How to Use medicine ball in a Sentence

medicine ball

noun
  • Start with the medicine ball at your chest.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • From here, squat down and pick up the medicine ball.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2026
  • Select a light medicine ball and press it over your head with both hands.
    — Matt Parrott, arkansasonline.com, 30 June 2024
  • There are some old dumbbells, a medicine ball and a yoga mat.
    — Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2020
  • Choose a medicine ball that is light to moderate in weight.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Bear hug the medicine ball tight to chest and lean torso backwards.
    — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Raise your heels while bringing the medicine ball overhead.
    — Margaret Cirino, NPR, 21 June 2026
  • Stacked in weight racks next to floor mats and benches are medicine balls and barbells.
    — oregonlive, 3 June 2020
  • Bend your knees slightly and then throw the medicine ball into the wall above your head.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022
  • There are medicine balls and a dip rack for working out and foam rollers for stretching.
    — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Position a heavy medicine ball on the floor and stand over it with one foot on each side.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2026
  • Lower it so when your back knee is down, the medicine ball is in front of your forward shin.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Hold a 5-pound medicine ball (or dumbbell) between both hands.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Hold a 5-pound medicine ball (or dumbbell) between both hands.
    — Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Lie on your back, grab the medicine ball firmly between both hands and place it above your head.
    — SELF, 12 Sep. 2018
  • This year, teams had to carry a sandbag, a bell weight and medicine ball from stage to stage.
    — Slade Rand, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Swiss balls, medicine balls and balance boards are just a few examples.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2026
  • There are also medicine balls, kettle bells, bumper plates and battle ropes.
    — USA TODAY, 11 June 2019
  • In this position, move the medicine ball to the right side of your body with the legs slightly bent.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2026
  • The kids take over and hop through the ladder, leap the hurdles, zigzag around the cones and roll the medicine ball.
    — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Hold the medicine ball in both hands, and extend your arms overhead so that the ball rests on the floor above your head.
    — Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2021
  • To do a wall ball exercise, simply stand with your back against a wall and hold a medicine ball out in front of you.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Both return to standing position and then lunge and exchange the medicine ball.
    — Angela Peterson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2018
  • The Cubs then introduced some medicine ball drills with Cabrera.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • Keep in Mind Tossing medicine balls on it during testing left some scuffs on the seat.
    — Rena Behar, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Our bodies were destined not for those things but instead to run while holding medicine balls over our shoulders.
    — John Jeremiah Sullivan, GQ, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Turn it into a two-arm overhead movement and hold a larger object, like a medicine ball, with both hands.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 16 June 2022
  • Simultaneously press the medicine ball straight out in front of you.
    — Rozalynn S. Frazier, Health.com, 9 Aug. 2019
  • In a hallway outside the clubhouse, Kyle Farmer slammed a medicine ball against the wall.
    — Andy McCullough, latimes.com, 19 Feb. 2018
  • As your feet come together, raise the medicine ball directly overhead.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026

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