This is that one fitness channel I tune into because it is practical and does not rely on crazy contraptions. There are so many channels that only concern themselves with aesthetics whereas Adam's exercises are essentially what will put meat into your bones.
Great for joints, rotational strength, and bullet proofing the spine. I never gave it much thought as a minimalist - even though you perform them a lot on the channel. I do have some gear but I'm very picky. However, I think this may be a new addition, especially if I can't find a way to get the creative brain working on making one homemade. Congratulations again on the camera upgrade. I never saw dirt look so...clean before. Everything looks sharp and colorful. Great work as usual, Adam! 🤘🤙
Box jumps and med ball slams together always got me really fired up for my squats and deadlifts. The combo makes you feel like you can tear through the walls. uses the core the same way as punching stuff. Just don't jump backward to get off the jump box.
@@isaacramos8052 nah brah. U gotta double backflip and land on one knee with ur fist penetrating a hole through the ground that sends chills through anyone in the vicinity
Med Ball Slams are probably my second favorite exercise for cardio, only second to hitting a tire with a sledgehammer, there's just something extremely satisfying about hammering rep after rep on a tire. Great stress reliever lol.
@@remotefaith depends on the exercise. For the slamming, a lighter weight allows for more explosion whilst bringing them up and slamming down. But for pull ups it depends on how much you can hold and your personal pulling strength.
This channel is excellent. I have integrated many exercises featured on this channel and mixing up the routine has really showed impressive results. I think variety is very key in regards to total body training. The muscle groups never seem to plateau if you are constantly mixing up the routines.
Have D balls ( these dot bounce) from 5 to 50 kg. One of the best pieces of equipment you can buy. Trains all the smaller interconnecting muscles in a way that overlaps normal weight training and will make you stronger but the best point of ball training is how strong it will make your core muscles. I combine balls, kettlebells and weights.
Hi, long time since this video. When you say D ball is that dead ball or slam ball. Full of sand no bounce. I'm trying to find best option to do ball slams.
Using a 30lb no bounce ball. Several workouts I do at an American football field. 1. Ball over goal post, slam, throw back overhead twenty times, two 120 yard sprints, repeat 5 rounds. Another version, two 120yrd sprints, slam ball 120yrds, two 120yrd sprints, back overhead throw 120yrds, two 120yrd sprints, twisting slam 120 yards, two 120yrd sprints. Fun workout that also strengthens the mental threshold
I did most of these exercises with a partner and 4kg ball and I confirm it is an amazing thing to add to your training. Now I have no one to train with so I just acquired a 6kg ball and go to the park to crush the ground by myself. Thanks for the video man and keep the good work you do there.
I love these exercises because there is something boyishly fun about them........flipping the big tire, too. I mainly use them as a finisher to a hard workout. They use all muscles and teach muscles to work together. I like to use them as a recovery workout as well especially when I am a bit more sore then I really should be.
Looking good, love the facial hair! I’m currently doing the O.N.E. workout twice a week, looking forward to moving on to the next levels. Love your content, and as far as fitness goes you are definitely my spirit animal. Thank you for the excellent content!
im getting more and more into functional training after watching your videos.. been pulling on those machines for years, with nothing to show for it.. :)
I love the slam ball. I do rainbow slams, halo slams, and the Russian twist with slams. I have gotten great trap development since doing a lot of these with kettlebell swings. Very cathartic as well
I think a quick video on the best push, pull, and legs exercises for explosive strength would be great, especially for those conditioning for sports. Also, much love.
I use all the variations you showd with the slam ball. Love using it and throw it in towards the end of a workout. Only one in my gym who does them. Should be done by more people such good movements.
Brilliant Adam. I've been doing slam/overhead/alternating side sling 2x week. One heavier day and one lighter to dovetail into the knees over toes program added last year. Super helpful in coordinating compound strength movements with good old grind work. The balls I've acquired have a valve hole and I add/subtract air for bounce variation. I've still got my old leather med balls too but the rubber are far easier to use outside when it's wet or muddy. Your breakdowns are superb so I'll be going back over my form and focus with this video.
