Medicine Ball Supine Chest Throw

Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the ground. Hold the medicine ball with both hands directly above your chest. Explosively push the ball upwards towards the ceiling, using your chest and arms. Catch the ball as it comes back down, and repeat the movement for your desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Medicine Ball Supine Chest Throw

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Medicine Ball Supine Chest Throw using your medicine ball.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your pectoralis major.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your pectoralis major rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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