Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / core
Medicine-ball overhead slam
Overhead with med-ball, slam forcefully to the floor, catch the rebound.
Muscles
- Primary
- lats
- Supporting
- abs, shoulders
Mechanics
- Pattern
- power
- Equipment
- bodyweight
- Geometry
- 180° Core Alignment
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Full-body tension through the slam — lats and core driving the ball down.
- Progression
- Heavier ball or alternate with rotational slam.
- Regression
- Lighter ball and focus on the lat pull-down feeling through the slam.
Watch for
- Slamming with arms only, no lat engagement
- Soft slam instead of maximal power
- Letting the ball get away on the rebound
Substitutions
- Rotational med-ball throw
- Med-ball chest pass
- Broad jump