question about the medicine ball

keziak1

In a magazine today I saw an ab exercise using an 8 lb medicine ball. Does it have to be the ball for some reason or would an 8-lb dumbbell work just as well? The exercise involves swinging the ball using both hands.

sheltol

You can substitute a dumbbell.

Liftng4Lis

sheltol wrote: »

You can substitute a dumbbell.

yep

obscuremusicreference

I do dumbbell workouts with my medicine ball, so why not? Aside from slams, there's nothing you really need a medicine ball for.