1renox
01-31-2006, 09:25 AM
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Is it worth the money? Maybe. One could put this together for about half the price with items bought at a surplus store. The outer bag, though, is very tough and has a cool little Iron Mind logo on it.
The book has about 20 exercises and 4 to 5 training programs. It’s pretty basic stuff. However, for those, like myself, who haven’t been exposed to sand bag training, there are some creative and useful exercises. The head lock hold and “push away” with the bag offers the feel of a resisting opponent. There are many possible uses of the bag. One can do set ups, bridges and grip work.
The result of training: My wife bought it for me for Christmas. I have been using it for 5 weeks. For some reason, my foot speed and hand speed have increased markedly. Possibly, this is due to the increased nerve recruitment of the little stabilizer muscles. After using the sand bag, I feel really, really good! Overall, I feel like a coiled spring. Once again, am guessing this is to the recruitment of small, deeper stabilizer muscles.
Do to the unwieldy nature of the bag it can take a full body effort to execute what are considered isolation exercises with free weights. This overall muscle and nerve recruitment and the feeling of having a resisting opponent is what makes sand bag training worthwhile.
If you have the money and are short on time, buy it. The materials are high quality. Due to the results, it is one of the best pieces of training equipment I ever used. If on a budget (and who isn't) and have the time to gather the pieces, buy components separately and one could still get the same training benefits.
Is it worth the money? Maybe. One could put this together for about half the price with items bought at a surplus store. The outer bag, though, is very tough and has a cool little Iron Mind logo on it.
The book has about 20 exercises and 4 to 5 training programs. It’s pretty basic stuff. However, for those, like myself, who haven’t been exposed to sand bag training, there are some creative and useful exercises. The head lock hold and “push away” with the bag offers the feel of a resisting opponent. There are many possible uses of the bag. One can do set ups, bridges and grip work.
The result of training: My wife bought it for me for Christmas. I have been using it for 5 weeks. For some reason, my foot speed and hand speed have increased markedly. Possibly, this is due to the increased nerve recruitment of the little stabilizer muscles. After using the sand bag, I feel really, really good! Overall, I feel like a coiled spring. Once again, am guessing this is to the recruitment of small, deeper stabilizer muscles.
Do to the unwieldy nature of the bag it can take a full body effort to execute what are considered isolation exercises with free weights. This overall muscle and nerve recruitment and the feeling of having a resisting opponent is what makes sand bag training worthwhile.
If you have the money and are short on time, buy it. The materials are high quality. Due to the results, it is one of the best pieces of training equipment I ever used. If on a budget (and who isn't) and have the time to gather the pieces, buy components separately and one could still get the same training benefits.