Heavy Sandbag training is a must for combat athletes. It requires more muscle recruitment than normal lifting and challenges you to handle unstable loads
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Here is a quick circuit for grapplers utilizing a sandbag.
Circuit:
1A Sandbag Getups
2A Sandbag Clean & Press
3A Sandbag Military Press
4A Sandbag Shoulder Squat
5A Sandbag Lunges
6A Sandbag Torso Rotations
7A Sandbag Good Mornings
8A Sandbag Front Squats
9A Sandbag Pullthroughs
Ways to increase the intensity of the circuit:
- perform more runs through the circuit
- perform more reps for each exercise in the circuit
- increase the weight of the sandbag
- decrease the rest time between runs
- increase the tempo (duration of concentric or eccentric phases)
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Drago's High Intensity 100lb sandbag training for strength and endurance applicable to combat Sports
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A demonstration of a complex using an 80lb sand bag. The unstable nature of the sand bag makes it a killer! A must do for MMA or fat loss.
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