Medicine Ball Chest Pass
How to do the Medicine Ball Chest Pass with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Chest
Shoulders, Triceps
Medicine Ball
How to do the Medicine Ball Chest Pass
- 1
You will need a partner for this exercise. Lacking one, this movement can be performed against a wall.
- 2
Begin facing your partner holding the medicine ball at your torso with both hands.
- 3
Pull the ball to your chest, and reverse the motion by extending through the elbows. For sports applications, you can take a step as you throw.
- 4
Your partner should catch the ball, and throw it back to you.
- 5
Receive the throw with both hands at chest height.
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Medicine Ball Chest Pass set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your chest volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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