Todays Workout - Heartbreak Hotel

1 minute Sandbag Overhead Press
1 minute Sandbag Front Squats
1 minute Sandbag High Pulls
1 minute Sandbag Good Mornings
1 minute Sandbag Walking Lunges (Front rack position)

Repeat for a total of 5 rounds, with a running clock between all exercises and rounds.

Record your total repetitions for each exercise.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Team #5

This workout comes direct from the new book Sandbag Fitness: 150 High Intensity Workouts.

Sandbag Relay

Set out a course of approximately 20m. In pairs, perform a relay where each person takes it in turn to Sandbag Drag, Sandbag Load Carry and Sandbag Clean & Throw the sandbag along the course. This works best when performed with multiple pairs, all competing for time.

The pair who complete the course in the fastest time are the winners. Record the weight of the sandbag you used to complete this workout.

Aim for a sandbag weighing 50% of your body weight

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Running #10

This workout comes direct from the new book Sandbag Fitness: 150 High Intensity Workouts.

Sprint 200m
10 Push Ups

20 Sandbag Front Squats

Repeat for a total of 8 rounds.

Aim for a sandbag weighing 40% of your body weight

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Endurance #4

This workout comes direct from the new book Sandbag Fitness: 150 High Intensity Workouts.

15 - 1 of the following exercises (perform 15 repetitions of each one, then 14 etc.):

Sandbag Floor Press
Sandbag Shoulder Get Ups (switch shoulders between rounds) Sandbag Zercher Squats
Sandbag High Pulls

Aim to complete the workout in as fast a time as you can. Record the weight of the sandbag you used to complete this workout.

Aim for a sandbag weighing 30% of your body weight

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Best Laid Plans

100 Sandbag Floor Press,
60 Sandbag Cleans,
40 Sandbag Shoulder Get Ups (20 each side).

Complete as fast as you can.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Jerk

100 Sandbag Push Jerks.

Take a 20 Bodyweight Squat penalty every time you drop the bag or need to rest it against any part of your body other than in the hands.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Pump

20 Push Ups,
20 Sandbag Front Squats,
20 Sandbag Overhead Press.

Complete 5 rounds as fast as you can.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Big Trouble in Little Sandbags

100 Sandbag High Pulls,
100 Sandbag Thrusters,
100 Sandbag Zercher Squats,
100 Sandbag Round-the-Worlds (in each direction).

Complete as fast as you can with a light to moderate weight sandbag.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

5 Sandbag Cleans,
10 Sandbag Push Press,
15 Sandbag Back Squats.

As many rounds as possible in 30 minutes.

Record your score.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Death By Sandbag Clean & Press

Perform 1 Heavy Sandbag Clean & Press in the 1st minute, 2 Heavy Sandbag Clean & Press in the 2nd minute and so on. The workout finishes when you can no longer complete the required number of repetitions within the specific timeframe.

Complete as many rounds as possible.

*If you manage to complete 15 rounds with a sandbag at 50% of your bodyweight then you win! Just send me a link to a video of you completing the challenge and then you can choose a free ebook version of any of the books here.*

Record your score.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Obstacle Course Racer Strength & Endurance

I recently received a message from Rob asking what a good sandbag training session for an obstacle race athlete would look like. While it's a challenge to provide a one-size-fits all approach for any athletes I wanted to provide a few ideas surrounding some key elements:

1. Your strength and conditioning training should be focused on compound movements - big multi joint movements that use lots of muscles. A healthy dose of non-gym specific movements are also great for OCR athletes. Carries, throws, crawls and climbs will serve you well. The grind required to get through this type of movement is not always developed with regular exercises like Presses, Pulls and Squats.

2. Your strength and conditioning training should support your event specific training, and not detract from it.

3. Where possible you should aim to replicate the physical demands of the specific race you are competing in. Don't overthink this. You can do a lot worse than basing your training program around the actual obstacles that you'll be facing on the day. If you don't know exactly what you'll be facing then check back on previous races for a good idea.

