Standing Two-Arm Overhead Throw
Works the shoulders.
- Primary muscles
- Shoulders
- Secondary muscles
- Chest, Lats
- Equipment
- Medicine ball
- Level
- Beginner
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Force
- Pull
How to do it
- 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.
- Violently throw the ball forward, flexing at the hip and using your whole body to complete the movement.
- The medicine ball can be thrown to a partner or to a wall, receiving it as it bounces back.
Track it
Log every set in Pensum. It keeps your best sets and estimates your one-rep max as you go. Estimate your 1RM now.
More Shoulders exercises
- Backward Medicine Ball Throw Medicine ball
- Medicine Ball Scoop Throw Medicine ball
- Return Push from Stance Medicine ball