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Plyometric

Standing Two-Arm Overhead Throw

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart holding a medicine ball in both hands. To begin, reach the medicine ball deep behind your head as you bend the knees slightly and lean back.

Beginner

The movement

Standing Two-Arm Overhead Throw - Behind Head Load
1. Behind Head Load
Standing Two-Arm Overhead Throw - Overhead Release
2. Overhead Release
Standing Two-Arm Overhead Throw - Rebound Ready
3. Rebound Ready

About This Exercise

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart holding a medicine ball in both hands. To begin, reach the medicine ball deep behind your head as you bend the knees slightly and lean back.

1Setup

Stand with your feet shoulder width apart holding a medicine ball in both hands. To begin, reach the medicine ball deep behind your head as you bend the knees slightly and lean back.

2Execution

Violently throw the ball forward, flexing at the hip and using your whole body to complete the movement. The medicine ball can be thrown to a partner or to a wall, receiving it as it bounces back.

Train This Exercise

Quick workout with this exercise

Muscles Worked

Front

Back

Secondary

How to programme it

Sets3
Default reps8
Rest90 sec
Movement patternPull
Movement typeCompound

Equipment