Spring Training: New Workout Ideas

Add Some Madness to Your March Workouts

Invigorate your training plan and challenge your body like never before with these insane-sounding exercise methods
By Greg Presto fitbie
 

Slam Away Stress with These Moves

Sometimes, your workout is more for your head than for your muscles—and, says David Jack, director of Teamworks Fitness in Acton, MA, you can’t always take out your frustrations via a dumbbell bench press. Instead, he says, try a medicine ball or sandbag.

Start with a medicine ball slam. Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent, and hold the ball in front of your waist with both hands. Bring the ball up behind your head and slam it to the ground in front of you. Retrieve the ball, and repeat.

If you like this—and if you’re stressed, you will—try other exercises such as a side-to-side slam off the wall or sandbag clean and press.

Whichever exercise you choose to vent, be sure to warm up, warns Jack—these are violent movements, and an injury will only increase your frustrations. And remember that these moves are being used for stress relief: “If you’re trying to break stress, don’t mindlessly go into the workout and rip through these,” he says. “Be mindful of needing to get rid of that stress. Be conscious of that, and then you’ll have some fun.”

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