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Standing Two-Arm Overhead Throw

Standing Two-Arm Overhead Throw — starting positionStanding Two-Arm Overhead Throw — end position
Primary muscles
Shoulders
Equipment
Medicine Ball
Level
Beginner
Type
Compound · Pull

How to do the Standing Two-Arm Overhead Throw

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

    Violently throw the ball forward, flexing at the hip and using your whole body to complete the movement.

  3. 3

    The medicine ball can be thrown to a partner or to a wall, receiving it as it bounces back.

Secondary muscles worked

ChestLats

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