Get a fast and effective total-body workout using just a medicine ball to tone all over and make your heart rate soar
LUNGE WITH ROTATION
Time: 45 seconds
Works: Quads, glutes, core, shoulders and hamstrings
Grab a weighted ball and stand with your feet shoulder-width. Lift the ball up to your shoulders, arms extended in front.
Step your right leg forwards into a lunge, thigh parallel to the floor (A), then twist from your waist to the right (B).
Pushing into your right heel, stand up and return the ball to the centre. Repeat with your left leg, twisting to the left, to complete one rep.
WOOD CHOP
Time: 45 seconds
Works: Quads, glutes, abs, shoulders and upper back
This story is from the April 2019 edition of Health & Fitness.
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