First medicine ball th-cam.com/users/postUgkxsg8rI-i6ePWRkhrp_UHScmUIKozMa9uU that I have ever owned. So far so good, it's very easy to hold on to with workouts I do with it, although I do wish though I would have ordered a heavier one, the ones at the gym I used to go to must have been overweight because this one felt pretty light compared to those that said they were also 8 pounds. Great product though, I love it and plan on keeping it for a while at least until I need a bigger one
How about strapping in the feet so that the hip flexors and hamstrings can contribute much more? That would make it a more complete inverse vertical jump. I have been a fan of doing it with gravity boots for some time, which, at least for me, is a very high level of resistance with just body weight, but now that I think about it, strapping in your feet enables you to use a level of resistance that allows for explosive movement. In fact, given that the resistance is generated by acceleration, you have to be explosive. I think I have to give that shot.
I usually wait temperatures to drop below -5 degrees Celsius so I can walk around in woods just in shorts. It feels great. The more freezing it gets the better I feel.
In wrestling, we would do med ball wall slams on a decline bench. Great for an explosive core going up and a stable core for when you had to catch it before going back down.
I love the med ball slam. Here is a little tip for your viewers who work out at home Mr bioneer get your self an old matress secure it to the wall via a few rubber bands, your wall will thank you and your garage or gym won't fall down on top of you.
I used to do the twisting bounces on rugby training, sometimes with a ball to train accuracy and technique and sometimes with a heavier medicine ball to train the strength on the movement and pass longer
Started my Saturday with 25 one minute sets with my 25 k slamball in -6 Celsius this morning. Now in am ready for dinner with relatives in chez nous this evening.
I do the reverse throw and turn as fast as possible and chase after it just to position my body once more to repeat over and over, either for reps or time. I started using slam balls last year and I agree, they are very useful for this type of training. 👍💪 thanks for the video! 👌
Amazing video as usual! Do you think you could cover something like landmines? They seem to be good for unilateral work but I’m curious to see more of the functionality they might have?
I don't necessarily like doing these purely for cardio. It is after all a power movement. Thus I do it in cluster sets, still gets the heart rate up but in smaller 3 rep cluster sets it allows for better power performance
Hi Adam, Great video! These types of videos focusing on a particular exercise are among your most valuable. I also particularly liked the one you did on the lunge. Perhaps you would do a video on the dead-lift; especially on how to do it without getting injured..... Thx! John R.
Thanks a lot for sharing this man! I was looking for a medicine ball instructional and I’m always a big fan of your content. How do you manage to cover everything?? Keep it up Bioneer, God bless you :)
Talking of genuinely fun exercises, have you ever tried that thing called "reflex ball" ? Basically it's just a rubber ball attached to an elastic string approximately the size of your arm, whose other end is attached to a headband (easy to make your own or you can buy it it's cheap) and so you punch it and it bounces back right in your face and you punch it again and again. Do it with some weight to your wrists or with light dumbbells in hands and it's a great exercise : endurance, reflex, cardio, speed, and most importantly big fun
7:54 "make sure your wall can withstand repeatedly throwing a ball at it ; you don't want to form little cracks like some people might do (guilty look around)" 😅 Maybe a wooden panel hanging from your traction bar, and with cushions and a large contact surface with the wall could dissipate the energy and prevent further cracks.
Funny Story. This is one of my favourite movements and it is possible to hurt yourself. That is if you mistake a "Medicine Ball" Which is actually called a Slam Ball where I'm from, and what we call med balls bounce really well while weighing quite a bit. I started at a new gym just over a year ago and did some slams. I came out with a broken nose after reversing the movement to pick the ball up and having the entire 8KG come at my face at high velocity. All because of language and naming semantics.