You should never get to race day hoping that an obstacle that you are bad at comes up. If there is something that you struggle with, like Rope Climbing, then your strength and conditioning programme should prepare you for it. Adding in some Lat Pulldowns and saying "it works the same muscles" is a waste of your time. Just do some damn Rope Climbs.

4. Where necessary, supplement your strength and conditioning training with some exercises designed to support recovery and/or injury prevention. Mobility, stabilisation and flexibility training can be used to safeguard against injury.

The following workout was originally featured in Outdoor Fitness magazine in an article about Tough Mudder:

Complete 5 rounds of the following sequence:

1 Sandbag Hill Sprint (top to bottom),
10 Sandbag Thrusters,
10 Sandbag High Pulls,
10 Sandbag Chest Throws.

Use a sandbag weight that challenges you to complete all 5 rounds.

Todays Workout - Get Up, Stand Up

20 T-Push Ups,
10 Sandbag Front Squats,
5 Sandbag Shoulder/Hand Get-Ups (each side).

Complete 10 rounds as fast as possible.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Double Trouble

20 Sandbag Back Squats
15 Push Ups

10 rounds as fast as possible.

Record your weight and time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Nowhere to Run to Baby, Nowhere to Hide

100m Run (Sprint if you can),
20 Sandbag Floor Press,
5/5 Sandbag Shoulder Get Ups.

Complete as many rounds as possible in 15 minutes.

Record your score.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - 301

20 Sandbag Round-the-Worlds (10 in each direction),
10 Sandbag High Pulls,
10 Sandbag Zercher Squats,
10 Sandbag Overhead Presses,
10 Sit Ups.

Complete 5 rounds and do a single Push Up after the final round (I just didn't want to call the workout  '300').

Record your time.

Train hard!

Meet Our First Sandbag Challenge Winner! Could you do it?

Gabriel from Madrid, Spain recently completed the Sandbag Fitness Bronze Challenge and won 2 of my ebooks. Plus, the honour of being the first person on the Wall of Fame! Do you think you could match or beat his performance?

This challenge is to be completed with the following sandbag weight:

Males - 40% of your bodyweight.

Females - 25% of your bodyweight.


For example, a 200lb man would need to use a sandbag weighing 80lbs (200 divided by 100 x 40).


Sandbag Deadlift x 20 reps
Sandbag Back Squat x 20 reps
Shouldering x 20 reps
Sandbag High Pull x 15 reps
Overhead Press x 15 reps
Sandbag Floor Press x 15 reps
Sandbag Walking Lunge (sandbag at chest height) x 20 reps
Sandbag Shoulder Get Up x 5 reps each side

More info about our challenges here

Todays Workout - Fight the Power

Complete as many heavy Ground-to-Overhead sandbag lifts as you can within a 15 minute time period.

Record both the weight of your sandbag and the number of repetitions you perform.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - No Easy Way Out

Complete 100 Sandbag Ground-to-Overheads.

Each time you drop the sandbag (you can rest while holding it) there's a 20 Press Up penalty.

Complete the workout as fast as you can and record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Run To The Hills (yes, that's an Iron Maiden reference)

Run 400m (hill optional),
20 Sandbag Cleans,
20 Sandbag Push Presses.

Complete 3 rounds as fast as you can.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Walk The Mile

400m Sandbag Carry (hold it over the shoulders, or above the head if you want a serious challenge!),
20 Sandbag High Pulls,
20 Sandbag Overhead Press.

Complete 4 rounds as fast as possible.

Record your time.

Train hard!

New products on Amazon

You can now pick up the Sandbag Fitness Heavy Duty Workout Bag on Amazon click here (the bag I'm using above)

There's a black and white (and also cheaper) version of Sandbag Training For MMA & Combat Sports click here

There's also a massive sale on The Complete Guide To Sandbag Training for Kindle - it's currently 75%off! click here