Hello,
@North Coast Miller
I really like your Hobo Bundle training ! But I like even more the results it provides ! I guess you are as strong as you look !
IDK about that! I am pretty strong in the movements I train anyway.
One thing that it delivers as intended is ability to manipulate objects away from center of mass. This is huge in day to day blue collar work. Every lift begins with a hefty activation of the anterior chain and this braces the posterior chain. This has been very therapeutic and protective to my lower back issues.
the other thing I noticed is the separation between pec and anterior delt pretty much disappears. I engage with upper pec as an extension of the delts. Around the time that Hobo Strong pic was taken I changed the water cooler at work with one hand, elbow free floating.
It has its limits, you cannot train the big movers as effectively because the limiting hardware is bicep, grip, and shoulder stabilizers. I learned the hard way not to use loads in excess of a 6-8repmax. That's why I switched to sandbag for the big push to put on mass. I've given up on using it as a primary training mode and now it gets used 2 weeks out of every 6. But for working core and stabilizers it is absolutely intimidating.
How do you work on the leg using it ? Indeed, is not the weight light for leg training ?
I have to train squat and hinge conventionally. Realistically, the added core activation from working with the load away from the body is only applicable to upper body work.
I am curious, what was your sandbag routine ? I used to train with this tool back then and had great feeling doing so.
Very conventional push/pull/hinge/squat. I tried doing some volume work and Cluster sets with them but ultimately defaulted back to modified DeLorme. The only challenge is finding ways to adequately load lower body and how to hit movement angles for upper body with minimum number of lifts. Lower body is still a challenge, I have to do abbreviated ROM Good Mornings with sets of 50+ with my 100lb sandbag to adequately challenge my DL pattern. As soon as things open up a little more I intend to pick up 200lbs of steel shot.
Every couple of weeks I do a few metcon/bootcamp type workouts to relieve built up stress/staleness from doing a lot of high tension work. This also doubles as part of my "power" training. This all being my minimum dosage plan. Higher gear I'd be doing a metcon and HIIT session every week and 3x resistance training.