Lifter problems

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Update on sandbag training, I've been playing with them for 4-5 months or so and the workout you get is like nothing else. Because the weight shifts around while you're trying to manipulate them they consistently require max-effort, and the sheer size of them makes them hard to handle.

I have found that the volume taken up by the builder's sand decreases as the sand dries out in the bags, so I've refilled them each a few times since I got them. Every time I do so is like a new challenge, as the bag becomes larger and heavier, and harder to handle.

I predominantly train the main lift - picking the bag off the floor, getting it to your lap, then standing up with it and trying to wrestle it onto one shoulder or the other - with accessory work to support that.

So far I can do a workout with my 80kg bag - Mama Bear - for 15 of these each side, with a lift every minute on the minute, alternating sides between lifts.

The 100kg bag I am still yet to get onto my shoulder. Papa Bear is a mean bastard.