Weekly Exercise: Balance Exercise with a Medicine Ball

balancing with medicine ball

Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, and her client Jen Boles have shown us many different exercises to strengthen our legs, arms, and abdominals using a medicine ball. This week’s balance exercise strengthens your core and stabilizes your knees and ankles. Looking for more? Here are past exercises! New ones will be posted every Monday. Video by Lynae Sowinski

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Weekly Exercise: Abdominal Exercises with a Medicine Ball

Abdominal Medicine Ball

Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, and her client Jen Boles have taught us how to use a medicine ball to give both our legs and arms a good work out. This week, they show us a few exercises that will work the abdominals. Looking for more? Here are past exercises! New ones will be posted every Monday. Video by Lynae Sowinski

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Weekly Exercise: Arm Exercises with a Medicine Ball

Arm exercises

Last week, Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, and her client Jen Boles taught us how to use a medicine ball with a simple squat. This week, they move to the upper body and show a number of arm exercises with a medicine ball (or another weighted object, like a gallon of milk). Looking for more? Here are past exercises! New ones will be posted every Monday. Video by Lynae Sowinski

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Weekly Exercise: Squats with a Medicine Ball

Medicine Ball Squat

This week begins our series on exercising with a medicine ball. Allison Chopra, a personal trainer and owner of Urban Fitness Studio, and her client Jen Boles start by showing how to use a medicine ball to vamp up a simple squat. Looking for more? Here are past exercises! New ones will be posted every Monday. Video by Lynae Sowinski

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Weekly Exercise: Playful Exercise

Playful Exercise

Personal trainers Allison Chopra and Todd Scheidt of Urban Fitness Studio show us how to make lunges a bit more entertaining by modifying activities you enjoy—like baseball. Looking for more? Here are past exercises! New ones will be posted every Monday. Video by Lynae Sowinski

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