Try Gym Ball For The Power-Packed Workout

Meet the gym ball that will give you a cardio-strength, power-packed workout.

You’ve probably noticed them at the gym and just figured they were medicine balls. But discover the toning tricks that only the slam ball can do and you’ll be hooked on this cardio-strength miracle worker.

Unlike other exercise balls, slam balls are made for both weightlifting and throwing – and are built to take a beating with a little bounce rather than a thud. That rebound helps give your reps a faster rhythm and fiercer fat burn.

Slamming is simple: Pick up the ball, raise it overhead and throw it back to the floor with as much force as you can muster, explains trainer Curtis Williams, a former US National Football League player and Under Armour performance trainer who uses slam balls with many of his clients.

Each throw is a full-body strength-and-cardio workout, Curtis says. “Because you have to go from crouching low to holding the ball high, and because you have to generate so much power to throw it from overhead back to the ground, you engage every muscle and spike your heart rate.”

But there’s way more you can do with this ball than just slams. “It’s so versatile,” Curtis says. “You can twist,jump, throw and move naturally as well as in any direction with it as you target multiple muscles and improve your balance and coordination.”