Medicine ball
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A medicine ball (also known as an exercise ball, a med ball, or a fitness ball) is a weighted ball with a diameter of about a shoulder-width. The size of a medicine ball is approximately Template:Cvt, often used for rehabilitation and strength training.[1] The medicine ball also serves an important role in the field of sports medicine to improve strength and neuromuscular coordination.[2] It is distinct from the inflated exercise ball, which is much lighter and larger which is up to Template:Cvt in diameter.
Medicine balls are usually sold as Template:Cvt balls and are used effectively in ballistic training to increase explosive power in athletes in all sports, e.g. throwing the medicine ball or jumping whilst holding it.[3] Some medicine balls are up to Template:Cvt in diameter and up to Template:Cvt weight, or in the form of weighted basketballs.
History
Hippocrates is said to have stuffed animal skins for patients to toss for medicinal purposes.[4] Similar large balls were said to have been used in Persia, specifically by Persian wrestlers, as well as by Gladiators.[4][5][6] The term "medicine ball" dates back to at least 1876, in American Gymnasia and Academic Record, by Robert Jenkins Roberts Jr. The first known photograph of a medicine ball in the United States was taken in 1866 and shows Harvard athletic instructor Aaron Molyneaux Hewlett surrounded by his equipment.[6][7] Bruce Lee used medicine balls for abdominal training of the midsection by allowing another person to drop it onto his abdomen.[8]
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- ↑ Bruce Lee's Fighting Method: Basic Training, Bruce Lee (Author) Mitoshi Uyehara (Author), Published: 1 May 1977, Template:ISBN, Page 26-27
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