Sandbag training.

A quick question to all that try to exercise on the road.

Has anyone taken up sandbag training while on the road?

If so, how well has it gone, and what type of program did you incorporate?

I'm going to switch to sandbag training for when on the road, and was just wondering if others have tried it.

Of course, without an Army/Navy Surplus store near me, it's proving hard to find canvas duffel bags, but that's a whole different story.

 

Get a heavy canvas bag(so, a military duffel bag works well), get smaller bags that you can fill with sand, and get sand. Fill smaller bags and secure them so that they don't open. Put them inside the duffel bag, close the duffel bag. Now, use the duffel bag for your training. Lifts from the ground. Clean and press. Front squats. Zercher squats. Grip training. You can find lots of stuff on this type of training at http://zacheven-esh.com/blog/

 

If carrying 200-300 lbs of weights is a problem with freight loads, then run less fuel, or a lighter truck. Just my opinion. For me, I run Canada only, so I never have problems, as we're allowed a lot more weight than the US.

 

You have your opinion, and I have mine. When in a truck, unless you have something made special for doing pullups, you're not doing them. Also, bodyweight exercises are great until you can do them easily. Then, they lose their usefulness, and you need to add weight. The body will adapt, and then stop compensating by increasing muscle and strength. As for storage being limited, as I said in my last post, if you can't bring 200-300 lbs of stuff with you, drive a lighter truck or put in less fuel.

Also, you're never going to get a great lower body or lower back workout with some sort of extra weight added to exercises like squats, lunges, good mornings, etc. Dips, pullups, etc are great for your upper body, but if you ignore your lower body you'll look like a #### light bulb, and not have any great strength throughout your body.