I've read various topics which include this principle. Is it true that it's a good exercise for the abdominals? Sounds to me that it might damage the spleen and/or other internal organs.
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Thread: Medicine ball drop on abs?!
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01-01-2007, 06:15 PM #1Registered User
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Medicine ball drop on abs?!
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01-01-2007, 06:19 PM #2Avast ye scab!
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...show me these threads where being hammered in the stomach with a heavy ball is good for anyone other than a boxer/fighter.
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01-01-2007, 06:20 PM #3Semper Fidelis
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It's a variation of what's called "body hardening." It's designed to toughen an area of the body by numbing it to pain. In the Marines, we strike each other on various nerve centers, including the abdomen, over and over in order to strengthen these areas and diminish pain felt from a blow. It sounds like a medicine ball drop is something similar.
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01-01-2007, 07:25 PM #4Yep, vegetarian.
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yeah itll be a pain threshhold increase for your abs at best, will not SFA for building them up.
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01-01-2007, 07:55 PM #5Steven Proto
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ya in the Marines we did body harding but that was for conditioning not for building muscle
your better off having you and someone else exchange punches to the stomach, then using a medicine ball
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01-01-2007, 08:09 PM #6Registered User
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When I was in martial arts it was typical to have multiple people walk across your stomach, and you were expected to tighten your abs. I know they do similar things in some branches of the military and it does work, but I think it depends on what you're training for.
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01-01-2007, 08:42 PM #7KNEES GO PAST TOES
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my martial art does the same thing, I did the drops on the abs with a bowling ball though, 150+ strikes with a 10lber might not do much to make the abs look good but it will sure as hell harden them to take most blows.Originally Posted by HELIX35
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01-02-2007, 04:41 AM #8Registered User
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It will not help you have great abs. but in martial arts it will strengthen your
stomach incase of someone striking you there." simply believe"
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01-02-2007, 05:25 AM #9<3 Tea
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my friend kicks me in the penis and it has become alot harder/bigger so this may work.
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04-23-2012, 06:38 PM #10Registered User
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I have it as part of my ab routine that i follow, and i find it works extremely well for the core. My old PT use to get me to do this.
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yay for digging up old threads!
I do this for lacrosse so body checks don't hurt.
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