Very interesting, I have dabbed with the medicin ball whenever I have stumbled over one, but never in any systematic manner. This one may be just the ticket.
love these making something so simple into a workout - use these med balls for Golf, rotational movement. Ever though about anything around sport specific. And did you happen to kill a dog!!
Awesome video Adam, nearly died when you mentionedthe cracks in the wall 😂🤣😂🤣😂. Would love to see a sand bag video. Or You go and do some stuff with the Royal Marines they are really super functional.
I'm really debating about getting this equipment rn or a cycling bike because I do wanna work on possibly training road racing cycling possibly try to compete in some races maybe or do stuff to get in shape hard choice
Medball slams are awesome. I feel myself go into a primal 'crush my enemies with this huge rock' kinda heaspace. Given that, I wonder if they increase testosterone in a similar way to how chopping wood does (that's meant to get you around a 60% boost I believe).
What I learned about fitness on TH-cam is there is an infinite number of ways to work out. Love the channel 👍
Yup. Well said. Epic channel
Yes. Just need to keep in mind out which of those methods work and which absolutely doesn't.
@@edmond0073 They all work better than doin nothing like laying around eating sugar and candy and grease and being fat and lazy😁
I LOVE THESE they ARE SOO CATHARTIC too when you're having a Bad Day and just great stress relief xD
Yes jax bro love your content, makes me rewatch sick anime
The man himself!
Ever tried doing it as a TABATA workout? By the end you're too damn exhausted to be mad at anything lol
"Even if you don't do the technique correctly, it's impossible to cause any harm"
*Challenge accepted*
Best attempted with a partner underneath who is trying to catch the ball.
@@wickywills Your archnemesis is an excellent choice.
Gonna see if I can knock myself out, either with a bounce or from its return to earth after launch.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher If you can KO yourself with a bounce from a wall ball, you properly gonna unlock some life achievement.
Yeah, I did these in the gym today and I may have done some harm. Feels like I might have pulled something in my lower abs… 😂
This is that one fitness channel I tune into because it is practical and does not rely on crazy contraptions. There are so many channels that only concern themselves with aesthetics whereas Adam's exercises are essentially what will put meat into your bones.
Great for joints, rotational strength, and bullet proofing the spine. I never gave it much thought as a minimalist - even though you perform them a lot on the channel. I do have some gear but I'm very picky. However, I think this may be a new addition, especially if I can't find a way to get the creative brain working on making one homemade.
Congratulations again on the camera upgrade. I never saw dirt look so...clean before. Everything looks sharp and colorful. Great work as usual, Adam! 🤘🤙
Do you deadlift?
@@djbray7 Random heavy objects at my shop.
Now we need a weighted club video. Love ur content, always keeps me motivated.
And a mace video!
Box jumps and med ball slams together always got me really fired up for my squats and deadlifts. The combo makes you feel like you can tear through the walls. uses the core the same way as punching stuff. Just don't jump backward to get off the jump box.
Question, should we just step off the box unstead? I'm assuming to safe the knees.
@@isaacramos8052 yes
@@isaacramos8052 nah brah. U gotta double backflip and land on one knee with ur fist penetrating a hole through the ground that sends chills through anyone in the vicinity
I mean you should learn how to land, i think its good to jump from the box, just not going backwards to much
@@Skerdae the based way to land
I see the bioneer I click, simple as that. Never disappointed by the perspective offered here.
You actually inspired me to get a medicine ball and I used rotational throws against a concrete wall in my workout today and it was fantastic!
Med Ball Slams are probably my second favorite exercise for cardio, only second to hitting a tire with a sledgehammer, there's just something extremely satisfying about hammering rep after rep on a tire. Great stress reliever lol.
practical movements for functional strength and mobility
I love med bell slams. And doing sit ups with them as well. They’re also great for holding between your feet and adding a little weight to pull ups.
What weight do you recommend ?
