Wall balls and medicine balls are some of the most hated pieces of fitness equipment out there. Not because they’re bad and not because you shouldn’t be doing them… but because they’re hard.
Table could not be displayed.They give you a tough and gruelling workout. You know that as soon as the wall balls come out, things are about to get rough. Do you remember when your coach would get the medicine balls out during PE class? Groans all round. But now that you’re older and you’re choosing to exercise and train for your own benefit, those groans should disappear. Yes, it’s going to be tough but it’s also going to be worth all that pain when you begin to see those results.
Wall balls are basically medicine balls, that can be used just like medicine balls, but are designed with the focus on being used against a wall within a variety of different exercises. Exercises such as throwing the ball against the wall as hard as you can to build explosive power. They tend to be softer than the traditional medicine ball as well as often having handles/harnesses for you attach rope to them.
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You can throw it at the wall in front of you, chuck it behind you, attach it to some rope and slam it side to side and so on. This helps build that aforementioned explosive power as well as endurance, as you’ll be doing the exercise again and again to build up stamina. Whereas some people just use these balls as extra weight when doing crunches or squats, etc.
Wall balls are a real versatile piece of kit that allow you to create tailor-made workouts on the spot, targeting a variety of different metrics with only one piece of equipment.
Garage Fit Wall Balls Soft Medicine Balls
Garage Fit have done everything in the power to make the ball as soft and comfortable to use as possible whilst retaining strength and durability. The softness allows you far better grip than you’d expect from a rubber exercise ball but without the threat of ripping and tearing or the stitching becoming loose over time. This also allows the balls to absorb and disperse impact into themselves which can prevent injury when catching the balls. All whilst retaining their shape.
There are four colour options; black, blue, red and pink, as well as a variety of different sizes to choose from, starting form 4 lbs and going all the way up to 20 lbs per ball.
Titan Fitness Soft Wall Ball
The big worry when using a wall ball, and throwing it as hard as you can to build that explosiveness, is the worry that the ball might tear or explode with use, and some balls actually do. There are plenty of shoddy companies out there with equally as shoddy products that will rip and split open with minimal use. Titan Fitness are not such a company.
Their wall balls are crafted high-quality synthetic-leather material on the exterior, bound together with tight double-stitching that ensures that the ball is highly resistant to impact. In fact, Titan Fitness claim that their product can withstand the rigours of years of hard use!
Their balls can be purchased in sizes from 6 lbs up all the way up to 30 lbs.
j/fit Soft Wall Ball
Some balls lose their shape when used. The perfectly round and rotund ball that you start with ends up all smushed and warped by the end of the workout and generally loses a little bit of it’s effectiveness. To combat this problem, j/fit have put their energies into making sure that their excellent balls retain their shape no matter how tough the workout is. This ability to keep it’s shape also means that it’s less likely to tear or pop open. The triple-stretching on the exterior of the ball also increases this durability.
This is a really tough ball that you can use day in and day out, workout after workout without worrying about it falling apart on you. However, like most wall balls, it is not meant for slamming. Throwing at the wall is fine, but not slamming. j/fit also offer a slam ball if you would like to add slamming into your exercise repertoire.
Sportmad Soft Medicine Wall Ball
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As you progress through you fitness and training journey, you’ll most likely need to increase the weight of your wall ball. It’s far easier to make your workout harder by increasing the weight than by tweaking other variables. It’s a good idea, just like with kettlebells, to purchase a few balls of varying weights to get a good complete set of equipment. Sportmad have made this easier but not only providing a wide range of weights, but by keeping the sizes of the balls identical.
Most companies sell different weights, but with the lighter weight being a smaller size.
This can be a real pain when you get used to the physical size of a ball but have to change it up because you need something heavier. You then have to get used to different feel of the ball before you can get an effective workout in, which is not the case when using balls from Sportmad.
Day 1 Fitness Soft Medicine Ball / Wall Ball
Day 1 Fitness have taken the Sportmad model of keeping the diameter of the ball the same and taken it to the next level. Each ball from Day 1 Fitness is 14” in diameter, but they offer sizes from as low as 2 lbs, all the way up to a mammoth 40 lbs!
Despite the balls being the same size, they’ve been individually tested to make sure the balance is perfect and that they don’t cave in on themselves with use. They retain their shape whilst still remaining soft and forgiving enough for higher rep workouts.
Each size ball has a different colour which makes your chosen ball easy to see and pick out without having to wade through tons of equipment.
Overall
You’d be surprised at just how tough a workout you can get by using just your own body and a high quality wall ball like those listed above.
Every product above has been vetted to make sure that they are as durable and tough as they can possibly be.