(crosspost mostly unedited from reddit)
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Today was my first sandbag workout in a decade.
I managed to go from roughly fall 2014 to today without doing a single rep of any sandbag lift.
In late 2014 I weighed 230 to 235lbs at 6′, and while I do not remember what I could press, I do remember shouldering 200lbs for a single, but do not remember what I could x50 in 20:00 alternating shoulders (the Bryce Lane 50/20 protocol).
At the time I went to a gym, and generally did 50/20 with the occasional test of a heavy single, the sandbag a saturday morning thing before immediately driving to the gym for what I called “Stupid Strength Saturdays” that being heavy rdls for around 4×12 followed by heaving shrugs with straps as heavy as possible and as high rep as possible followed by partial squats (¼ or ⅓ rom) for very high reps with well past 1rm weight starting from the “bottom” off the pins in the power cage/squat rack.
Both of these partial exercises would’ve been done with seven to nine plates a side or so. Back then sandbag was part of a very kinda strongman day with backyard and commercial gym combined.
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Today after what ended up being about two hours of pouring, taping, double bagging cutting (I’m probably forgetting some step) while jamming out to a few songs (mostly diggy diggy hole on repeat, which I just discovered a few days ago) I had twelve ballpark 25lb inner bags to load the same largest size military surplus olive drab navy duffle bag that I was using back then.
The sandbags inner bags finally made I had a quick lift.
My weight tends to fluctuate between 290 and 295lbs presently.
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Pressed the 100lbs to start, adjusted, ended up shouldering the 150lbs to right shoulder for two singles – the first shown here and thinking “shoulder” the second bot shown and thinking “press”, adjusted…
The third clip is the second and best attempt out of five to shoulder 200lbs. I ended with a bearhug carry at 100lbs as part of putting everything away, then did some light kettlebell pressing feeling that a single rep of sandbag press wasn’t enough volume there.
Both the missed 150lb press and the misses at 200lb shouldering felt close.
Be strong y’all,
Persistence & Tenacity
Reddit Has Video :
First Sandbag Workout In A Decade – press 100lb, shouldering 150lb, attempting to shoulder 200lb
byu/J-from-PandT insandbagtraining