter.
A med ball is used for children training as the best way to overcome fear of free weights exercises. It is also one of the favorite equipment in gyms because if a med ball falls down it doesn't damage the floor.
Hippocrates is said to have stuffed animal skins for patients to toss for “medicinal” purposes. Persia in 1705 used similar large balls. The term "medicine ball" dates back to at least 1876, in American Gymnasia and Academic Record, by Robert Jenkins Roberts, JR. Mr. Roberts also invented the Indian Club and the sand pile as a play scape. Mr. Roberts through the Boston YMCA started the Boston Marathon. The name "medicine ball" is a play on the American Indian device, the "medicine bag" which the medicine ball resembles. Native American culture was experiencing a rebirth of appreciation in the minds of European Americans as witnessed by the creation of the American Boy Scouts movement at the same time as the invention of these exercise tools by Mr. Roberts.
Medicine Ball is an American medical drama television series that aired from March 13 until May 15, 1995.
Usage examples of "medicine ball".
Greg Menotti, Joanna thought, throwing the medicine ball against the wall of the gymnasium, and glanced behind her.
Avi blurts, as if a medicine ball has just slammed into his belly.
They used a latex rubber ball roughly the size and weight of a medicine ball.
He kept the latter with plenty of jogging and tossing the special-made, sixty-five pound medicine ball around with Raul at the gym.
The plump, noisy, small President, in his passion to be thought sinewy, eloquent and tall, had taken to vigorous exercise in the White House, where wrestlers and acrobats were always welcome, and he would join in their gymnastics, with such gusto that a medicine ball, stopped by his red perspiring face, had nearly knocked out one of his eyes.
Today they'd probably be playing with the big, heavy medicine ball which Bastian handled so awkwardly that neither of the two teams ever wanted him.