Things you can do with a sandbag

Neal Winkler · 02-03-2006, 04:35 PM

What are some exercises that one can do with a sandbag that can't be done with weights?

I can think of sandbag carries. Also I have been doing woodchoopers on my basement floor and against the wall. I will also throw the sandbag against the wall from about 15 feet away, run and drag it back and repeat as fast as I can.

Anything else?

Neil Beevers · 02-03-2006, 04:51 PM

Overhead throws. Pretty much anything you could do with a medicine ball!

Yours,
Beev

Chris Jordan · 02-04-2006, 01:59 PM

Neal,
I just carried 80 lbs 200 meters 3 times. I have this to say...ugh. I'm working toward the mile starting today. Everything is feeling it.

Roger Smith · 02-04-2006, 02:30 PM

I like what I call the "girl carry". Hoist the bag up and hold it in both arms like your carrying a girl. Sort of like the arms are in the top of a barbell curl position, the bag in the space between forearms and biceps and resting on chest. I like to use a 120 pound bag. I also like my girls that weight or a bit less:-) Walk with it. The real challege is the weight against the chest makes breathing difficult....

It's a nice end of the workout finisher...

(Message edited by rogersmith on February 04, 2006)

Carl Herzog · 02-04-2006, 05:41 PM

shouldering

Michael Stehle · 02-05-2006, 09:44 AM

front sqauts, back squats, thrusters, burpees, squat throws, lunges, oh lunges, oh squats, shoulder press, turkish getups, windmills, squat jumps,bent rows the list goes on. Check video link.

www.trainingroomfit.com

Robert Thompson · 02-06-2006, 05:15 PM

Try Josh Henkin's site about sandbags: http://sandbagexercises.ifsstrength.com/index.html

Jeremy Jones · 02-07-2006, 10:49 AM

I flip my back for distance (like a tire) end over end.

One arm carries are fun too (one arm, holding the bag against the hip). I dub these: 'Keg stealers' for reasons I will not go into here.

Lisa Sorbo · 02-07-2006, 11:36 AM

I like "keg stealers" - though in my mind I'd always thought of them as "kid carries" - since that's how you carry a tired toddler or older kid.
now, squats while kid carrying - that's an interesting exercise - and one that comes up in real life.

also "lamb or calf carries" where you carry the bag in front of you, squeezing in the ends with your arms to hold the bag.

Jeremy Jones · 02-07-2006, 12:27 PM

Uhh, if you called them "Kid Stealers" you'd probably be arrested.

but it would be funny (and isn't that all that matters sometimes?).

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02-03-2006, 04:35 PM	#1
Neal Winkler Member Profile: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Shiloh Il Posts: 613	What are some exercises that one can do with a sandbag that can't be done with weights? I can think of sandbag carries. Also I have been doing woodchoopers on my basement floor and against the wall. I will also throw the sandbag against the wall from about 15 feet away, run and drag it back and repeat as fast as I can. Anything else?

02-03-2006, 04:51 PM	#2
Neil Beevers Member Profile: Join Date: May 2005 Location: Stoke on Trent Staffordshire Posts: 64	Overhead throws. Pretty much anything you could do with a medicine ball! Yours, Beev

02-04-2006, 01:59 PM	#3
Chris Jordan Member Profile: Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Greenfield IL Posts: 315	Neal, I just carried 80 lbs 200 meters 3 times. I have this to say...ugh. I'm working toward the mile starting today. Everything is feeling it.

02-04-2006, 02:30 PM	#4
Roger Smith Member Profile: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Calgary AB Posts: 392	I like what I call the "girl carry". Hoist the bag up and hold it in both arms like your carrying a girl. Sort of like the arms are in the top of a barbell curl position, the bag in the space between forearms and biceps and resting on chest. I like to use a 120 pound bag. I also like my girls that weight or a bit less:-) Walk with it. The real challege is the weight against the chest makes breathing difficult.... It's a nice end of the workout finisher... (Message edited by rogersmith on February 04, 2006)

02-04-2006, 05:41 PM	#5
Carl Herzog Member Profile: Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Scotia NY Posts: 128	shouldering

02-05-2006, 09:44 AM	#6
Michael Stehle Member Profile: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Avon-by-the-sea NJ Posts: 428	front sqauts, back squats, thrusters, burpees, squat throws, lunges, oh lunges, oh squats, shoulder press, turkish getups, windmills, squat jumps,bent rows the list goes on. Check video link. www.trainingroomfit.com

02-06-2006, 05:15 PM	#7
Robert Thompson Member Profile: Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Boynton Beach Fl Posts: 31	Try Josh Henkin's site about sandbags: http://sandbagexercises.ifsstrength.com/index.html

02-07-2006, 10:49 AM	#8
Jeremy Jones Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Concord Ca Posts: 1,218	I flip my back for distance (like a tire) end over end. One arm carries are fun too (one arm, holding the bag against the hip). I dub these: 'Keg stealers' for reasons I will not go into here.

02-07-2006, 11:36 AM	#9
Lisa Sorbo Member Profile: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Corona Del Mar CA Posts: 118	I like "keg stealers" - though in my mind I'd always thought of them as "kid carries" - since that's how you carry a tired toddler or older kid. now, squats while kid carrying - that's an interesting exercise - and one that comes up in real life. also "lamb or calf carries" where you carry the bag in front of you, squeezing in the ends with your arms to hold the bag.

02-07-2006, 12:27 PM	#10
Jeremy Jones Affiliate Profile: Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Concord Ca Posts: 1,218	Uhh, if you called them "Kid Stealers" you'd probably be arrested. but it would be funny (and isn't that all that matters sometimes?).