Todays Workout - Pushing My Luck

10 Sandbag High Pulls,
10 Push Ups,
10 Sandbag Overhead Press,
10 Sandbag Floor Press,
10 Sandbag Back Squats.

Complete 5 rounds as fast as possible.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - The Art of Expressing the Human Body

10 Sandbag Cleans, 10 Sandbag Walking Lunges, 10 Sandbag Thruster Burpees. As many rounds as possible in 15 minutes.

Record your score.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - A Bit of Everything

10 Sandbag Deadlifts,
10 Sandbag Thrusters,
10 Push Ups,
10 Sandbag High Pulls.

As many rounds as possible in 12 minutes.

Record your score.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Skipping Around

200 Skips,
20 Sandbag Back Squats,
200 Skips,
20 Sandbag Overhead Presses,
200 Skips,
20 Sandbag Back Squats,
200 Skips,
20 Sandbag Overhead Presses,
200 Skips,
20 Sandbag Back Squats,
200 Skips,
20 Sandbag Overhead Presses.

Complete as fast as you can.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Atlas

This workout is courtesy of longtime Sandbag Fitness follower Josh (i.e. you can blame him). It's called Atlas, presumably because after you finish it you'll feel like you've just spent the past few rounds lifting the moon. It's a real shoulder-killer.

15 Shoulder-to-Shoulder Sandbag Presses
10 Sandbag High Pulls
5 Handstand Push Ups

10 rounds as fast as possible.

Men aim for a 40kg sandbag; women aim for 20kg.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Toe The Line

10 Sandbag Overhead Presses,
10 Sandbag Back Squats,
10 Toes-to-Bar.

10 rounds as fast as possible.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Twist and Shout

5 Knees-to-Elbows,

10 Sandbag Thrusters,

50 Sandbag Wood-chops.

Complete 5 rounds as fast as possible.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Sandbags Suck

100 Sandbag Thrusters,
100 Sandbag Shoulder Squats (alternate shoulders as necessary),
100 Sandbag Cleans.

Complete all reps as quickly as possible.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Get it Done Son!

Run 1km,
20 Sandbag Zercher Squats,
20 Sandbag Push Press,
20 Sandbag Shoulder Squats,
20 Sandbag Bent-over-rows,
20 Sandbag Back Squats,
Run 1km.

Record your time.

Choose a sandbag weight that challenges you.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - It's Complex...

5 Sandbag Cleans,
5 Sandbag Push Press,
5 Sandbag Zercher Squats,
5 Sandbag Zercher Good Mornings.

Complete 5 rounds as quickly as you can - aim to complete each round without rest but you can rest as needed between rounds.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Run Forrest, Ruuunnn!

This workout is a tough conditioning challenge so be prepared to suck at it the first few times you give it a go.

Find a hill of approximately 50m. Put a sandbag that is around 25% of your bodyweight across your shoulders and run to the top of the hill as fast as you can. Walk back recovery to the start (or run if you're feeling brave) and repeat.

Aim to complete as many hill sprints as possible in 20 minutes.

Record your score.

Train hard!

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Todays Workout - Dude, Where's Your Sandbag?!

The sandbag was ever so slightly frozen today (oh, the joys of training in an un-heated garage!) so it was bodyweight only.

5 Pull Ups,

10 Press Ups,

15 Squats,

100 Skips.

As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes.

Record your score.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Twist and Shout

10 Pull Ups (or variation),
20 Sandbag Overhead Press,
50 Sandbag Round-the-Worlds.

Complete 5 rounds as fast as possible.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - A Blast From The Past

This is a workout back from the 28th August 2010 (click here to see the original).

20-1 Sandbag Thrusters and Burpees.

Start by performing 20 Sandbag Thrusters then 20 Burpees. Then move onto 19 of each, then 18 etc.

The last round is 1 repetition of each.

Record your time.

Train hard!

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Todays Workout: Simple But Deadly

Todays workout is straightforward (so yes, you can try it) but can be as tough as you want it to be.

5 Pull Ups
10 Sandbag Thrusters

Complete as many rounds as you can in 15 minutes.

Men aim for a 35kg sandbag; women aim for 20kg.

Record your score. Click here for technique pointers

Train hard!

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Todays Sandbag Fitness Workout - Push and Pull Pairing

This is a simple and quick workout that'll test even the best conditioned athletes.

5 Pull Ups (or variation like Body Rows)
10 Sandbag Thrusters

10 rounds as fast as you can.

Men aim for a 20kg sandbag; women aim for 12.5kg.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Sandbag Training For Tough Mudder

I recently had an article published here in the UK in Outdoor Fitness Magazine. It covered a few specific sandbag training programmes that would help you get through the Tough Mudder. I know that many of those following the blog have been unable to get a copy as they don't live in the UK so I thought I'd provide a taste of the training info here.

For those of you that can get hold of the magazine, I urge you to grab a copy - it really is very good.

Click here to check it out

For everyone else, here's a taster of some of the sandbag training exercises that you can use to get around the course.

Try this workout to build endurance

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.

Sandbag Hill Sprint

Thruster Start

Thruster Finish

High Pull Start

High Pull Finish 

Chest Throw

Todays Workout - You're Not Serious...

I felt like getting really stuck in today. I've been at the computer too much recently and wanted to get a lot of energy out. It worked.

100 Sandbag Shoulder Squats (switch shoulders as you wish)
100 Sandbag Push Jerks
100 Sandbag Cleans (Power)
100 Pull Ups

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

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Sandbag Tabatas

Tabatas have been given a rough ride recently and they're still highly misused but it's been awhile since we did any here on Sandbag Fitness so here we go!

20 seconds of work, 10 seconds of rest. Repeat for a total of 8 working intervals. 1 minute rest between exercises.

Sandbag High Pulls
Sandbag Push Press
Sandbag Back Squats
Sandbag Walking Lunges

Record your aggregate score for each exercise.

Train hard!