Medicine Ball Clean

Set-up

• Stand with your feet wider than hip-width, a medicine ball on the floor between them.
• Squat down with a flat back and place your hands on the sides of the ball.

How to do it

1. Stand up explosively, driving through your hips, and pull the ball up close to your body.
2. Drop under it and catch it at your chest in a squat, elbows tucked under the ball.
3. Stand up to finish, then lower the ball back to the floor.

Coaching cues

• Keep your arms straight until your hips have opened.
• Catch the ball in a deep squat, chest up.

Common mistakes

• Lifting the ball with the arms.
• Rounding the back to pick the ball up.