Medicine Ball Exercise 9

Lateral Flexion w/ Stability Ball
1. Starting Position: Lie on your side over the stability ball and spread your legs for balance.
2. Hold a medicine ball over your head and curl up towards the ceiling. Lay back down across the ball and repeat the movement.
3. Repeat with the other side.

Lateral Dumbbell Raise

Prime Movers/Muscles worked: Medial Deltoids, Trapezius

Beginning Position:

( can be standing or seated )

* Grasp dumbbells with palms at sides and facing in
* Bend elbows slightly

Upward Movement Phase:

* Keeping your elbows bent at the same angle, slowly begin to raise the dumbbells to the side
* Stop the dumbbells as they reach shoulder level (palms should be facing the floor)

Downward Movement Phase:

* Slowly lower the dumbbells to the start position