Homemade Sandbag Training
May 31st, 2009
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Check out Underground Strength Coach, Matty Wichlinski, making a homemade Sandbag.
I’m gonna crank a few of these myself and get our athletes squatting, lunging, jumping and throwing them.
Check it & let me know your thoughts below 
You know I love sandbag training and sandbags were actually my first substitute for a barbell.
I didn’t have the cash for a barbell and making a sandbag ran me under $30 bones, so I made a 50 and a 100 lb bag and I got my ass handed to me cranking out the following sandbag exercises:
- clean and press
- shouldering
- carries up hill
- loading onto tall objects
- power clean & catch
Sandbag training to this day is a HUGE part of how I train and how I train my athletes.
That video kicked ass, what about you? Did you dig it?
Post your comments below and let us know your thoughts on the video, sandbag training and anything else you wanna unleash!
Peace!
–Z–
PS: I’ll be announcing in the next day or 2 the upcoming Underground Strength Gym License Course, which allows you to run your own high profit, low overhead Underground Strength Gym.
Oh yea, you will also have a 10 mile radius blocked off so NO other Underground Strength Gyms can open up near you.
The date is soon, it’s July 18 & 19 at my gym in Edison, NJ. There will be 9 spaces so get ready to jump on this pronto.
Watch your e mail in the next day or two! Have an awesome weekend!
36 Responses to “Homemade Sandbag Training”
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Hey Zach,
Thanks for sharing this great video and thank you to Matty for making the video. I appreciate the different alternatives you provide to pure bodybuilding gym training and can’t wait to start adding these to the Muscle Arsenal!
Thanks again Bruda!
Nick
WOW that was a awesome vid!!!!!!! I have two sand bags already but I need to make my next one in this style. its so many different movements that you able to do with a bag made in this fashion. where did he get that car inner tube from?????
DANG, that’s really easy to make. Better than spending all that chetta!! I’ll for sure be making a few in the next few months. THANKS.
P.S. That dude is built like a freakin’ tank!
Zach,
Awesome video man. That thing was so easy to make, I gotta get me some of those made up in the next week.
Keep killing
Marc
Awesome video!
I only wish I saw this prior to spending nearly 300 bucks getting one of those suckers sent to Canada
haha
Love your site Zach,
Simon
Great vid, great simple idea! I love it!
I gonna to make me some.
Thank you, Zach and Matty, for sharing it!
Stay strong,
Sven
That is one of the coolest homemade tool I have seen in a long time. Thanks for posting it.
Great stuff Zach…love the sandbags and this video rocks!
I agree that the alternatives to traditional gym training is just pure awesome!
Goin to get the shite to make me one or two right now….
JL
Zach,
Great tutorial from Matty. Thanks for putting out fantastic no B.S. content that helps aspiring trainers, like myself, to not kill our wallets and only to “Kill It!” with our training. Definately gonna be making myself some of those!
Train Hard, Live Harder!
Zach this is totaly amazing,thanks for sharing this vid. Right now I’m steping in my garage and I’m gonna make this great tool,again THANKS!!!!!
Hey Zach,
Great video man. And good luck with that knee surgery, im getting my ACL reconstructed next week!
Josh
awesome vid!
I saw it a few days ago already and built a bag afterwards, cause I was so motivated! After a heavy season with this tool, I felt tremendous muscle soreness the next 2 days!
this bag is killa, definitely loving it!
you can also do weighted pull-ups or dips with it!
sandbag training is in the trenches since probably hundreds of years. my grandfather was a farmer and worked with corn bags a lot. man, his strength and power was unbelieveable.
thanx Z, thanx matty and thanx for sure josh henkin for bringing this back. it is so powerful!
Matty’s the man!!!
Thanks for the props, Z
That bag is super easy to make, only takes a few minutes and costs next to nothing to fabricate. Don’t wait, just make a few of varying weights. I got the tire from a local tool supplier, but there are several places you could find them, try to get a used one free or cheap. But even if you get a brand new one, it’s less than $15.
