TEXAS MAN BIG ON MEDICINE BALLS

TEXAS MAN BIG ON MEDICINE BALLS

FORT DAVIS, Tex. (Wireless Flash) -- A man in Fort Davis, Texas, knows something about having a ball -- a medicine ball, that is. 52-year-old Lineaus Lorette specializes in making medicine balls, those big, clunky balls that were once a part of physical fitness. Although medicine balls have since rolled out of favor, Lorette claims tossing the balls is still the best way to build upper body strength and flexibility. But he admits the general public hasn't been rolled over by medicine balls -- possibly because you need a partner to use them truly effectively. Lorette hopes some fitness expert like Richard Simmons will get the ball rolling on medicine balls and help it bounce back into the public eye.