Todays Workout - The Ladder Of Doom

5 Pull Ups, 10 Sandbag Cleans, 15 Sandbag Push Press, 20 Sandbag Back Squats, 100 Skips. 5 rounds as fast as you can.

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

Record your time.

Train hard!


Don't have a sandbag? This is my original bag - a 25kg contractors bag of sand. It cost me £1.50 and I used some tape to make it a little more secure.

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Todays Workout - Greasing The Bear

Perform 5 moderately heavy Bear Hug Squats and follow immediately with 5 Pull Ups (or a variation). Rest for 1 minute and repeat for a total of 10 rounds.

This is a technique focused session so avoid going to failure.

Train hard!

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Todays Workout - Hill Sprint Intervals

Take your sandbag to a hill of approximately 50m in length.

Leave your sandbag at the bottom of the hill and sprint to the top as fast as you can. Jog back to the bottom of the hill and then complete 10 Ground-to-Overhead lifts (Clean and Press would be best). Rest for 1 minute and repeat for a total of 10 rounds.

Men aim for a 40kg sandbag; women aim for 25kg.

No need to record times for this one - it's just for "fun".

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Sandbag Press

10 Sandbag Overhead Presses, 100 Skips, 10 Press Ups. 5 rounds.

Men aim for a 50kg sandbag; women aim for 30kg.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays video also includes a little bit of technical work for handleless overhead sandbag presses:

Todays Workout - Get Up

10 Sandbag Get Ups on each side (learn the technique here) followed immediately by a 400m run. Repeat for 5 rounds.

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

Record your time.

Train hard!