by Cori Lefkowith | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog, Exercises, Sandbag
The Sandbag is a great functional training tool because it is an awkward unstable weight, which makes our core have to work harder to stabilize with many basic movements.
The weight can also be used to mimic many of the movements we do in every day life and help us learn to recruit the correct muscles quickly and efficiently.
Rarely do you squat to pick up something as easy to grab as a barbell. More often than not you pick up something that doesn’t have handles. Or if it does have handles, the object may have an unstable weight that wants to shift on you.
That is why the Sandbag can be such a great training tool.
And with just one Sandbag, you can get in a great full-body workout.
Check out the 13 Sandbag Exercises and 3 Sandbag Workouts below.
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by Cori Lefkowith | Oct 8, 2014 | Blog, Core, Sandbag
The sandbag is a great functional tool to get in a full-body workout. It is also a great tool to help you build core strength and stability while strengthening the big muscles of your body.
With the sandbag you can work your entire core – everything from your shoulders to your knees. And because of the awkwardness of the weight, your core has to work super hard to stabilize.
Plus, unlike crunches, these movements work the big muscles of your body in different planes of motion. That means you get more bang for your buck – more calories burned and more muscle built with fewer exercises and less time in the gym.
Try these 5 Sandbag Core Exercises to get in a great full body workout and build your core strength and stability!
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