Medicine Ball Figure-Eights

Video Transcript

"For the next clip we're going to do standing figure eights. Okay, you're going to stand with your feet a little further than shoulder width apart. Knees slightly bent. Now if you have back issues you may want to watch this exercise; may be a little too much. Okay you're going to hold the ball firmly in both hands. Bring one leg up and return to your upright position; knee up, upright position. So basically you're just making a nice figure eight. Reaching under, extending up. You're going to watch your back on this one. Because if it's too much you can either try it on the mat or you can try a different exercise. Okay reach under, bring it up. It's also a good way to do like a standing abdominal exercise. It involves the quads. The glutes and the hams. So you want to bring the knees up as high as you feel comfortable. If you try and do this pretty quickly you can really challenge yourself. I'll probably do maybe three sets of twelve to fifteen on this. You'll definitely feel it by the end."