29Jan/10Off
Howto: Make a Sandbag.
On Wednesday I blogged about the joys of sandbag training, later I had many of questions from friends of mine regard how I made these. So here is a handy howto:
- My sandbag was not a sandbag, it was in fact, a Pea Gravel Bag.
Materials Needed
- Pea Gravel/Shingle (Here for £1.82/25kg)
- Heavy Duty Rubble Sacks (Here for £3.06/10 bags)
- Canvas Kit Bag (Here for £3.00 (£7.00 delivery so buy a few))
- Tie Wraps (Here for £3.94/100)
- Duct Tape (Here for £1.19)
Instructions
- Leave the Pea Gravel inside for a while to dry, I spread mine out on a plastic sheet to speed this up.
- Fill up Heavy Duty Rubble Sacks with how much weight you want in Pea Gravel. I filled up 3 bags with 10kg to make 30kg in total.
- Now put all these smaller bags into the Canvas Kit Bag.
- Tie wrap the bag closed and duct tape over the tie wrap so it doesn't poke you while lifting the bag.
- Cut off the strap.
- I then like to write the weight of the bag on the bottom so I can easily see how much each one weighs.
Photograph by KaCey97007 on Flickr.
Heavy Duty Rubble Sacks
27Jan/10Off
Sandbag Training.
Sandbag training is simply, training with a big ol' bag of sand.
Okay I lied, it doesn't necessarily have to be a bag of sand. It could be a bag of pea gravel, wood chippings, rubber mulch, or any other dense material. I've recently made a 40kg one for myself and so far I've been having great fun with it. Here are two of my favorite exercises:
Sandbag Get-ups
Sandbag Clean and Press
