1, cheap and easy to get.
I started sandbag training because I had neither time nor money to go to the gym or buy other fitness equipment. My first sandbag was industrial sand packed in 25kg plastic bags, and the hole was sealed with adhesive tape. Is it perfect? No. But did it solve my troubles and work? There is no doubt that it is. Meanwhile, he only cost me less than 3 dollars. When I made progress, I began to add bags outside to increase the weight and durability of sandbags-I used an old cloth bag in my room. This kind of cheapness is very important, which makes people feel that fitness is an unbearable thing.
2. You can exercise anytime and anywhere.
Sandbag training does not require any additional equipment or special venues. Indeed, there are many kinds of additional equipment that will improve your training effect for a long time, but you don't need them to start training. At the same time, it is an extremely convenient training method. When traveling, I will carry a sandbag and fill it when I arrive.
3. Really excellent, not just beautiful.
It needs to be explained in advance that for most sandbag bodybuilders, what can be done is more worthy of attention than what it looks like. If you walk into a gym with many sandbags, you will know that these people are here for training. Only these people have eyes to appreciate that you are doing superman sports with these ugly sandbags. On the contrary, some people take the biggest dumbbell in the gym and look around to make sure everyone else is watching him. It takes great skill to lift sandbags beautifully. You may be seen as wrestling with an oily hippo, and it takes a long time to train, which is not a good style for some beauty lovers.
4. This will make you feel like Rocky
I can train in the garage all day. Most of the time, I take a short rest because my hands are too cold to hold the frozen sandbags. Have you tried lifting 90 kilograms of frozen sandbags? That's something that requires your extreme concentration. In fact, I like to encounter some difficulties in sandbag training. In this way, I can get achievements, create changes and sometimes solve them easily. I don't care if others are drinking his energy drinks while training in a constant temperature gym, surrounded by a full set of expensive equipment. That man is Ivan drago, and I'm Rocky balboa. I'm going on a trip. May win the hearts of the Russian people. )
5. Sandbags can be used as supplementary training for other training modes.
Contrary to other fitness experts who promote their fitness system, I would say that sandbag training will be a good supplement to your current fitness plan, instead of saying "throw away other things" like others. It's enough to do this. "("No credit card required! " ) Yes, you can take sandbag training as your strength project. That's what I did, and it really worked. But you can also use sandbag training as an additional item for barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells, weight gain or other training methods. Try to include sandbag training in high-load training week or outdoor adjustment stage, such as mountain sprint. I know that many people, including me, have significantly improved their overhead lifting ability by supplementing sandbag training in routine barbell pushing exercises.
6. Opened a brand-new way of exercise.
The essence of sandbag training is that you can use it to practice some traditional free-weight equipment that is either unrealistic or impossible. Sandbag training aims to show its true colors when you start the following training:
Bears squat, climb stairs, lunge, shoulder, drag, any form of load.
7. sandbag fitness is not simple
The center of the sandbag is constantly moving, so try to lift it every time. Interestingly, this will significantly improve the return of your time and energy. But I must tell you sincerely now that many people can't stick to sandbag training. Because this is not a simple matter, and there are few glamorous advertisements to remind you that this is what you should do. However, like most unconventional methods, it will also produce unconventional results. And sometimes this unconventional result is exactly what you need to push you forward.
8. It's like a generalist.
I like biomechanics and sports science. There is no denying that it often makes you 1. Do some shopping 2. Follow certain methods. When it comes to various exercises, people usually think that each exercise is efficient in all directions. This is totally nonsense, and leads to an inertial thinking, that is, refusing to combine or mix sports that were not really invented at that time into existing sports. Yes, multi-dimensional movement is really important, but it is not the ultimate meaning or the whole meaning of movement.
Compressive training is a good way to cultivate your core strength and multi-faceted ability. For most people, the ability to resist vertical, horizontal and rotating forces is as important as the ability to penetrate walls. Sandbag is a great tool, which forces you to control an object stably in all directions, whether you only move in a specific direction or not.
9. This will make you better at other things.
I like heavy barbells very much (anything heavy will do). I have discussed with many people how to improve my lift. In particular, you can lift barbells with the same weight, but you can't lift sandbags. This is true, especially when you hold it above your head. But that's how sandbags make you progress in some things related to lifting. It improves your conversion ability.
You can't lift the sandbag over your head unless you can clean it up to chest height. If you use a sandbag without a handle (a purist's choice), when you lift it from the ground, you may turn it over, just like lifting an Atlas stone. You may be sweating like a pig before starting the real training, but it will really test your perseverance. Similarly, in many kinds of sandbag training, a lot of transition training will be completed together with the lifting exercise. Some people will think that this is a distraction from training, but I think it is just the opposite. Indeed, I like to keep the weight of barbells at the maximum. My sandbag training is a little different. Unfortunately, sandbag training can be well transformed into daily functional activities because it is always overused.
This happily leads us ...
10. Sandbag training is simple (but not stupid)
One of the biggest advantages of sandbag training is the strength challenge it can provide. I know that when I do a failed lift with a sandbag, it is easier for me to put down the sandbag and stop the action than a barbell. Doing so will have an amazing effect. In training, it focuses on the action at hand, not the useless things that must be done.
One of my favorite sandbag training programs is to lift 20 times from the ground to the top of my head, using a sandbag with no handle, and the weight of the sandbag is equivalent to my weight. It looks simple, but every time I finish it, I feel like I just did a hard exercise. This direct and efficient training experience, sandbag training and my health and fitness knowledge have formed a whole.