Talk:Medicine ball

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"The greater the distance is weight is from the body the greater the core strength and power required to complete the exercises." - ...what? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.93.27.3 (talk) 20:39, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

How were medicine balls named? Eannstuffins 17:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)EAW

What is a medicine ball filled with (usually/officially/traditionally) ?

-- I too would like to know what is inside a medicine ball, I've searched everywhere online and can't find anything. I was wondering if they used something solid or something fluidic like sand

150.131.162.59 (talk) 22:45, 22 July 2008 (UTC) Answer: A medicine ball is filled with pebbles/gravel/sand. You do not have to purchase them, they are so easy and super cheap to make.

Homemade Medicine Ball Recipe for Frugal Geeks

Inflate a standard party balloon. Lay strips of newspaper wetted with a solution of paper mache paste (recipe below) over the balloon in a criss-cross pattern until covered 10-15 times. Allow paper-mache covered balloon to dry overnight -- placing in front of a fan/over a heating vent is useful. When dry, you should have a rock-hard hollow egg-shaped shell as structurally sound as though it were made of many layers of paper-mache. Using a large knife worthy of carving halloween pumpkins, cut a small "V"-shaped flap (no larger than your fist) into the paper mache two-thirds up the balloon from the large end. Remove the murdered latex balloon corpse from the paper-mache shell. Cutting the flap for adding pebbles/sand/gravel two-thirds up the paper-mache shell minimizes the loss of structural integrity of your finished medicine ball. Add pebbles/gravel/sand through the flap opening until the shell is filled. Close and cover the flap with four 6-inch strips of duct-tape. You should now have a nice 18-27 lb. (set yours on the bathroom scale to determine your miliage) no-frills medicine ball to play with that will win the envy of hobos everywhere. Store the medicine ball on its side to minimize crushing. Do NOT EVER get it wet. Mine has lasted 2 years.

Paper mache paste recipe: (boil 5 cups water, slowly stir in 1 cup flour, cook for 1-2 minutes, remove from heat, allow to cool enough that you can put your hand in it without scalding yourself before using it. FYI, warm paper mache paste works best; make your paste just before you do any projects.)

History?
Is there anything available on the history of the medicine ball. Existing text seems to be intent on only describing modern balls. Kortoso (talk) 18:17, 30 August 2013 (UTC)

Adding metric values to size of the medicine ball
Just wanted to raise my intention to add the metric value in cm to the maximum size of that medicine balls can reach. Mirynford (talk) 04:01, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Change 'wide' to 'in diameter'
Just wanted to express my intention to change 'wide'to 'in diameter'Mirynford (talk) 04:21, 23 January 2019 (UTC)

Additional Effects of Medicine Ball Training
I think it may be beneficial to add (with the citation) any additional effects (such as improved coordination) to the article. Whatsupdoc1991 (talk) 04:31, 23 January 2019 (UTC)