@@remotefaith depends on the exercise. For the slamming, a lighter weight allows for more explosion whilst bringing them up and slamming down. But for pull ups it depends on how much you can hold and your personal pulling strength.
This channel is excellent. I have integrated many exercises featured on this channel and mixing up the routine has really showed impressive results. I think variety is very key in regards to total body training. The muscle groups never seem to plateau if you are constantly mixing up the routines.
Have D balls ( these dot bounce) from 5 to 50 kg. One of the best pieces of equipment you can buy. Trains all the smaller interconnecting muscles in a way that overlaps normal weight training and will make you stronger but the best point of ball training is how strong it will make your core muscles. I combine balls, kettlebells and weights.
Hi, long time since this video.
When you say D ball is that dead ball or slam ball. Full of sand no bounce.
I'm trying to find best option to do ball slams.
We need a sandbag video brah! Thanks for the amazing work you have done for us!
I can't believe how underrated this channel is... Your content is diamond mine
Using a 30lb no bounce ball. Several workouts I do at an American football field. 1. Ball over goal post, slam, throw back overhead twenty times, two 120 yard sprints, repeat 5 rounds. Another version, two 120yrd sprints, slam ball 120yrds, two 120yrd sprints, back overhead throw 120yrds, two 120yrd sprints, twisting slam 120 yards, two 120yrd sprints. Fun workout that also strengthens the mental threshold
I've been loving these in a superset with kettlebell swings. 10/10 recommend.
I did most of these exercises with a partner and 4kg ball and I confirm it is an amazing thing to add to your training. Now I have no one to train with so I just acquired a 6kg ball and go to the park to crush the ground by myself. Thanks for the video man and keep the good work you do there.
Have you noticed any muscle gain from this as well?
I love these exercises because there is something boyishly fun about them........flipping the big tire, too. I mainly use them as a finisher to a hard workout. They use all muscles and teach muscles to work together. I like to use them as a recovery workout as well especially when I am a bit more sore then I really should be.
Looking good, love the facial hair!
I’m currently doing the O.N.E. workout twice a week, looking forward to moving on to the next levels. Love your content, and as far as fitness goes you are definitely my spirit animal. Thank you for the excellent content!
They’re great for post activation potentiation for athletes
The most alpha commenter has arrived
*Post activation potentiation*
2:31 😂😂! You jump like you’re a video game character!
This is such a great channel. My man here has a superb (naturally) muscular body, too! Keep producing great content.
Moms been stressed, been telling her to workout. This is perfect lol.
Ironically enough, I just talked about incorporating this in one of my routines. Thanks
Starting doing ball slams after seeing them in your videos. You're right - they are very fun 😀
im getting more and more into functional training after watching your videos.. been pulling on those machines for years, with nothing to show for it.. :)
I love the slam ball. I do rainbow slams, halo slams, and the Russian twist with slams. I have gotten great trap development since doing a lot of these with kettlebell swings. Very cathartic as well
I think a quick video on the best push, pull, and legs exercises for explosive strength would be great, especially for those conditioning for sports. Also, much love.
Thank you bro, I tried a few slams today after my workout and I'm completely sold, just so fun to do
I am also a big fan of this exercise. Always a great way to warm up, and is definitely fun.
I use all the variations you showd with the slam ball. Love using it and throw it in towards the end of a workout. Only one in my gym who does them. Should be done by more people such good movements.
The throw over head to your back is used for athletics in shot put
Thoughts on this question ? Med ball slams Vs sledgehammer slams on a tyre. Which one produces more power out put and overall conditioning?
I use a slam ball or dead ball and with this exercise you really do get out of it what you put in.
I got a slamball from Amazon, and I'm having a blast with it.
Brilliant Adam. I've been doing slam/overhead/alternating side sling 2x week. One heavier day and one lighter to dovetail into the knees over toes program added last year. Super helpful in coordinating compound strength movements with good old grind work. The balls I've acquired have a valve hole and I add/subtract air for bounce variation. I've still got my old leather med balls too but the rubber are far easier to use outside when it's wet or muddy.
