Read more medicine ball stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29299/medicine-ball.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 09:09:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24434/behold-the-mighty-medicine-ball.htmlKatherine Thompson<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=94239&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401014827' border='0' />The thunk of a medicine ball may evoke images of football players doing strength and resistance training, but its history reaches far beyond the advent of modern fitness regimens. ESPN the Magazine chronicles the medicine ball through the ages, from gladiators' workouts to Renaissance medical texts to the earliest days...A medicine ball is shown at the Baylor-Tom Landry Fitness Center in Dallas, Texas. The heavy workout aids have a history going back to Roman times.http://www.newser.com/story/24434/behold-the-mighty-medicine-ball.htmlMon, 14 Apr 2008 12:22:19 CDT