Medicine Ball Full Twist

What it is

This dynamic rotational exercise, performed with a partner, challenges your core strength. It primarily targets your abdominal muscles, with secondary engagement in your shoulders, as you twist and pass a medicine ball. It builds rotational power and stability.

Technique tips

• Keep your core engaged throughout the entire twisting motion.
• Initiate the rotation from your hips and shoulders simultaneously.
• Maintain a controlled, smooth twist, avoiding sudden jerking movements.
• Exhale as you twist to pass the ball, then inhale as you return.
• Ensure full rotation in both directions to maximize oblique engagement.
• Adjust your distance from your partner to maintain good form.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.