Core · Medicine Ball
Medicine Ball Twist Turn Slam
How to do the medicine ball twist turn slam, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Medicine Ball
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand holding a medicine ball with feet shoulder-width apart. Lift the ball up and across to one side, then rotate hard through your torso and slam it down to the floor on the opposite side. Catch the rebound, reset, and repeat to the other side.
- 1Your obliques snapping the rotation across your body
- 2Hips and torso turning together to power the slam
- 3Lats pulling the ball down hard at the bottom
Common mistakes
- Twisting from your lower back instead of rotating your hips
- Keeping your feet locked flat; let them pivot with the turn
- Slamming with stiff, straight arms
Muscles worked
The medicine ball twist turn slam mainly works the obliques, lats, and lower abs, with the upper abs, forearms, lower back, upper traps, quads, glutes, and front delts assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- LatsPrimary
- Lower AbsPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- TricepsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- HamstringsMinor
- CalvesMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- AdductorsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.