Sandbag Chest Toss

  • Exercise name: Sandbag Chest Toss

  • Exercise description:

    • Stand at the start line and hold the sandbag at your chest with both hands.

    • Toss the sandbag forward from your chest, like a basketball chest pass.

    • The bag must land completely past the 5-yard line. That is 1 rep.

    • Walk to the bag, pick it up, and go back to the start line for the next toss.

  • Technique that must be performed to count: The bag must leave both hands from the chest. The bag must land completely past the 5-yard line.

  • How to fail the technique: If the bag lands on the line or short of the line, the rep does not count. If the bag is thrown overhead or underhand, the rep does not count.

  • # of repetitions before shooting: 3 chest tosses with a 40 lb sandbag, past a 5-yard line.

  • Casual division modifier: 3 chest tosses with a 25 lb sandbag, past the same 5-yard line.

  • Exercise equipment needed: 1 sandbag (40 lb Hardcore, 25 lb Casual). Marked start and 5-yard lines.

Sandbag Chest Toss demonstration