§ 01
Power & Endurance
Clinical fitness assessment

Medicine Ball Chest Throw

Measure upper body power — chest pass throw for distance.

Equipment

Medicine ball (2-5 kg, record weight used), tape measure, wall to sit against.

The protocol
  1. 01Client sits on the floor with back flat against a wall, knees bent to ~90 degrees.
  2. 02Hold the medicine ball at chest height with both hands.
  3. 03Push/throw the ball forward as explosively as possible without leaving the wall.
  4. 04Measure from the wall to where the ball first lands.
  5. 05Allow 3 attempts. Record the best distance.
  6. 06Note the ball weight used — use the same weight for retests.
What to watch for
  • Back coming off the wall during the throw.
  • Using an overhead or underhand motion instead of a chest pass.
  • Inconsistent ball weight between retests.
How to read the result

There is no published normative standard for Medicine Ball Chest Throw that we would stand behind, so we do not publish one. Read it against the same client’s own earlier results instead: the direction and size of their change over time is the result.

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