Directly from the pages of Combat Core.

Exercise: Sandbag Loaders

Execution:
Hanging from a pull-up bar the lifter will load a sandbag or medicine ball to a partner or onto a platform. This compound torso building exercise ties in the upper back and lats with the abdominals and hip flexors.

Benefits:

• compound movement incorporating many muscle groups
• support grip strength endurance
• a variety of trunk postures can be executed, not just linear flexion / extension movements
• controlling the extension (eccentric) phase of the movement creates a balance of the musculature surrounding the hip
• Increase difficulty by increasing the weight in the sandbag, increasing the required loading height or by decreasing the rigidity of the implement (i.e. slosh ball or water keg).

Smitty

The Diesel Crew

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