Mine is done….I love it….Only about 35 pound but I’ll make a bigger one later
Hey Z, That was a great video! Big thanks to Matty, for doing it. Definitely will have to pick up a couple of tubes tomorrow…Good luck with your surgery my bruddah!
I love shit like this.. Getting creative with effective yet cheap training tools. More people need to see this ===> NO EXCUSES! Keep rockin it fellas.. Big inspiration!
-John Cortese
What up Z I live in Pa and I was having a hard time finging a tube I even called Matt He had a few suggestions I found one at tractor supply for twelve buks Work out with it today after a few sets of heavy squats Cheap and KILLER
Zach / Matty,
RESPECT- Thank you both for sharing such a great tool! This is something that I will for sure use with my peeps and athletes alike! I am in the business of ‘ulterior’ cost-effective methods of strength training as well- the beauty of it is that it reminds me of being a kid and screwing around in the backyard and building stuff- love it!
Keep up the great content Zach- and thanks to Matty again for sharing with the rest of the community.
Continued success!
- Chris
man, u guys love the sandbags!!
you can set up a bunch of these inside a gym, wrestling room, mma club, etc.
Josh, regarding your ACL recovery, I would invest in a sled and drag that bad boy like crazy, forwards, backwards and sideways
ankle weights for leg curls and walking around, even mow the lawn w/them on
a band for doing seated leg curls as well
more news and vids to come dudes!
peace!
–z–
Nice video. I had a chance to do a little workout with Zach and Matt this past weekend and these dudes are beast. The video was awesome. I’ll be making a few bags to incorporte into my athlete’s training so sure. Keep the info coming bruddah!
zach and matty-
man… thanks! this is BAD ASS. im bailing early from work today to hit up the hardware store and someplace i can find one of those inner tubes so i cna get down on this today.
i think DIY equipment is so awesome. and this just made it as a serious contender for my top of ‘09 finds!
thanks again!
follow up-
i cut out from work early today after wathcing this and made my own-
http://hells-bellstxkb.blogspot.com/2009/06/diy-awesomeness.html
that’s me and my first attempt at it.
thanks!
AWESOME
I went right out to Autozone and Lowes and got everything i needed to make one. Took 15minutes. Then checked out all theworkout vids on YouTube. Already have 7 different wokouts to train with THANKS!!
Very simple, but very effective…WOW! What a concept and for 30 bones you can’t beat it. Anyone get the size of the inner tube he was using in the video? I can’t quite make it out in the video.
Made one this past Tuesday on my day off from work, man it kicked my ass in all the ways I like. Thanks for the Video.
Thanks for posting this Zman!
Matty, AWESOME!! I watched it twice. Once for knowledge and again for the enjoyment of watching you bust your ass! Nice job!!!
The underground….. is my happy place
PEACE!
Zach/Matty,
Excellent video. Put one together tonight and had a great workout with it before my run. This is probably the best piece of homemade exercise equipment I have seen. Mine came in just under 45 pounds. I used leveling sand for my filler.
Thanks so much for sharing this guys. Cheers. TK
I hate both of you guys right now as I am very exhausted. LOL. Thank you so much for posting this vid. I just got finished doing a small routine with my homemade Bulgarian bag and like Zach said in an earlier video on sandbag, IT KICKED THE CRAP OUT OF ME!!! I didn’t make one as big at Matt did, but 34lbs gets extremely heavy during those rotational swings. I can only imagine how brutal that 50+ monster Matt made is. What an awesome tool and for 20 bones I can’t complain about value in any way. Thanks again guys.
Solid info, Will definitely come back soon.
Thanks fr the great Video !!!..
I made one myself using small rocks instead of sand. works out great !!
Excellent idea, this is just the inexpensive solution I’ve been looking for.
Thanks
So again, what was the size of the inner tube? Gonna make some for my athletes. Keep up the great work Zach, awesome stuff as always.
Z and Matty,
Thanks for the video. Perfect timing as I have a new camp beginning in 2 weeks. I like to keep the exercises fresh all the while keeping the expenses low.
Thanks again,
Coop
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