With no more than 20 pounds of resistance wall balls check off a ton of boxes that even non crossfitting gym rats can appreciate.
Wall ball crossfit muscles worked.
It also allows you to move your body in every plane of motion front to back side to.
Muscles worked during the exercise include the quads glutes calves hamstrings abs lower back chest front deltoids back deltoid biceps and triceps.
The wall ball exercise offers a huge variety of benefits and works just about every muscle group in your body.
Wall ball is one of the staple exercises in crossfit.
They work your entire lower half delts triceps and core ramp up your metabolism and boost cardio.
Since wall balls are essentially a combination of two exercises a squat and a push press they work a total of 11 different muscles in your body a tremendous amount for a single exercise.
Wall balls work your quads glutes hammies abs chest shoulders triceps lats and erectors.
Great for perfecting squatting technique.
A crossfit staple the wall ball is a taxing full body move an explosive front squat with a medicine ball that you release at the top.
The abs will also need to be braced as you catch the medicine ball.
Start with your feet shoulder width apart your shoulders pulled back and down and a medicine ball held at chest height with your elbows under the ball.
There are a lot of common mistakes that can be easily corrected to make the wall ball easier.
So this week let s go over the basics of.
Done right wall balls are a great all around conditioning movement.
Strong legs are necessary for thrusters as the front squat is the base of the movement.
Below are the main muscle.
It s also one of the most hated.
When you descend into the wall ball squat the idea is to get proper depth the same way you would with a back squat.
When done in higher rep ranges wall balls improve muscular endurance and when heavier loads are used muscular power and strength improves.
The upper body muscles that will be worked are the pectorals chest and deltoids shoulders the abdominal muscles will also be worked throughout the movement tensing while you squat down and when throwing the ball.