Beginner exercise

Supine One-Arm Overhead Throw

  • Power
  • Plyometrics

Technique

How to perform Supine One-Arm Overhead Throw

  1. Lie on your back facing a suitable wall, with your knees bent and feet on the floor.
  2. Hold a medicine ball you can control in one hand behind your head, and place the opposite arm on the floor for support.
  3. Raise your torso as you bring the throwing arm forward from overhead and release the ball toward the wall.
  4. Let the torso follow through without turning the movement into a chest-level press.
  5. Wait for the ball to stop, retrieve it, and return to the supine starting position before the next repetition.
  6. Change arms after completing the work on one side.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Rectus Abdominis, Latissimus Dorsi, Pectoralis Major Sternocostal Head.

MuscleScoreRole
Rectus Abdominis0.9Target, Mover
Latissimus Dorsi0.7Target, Mover
External Oblique0.6Mover, Stabilizer
Internal Oblique0.6Mover, Stabilizer
Triceps Long Head0.5Mover, Stabilizer