DavThew
Level 6 Valued Member
So I've recently had a few things happen in my lifting career.
Firstly I've injured my hip, seen a physio, discussed what to do and agreed on what I can and can't do for the next month. It's not actually very restrictive, just a lot lighter than I'd like. That said I will be patient and spend the next month following his advice and look after my health first and foremost. I actually ended up showing him KB365 from Geoff Neupert and he was happy for me to undertake the first month as part of my rehab, just going pretty easy on the swings (and omitting them if they cause any pain).
Secondly just before my injury I had discovered a brilliant local gym which has strongman equipment and an outside training area. It has logs (both loadable log bars, and wooden logs with handles just screwed on), a huge TRX setup, a feast of kegs, a nice variety of tires and a brilliant set of farmers carry logs (not loadable but about 40kg each). There's also sledgehammers, battleropes, outside squat racks, pull up bars, climbing ropes, gymnastic rings and gymnastic bars. I like this place and having played with some of the strongman equipment I am keen to see where I can take this when recovered.
Thirdly I have ordered a Cerebus Strength sandbag recently, this was done whilst slightly under the influence of some whiskey. I had discussed loaded carries with the PT and he is happy with these as long as they are not too heavy. We have agreed 25kg at present.
So my questions are
1. How do those of you out there who use sandbags load them? I was thinking I would make up a couple of 25kg liner bags to put inside the main bag. Steadily adding extras as my hip improves - I'd like to vary my bag from 75-125kg in 25kg increments for different uses (125kg for atlas stone type lifts, 50-75 for presses etc).
What do you load them with? Sand seems like the obvious choice, but I can imagine other materials might offer different benefits.
2. Apart from carries and presses what else do you do with sandbags?
3. How often do you train with sandbags and how do you incorporate it into your other strength work?
4. For those people into strongman: how often do you use strongman equipment vs more traditional strength training?
Obviously I am going to have quite a long time to mull over all this as I am being patient and rehabbing.
Firstly I've injured my hip, seen a physio, discussed what to do and agreed on what I can and can't do for the next month. It's not actually very restrictive, just a lot lighter than I'd like. That said I will be patient and spend the next month following his advice and look after my health first and foremost. I actually ended up showing him KB365 from Geoff Neupert and he was happy for me to undertake the first month as part of my rehab, just going pretty easy on the swings (and omitting them if they cause any pain).
Secondly just before my injury I had discovered a brilliant local gym which has strongman equipment and an outside training area. It has logs (both loadable log bars, and wooden logs with handles just screwed on), a huge TRX setup, a feast of kegs, a nice variety of tires and a brilliant set of farmers carry logs (not loadable but about 40kg each). There's also sledgehammers, battleropes, outside squat racks, pull up bars, climbing ropes, gymnastic rings and gymnastic bars. I like this place and having played with some of the strongman equipment I am keen to see where I can take this when recovered.
Thirdly I have ordered a Cerebus Strength sandbag recently, this was done whilst slightly under the influence of some whiskey. I had discussed loaded carries with the PT and he is happy with these as long as they are not too heavy. We have agreed 25kg at present.
So my questions are
1. How do those of you out there who use sandbags load them? I was thinking I would make up a couple of 25kg liner bags to put inside the main bag. Steadily adding extras as my hip improves - I'd like to vary my bag from 75-125kg in 25kg increments for different uses (125kg for atlas stone type lifts, 50-75 for presses etc).
What do you load them with? Sand seems like the obvious choice, but I can imagine other materials might offer different benefits.
2. Apart from carries and presses what else do you do with sandbags?
3. How often do you train with sandbags and how do you incorporate it into your other strength work?
4. For those people into strongman: how often do you use strongman equipment vs more traditional strength training?
Obviously I am going to have quite a long time to mull over all this as I am being patient and rehabbing.