Appropriate weight of medicine ball

General Fitness
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Afternoon all

Did a search but didn’t find anything.

Interested in incorporating some medicine ball exercises into my workout. Both explosive and core exercises.

If you could only have one size(weight) medicine ball what would you choose? Bouncing or non-bouncing? Rubber outside or old school leather (expensive)? I’m 5’9, 165lbs, avg strength if it matters

Any websites that sell medicine balls cheap?

TIA
maurice

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rubber 12 pounds.

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Rubber 12 pounder

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Sounds right. We got ours from a company in Italy called Trial. I think they have a web site, but, unfortunately, the company we got them from in Montreal went under (typical, as they were a great company!)

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Hey Charlie,
Trial doesnt sound italian, are you sure it wasn’t Triali?

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Thanks for the info.

I’ve found prices online ranging from $44 (out of stock) to $77 (leather). Mostly in the mid $50s however. Are these prices inline with what you guys have paid?

Also, everyone suggested rubber, 12lbs. Do your balls bounce (bball like) or is there just enough rebound to get it back when throwing against a wall? Any vendors I should avoid or are medicine balls rather generic?

TIA
maurice

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Trial is the correct name. I have recently bought one of those myself ,called New Nemo.