Your breakdowns are superb so I'll be going back over my form and focus with this video.
First medicine ball th-cam.com/users/postUgkxsg8rI-i6ePWRkhrp_UHScmUIKozMa9uU that I have ever owned. So far so good, it's very easy to hold on to with workouts I do with it, although I do wish though I would have ordered a heavier one, the ones at the gym I used to go to must have been overweight because this one felt pretty light compared to those that said they were also 8 pounds. Great product though, I love it and plan on keeping it for a while at least until I need a bigger one
can you make a video about PULLUPS
How about strapping in the feet so that the hip flexors and hamstrings can contribute much more? That would make it a more complete inverse vertical jump. I have been a fan of doing it with gravity boots for some time, which, at least for me, is a very high level of resistance with just body weight, but now that I think about it, strapping in your feet enables you to use a level of resistance that allows for explosive movement. In fact, given that the resistance is generated by acceleration, you have to be explosive. I think I have to give that shot.
Absolutely love your content! Can't wait to read your training book!
I usually wait temperatures to drop below -5 degrees Celsius so I can walk around in woods just in shorts. It feels great. The more freezing it gets the better I feel.
Great exercise for basketball players to improve their dribbling power/speed!
In wrestling, we would do med ball wall slams on a decline bench. Great for an explosive core going up and a stable core for when you had to catch it before going back down.
Super underrated channel
Great video. Been training for years and never thrown one once! 😂 I know what I’m doing first thing in the morning
I love the med ball slam. Here is a little tip for your viewers who work out at home Mr bioneer get your self an old matress secure it to the wall via a few rubber bands, your wall will thank you and your garage or gym won't fall down on top of you.
also, muscles worked, depending on the form you can get hamstrings and glutes or quads. (if it doesn't bounce, which the one in my gym does't)
I used to do the twisting bounces on rugby training, sometimes with a ball to train accuracy and technique and sometimes with a heavier medicine ball to train the strength on the movement and pass longer
Thanks for another Great video. I haven't seen the medicine ball in action and now i know it will be a great addition to my workouts.
Perfect timing. Just started doing these a few days ago!
If I came across you slamming that ball in the woods I would be terrified.
Love your videos though bro very informative
Started my Saturday with 25 one minute sets with my 25 k slamball in -6 Celsius this morning. Now in am ready for dinner with relatives in chez nous this evening.
I do the reverse throw and turn as fast as possible and chase after it just to position my body once more to repeat over and over, either for reps or time. I started using slam balls last year and I agree, they are very useful for this type of training. 👍💪 thanks for the video! 👌
These are great! I love doing these as a superset with snatches/cleans.
Love these, also really like cleaning and throwing the ball back and forth across the garage.
Amazing video as usual! Do you think you could cover something like landmines? They seem to be good for unilateral work but I’m curious to see more of the functionality they might have?
Landmines are only good for extended isometic holds.
Only a sith deals in absolutes sir, that's not how we approach fitness at Bioneer HQ
This was super helpful! Really want to get my hands on a Medicine Ball now.
Thanks for this video ... I've already using slamballs in my Muay Thai training, now i have more variations to add .... :)
These videos are GOLD!
I'd like to see one for training with a toddler.... and also one for functional family training in nature (the woods, beach, whatever)
Thanks tremendously. I will be getting a medicine ball. Great coverage of the usefulness.
I don't necessarily like doing these purely for cardio.
It is after all a power movement. Thus I do it in cluster sets, still gets the heart rate up but in smaller 3 rep cluster sets it allows for better power performance
Hi Adam, Great video! These types of videos focusing on a particular exercise are among your most valuable. I also particularly liked the one you did on the lunge. Perhaps you would do a video on the dead-lift; especially on how to do it without getting injured..... Thx! John R.
