Todays Workout - It's The End Of The Year (As We Know It)

800m run. 50 ground-to-overhead with a sandbag. 800m run.

Men aim for a 40kg sandbag; women aim for 20kg.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - High Rep Heartache

100 Sandbag Back Squats, 100 Press/Push Ups, 100 Sandbag High Pulls, 100 Sandbag Push Press, 100 Sandbag Shoulder Cleans. Complete any way you can.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Sandbag Strength and Prizes!!!!

Max weight ground-to-overhead with a sandbag. Perform 5 reps, take a 2-5 minute rest between sets and repeat for a total of 5 rounds. 

Record your max weight.

Train hard!

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Todays Workout - 10-1

Sandbag Cleans, Sandbag Push Press, Sandbag Back Squats. Complete 10 repetitions of each exercise, then 9, then 8 etc.

Men aim for a 40kg sandbag; women aim for a 20kg sandbag.

Record your time.

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Train hard!

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Todays Workout - Short and Sweet

10 Sandbag High Pulls, 10 Press/Push Ups, 10 Box Jumps. 5 rounds.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Death By Sandbag Clean and Press

With a running clock, do 1 Sandbag Clean and Press in the 1st minute, 2 in the 2nd minute and so on until you cannot complete the required number of repetitions in any given minute.

Men aim for a 30kg sandbag; women aim for 15kg.

Record your score.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Don't Stop (believing that you can do this)

100 Sandbag Overhead Press. For each break you need to take, do 100 skips. Keep going until you have completed all 100 reps.

Men aim for a 40kg sandbag; women aim for 20kg.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Gettin It Done

100 Sandbag Back Squats, 100 Sandbag Zercher Squats, 100 Sandbag Push Press, 100 Sandbag Cleans. Complete in any order and in any variety of reps and sets.

Men aim for a 30kg sandbag; women aim for a 15kg sandbag.

Record your time.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Modified Crossfit Cindy

5 Strict Pull Ups, 10 Press/Push Ups, 15 Sandbag Back Squats. As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes.

Men aim for a 30kg sandbag; women aim for 15kg.

Record your score.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Fifteen

15 Sandbag Zercher Squats, 15 Sit Ups, 15 Sandbag High Pulls. As many rounds as possible in 20 minutes.

Men aim for a 40kg sandbag; women aim for 20kg.

Record your score.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Death By Thrusters and Pull Ups

With a running clock complete 1 Sandbag Thruster and 1 Pull Up in the 1st minute, 2 of each in the 2nd minute and so on....

Keep going until you can no longer complete the required number of repetitions in each minute.

Record your score.

Train hard!

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Todays Workout - Back To The Future (of stronger legs)

5 Heavy Sandbag Back Squats followed immediately by a set of max Pull Ups. 5 rounds with 2-3 minutes rest in between each set.

Record your max weight and reps.

Train hard!

Todays Workout - Don't Stop

100 Sandbag Overhead Presses. Every time you need a rest do 100 Skips. Keep going until you complete the full 100 presses.

Men aim for a 40kg sandbag; women aim for 20kg.

Record your time.

Train hard!