ExercisesMedicine ball lunge with overhead press

Medicine ball lunge with overhead press

Hold a medicine ball at your chest and step into a lunge. As you stand back up, press the ball overhead, then bring it back to your chest for the next rep.

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Two-panel demonstration of the medicine ball lunge with overhead press, showing the start and finish positions
Start and finish positions

How to do it

Hold a medicine ball at your chest and step into a lunge. As you stand back up, press the ball overhead, then bring it back to your chest for the next rep.

Muscles worked

Front
Back
  • quadsprimary
  • glutes
  • adductors
  • shoulders
  • core

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Reviewed 16 August 2026 · Exercise library v2.2