Damn it... now i feel the urge to get a medicine ball...
Update: I bought one and it is awesome.
Thank you mate!
Thanks a lot for sharing this man! I was looking for a medicine ball instructional and I’m always a big fan of your content. How do you manage to cover everything?? Keep it up Bioneer, God bless you :)
Bioneer! Idk if you have yet, but if not please look into tool exercises. Chopping and sawing timber for example!
this seems very interesting
thanks for posting
Talking of genuinely fun exercises, have you ever tried that thing called "reflex ball" ? Basically it's just a rubber ball attached to an elastic string approximately the size of your arm, whose other end is attached to a headband (easy to make your own or you can buy it it's cheap) and so you punch it and it bounces back right in your face and you punch it again and again.
Do it with some weight to your wrists or with light dumbbells in hands and it's a great exercise : endurance, reflex, cardio, speed, and most importantly big fun
Going to start doing these every Tues/Thurs! Thanks Bioneer!
Amazing videos bro, glad I discovered your channel after watching Greg's video.
Thanks for the time and info. Really helps to motivate people
I did'nt want to see this video at first, now I want to buy one of those.
7:54 "make sure your wall can withstand repeatedly throwing a ball at it ; you don't want to form little cracks like some people might do (guilty look around)"
😅 Maybe a wooden panel hanging from your traction bar, and with cushions and a large contact surface with the wall could dissipate the energy and prevent further cracks.
Not going to do wall slams onto my panelled wood walls, that`s for sure...
Since i don't have access to a hammer and tire, I started using ball slamming with a 15kg ball and holy hell it's amazing.
I recently bought a 10kg macebell, can you do a video to justify my purchase?
Would you say that a muscle-up resembles in a way a vertical slam ? Thanks for the nice ( as always ) content and the inspiration !
Awesome job! I like this exercise too
Awesome brother, thank you!
Funny Story. This is one of my favourite movements and it is possible to hurt yourself. That is if you mistake a "Medicine Ball" Which is actually called a Slam Ball where I'm from, and what we call med balls bounce really well while weighing quite a bit. I started at a new gym just over a year ago and did some slams. I came out with a broken nose after reversing the movement to pick the ball up and having the entire 8KG come at my face at high velocity. All because of language and naming semantics.
Ouch!
LOL jesus
Very interesting, I have dabbed with the medicin ball whenever I have stumbled over one, but never in any systematic manner. This one may be just the ticket.
How heavy should they be
Another great video
please do a whole video on Hippocrates.
With heavy med balls and weighted vests you can train nearly everything.
I'd love to see a video on the Bulgarian Bag and your thoughts on it!
Just bought one of theae
another good vid keep up would watch vid about exercing with injury I have knee replacenet and the the other one away or people with other injurys
Another great and informative video! Joe Rogan needs to have you on his podcast!
P.S. have you already done a video only on the Indian clubs?
Beautiful!
love these making something so simple into a workout - use these med balls for Golf, rotational movement. Ever though about anything around sport specific. And did you happen to kill a dog!!
Cool exercise
Awesome video Adam, nearly died when you mentionedthe cracks in the wall 😂🤣😂🤣😂. Would love to see a sand bag video. Or You go and do some stuff with the Royal Marines they are really super functional.
I'm really debating about getting this equipment rn or a cycling bike because I do wanna work on possibly training road racing cycling possibly try to compete in some races maybe or do stuff to get in shape hard choice
What brand of ball do you use?And the weight in pounds. Thanks again for the help!
0:40 can someone link me to the video discussing cold exposure
Any1 have any recommendations on medicine balls or wall ball ?
I’d love to see a video about kettlebell swings
Medball slams are awesome. I feel myself go into a primal 'crush my enemies with this huge rock' kinda heaspace. Given that, I wonder if they increase testosterone in a similar way to how chopping wood does (that's meant to get you around a 60% boost I believe).