Todays Workout - 5, 10, 15, 20

5 Pull Ups, 10 Sandbag Round-the-Worlds, 15 Sandbag Overhead Press, 20 Sandbag Back Squats. 5 rounds.

Men aim for a 40kg/15kg sandbag; women aim for 20kg/7.5kg.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Horrible Hill Sprints

Find a hill of approximately 50 metres. Run up it as fast as you can with a sandbag over your shoulder, dump the bag at the top of the hill and jog back to the bottom of the hill. Sprint back to the top of the hill, collect the bag and return to the bottom of the hill. Repeat the sequence until you have completed 5 loaded hill sprints and 5 unloaded hill sprints.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout

100 Skips, 5 Pull Ups, 10 Sandbag Zerchers, 15 Press/Push Ups. 5 rounds.

Men aim for a 50kg Zercher; women aim for 20kg.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - 5, 10, 15

5 Pull Ups, 10 Sandbag Deadlifts, 15 Box Jumps. As many rounds as possible in 10 minutes.

Record your score.

Train hard!

Todays Rant - may contain swearing.

I recently wrote an article for T-Nation - the internets premier resource for strength. The article was all about Sandbags For Strength

I wrote the article as a sound, reasonable rationale for those that traditionally train with free weights. I put forward an argument for including sandbag training into your programme, no matter what else you were doing. I genuinely believe that sandbag training is a great tool for developing strength and conditioning - hell, I've put in over 300 sandbag workouts in the last year to prove it. This apparently is not good enough for some people...

I picked up a thread on Facebook between some guy and another sandbag manufacturer. They were essentially talking about my article and how uneducated I was. Apparently I had missed the point of sandbag training altogether. According to these guys:

• I am writing "bad information"
• Any company not offering 3 sizes of sandbag is not to be trusted - neither is a company offering more than 3 sizes
• The power of sandbag training is in the "system" - and to get access to the system you simply have to provide some credit card details

This stuff pisses me off so much I can't even describe it. Could I start talking about multi-planar movement and the biomechanical properties of each and every movement listed on Sandbag Fitness? Yes. Would anyone care - probably not. In my opinion people want straightforward, sound advice that they can follow easily. Information that they can put into action immediately.

As some of you know, I am also part of Brute Force Europe - we sell the Brute Force Sandbag. I genuinely believe that it's a great tool and that is why I train with it and promote it. Do I plaster it everywhere on this site and spam everyone with discount coupons? Absolutely not.

What I will never do is become the proverbial Snake Oil Salesman

Weekly Video Workout - 02-11-2011

10 Sandbag High Pulls, 10 Press/Push Ups, 10 Box Jumps.

Men aim for a 30kg sandbag; women aim for 15kg.

Record your time.

Train hard!

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