Sandbag Get-Up

  • Exercise name: Sandbag Get-Up

  • Exercise description:

    • Start lying on your back, holding the sandbag against your chest or on one shoulder.

    • Stand all the way up. You may get up any way you want, but you must keep control of the sandbag.

    • Stand tall, with your hips and knees straight and the sandbag still in your hands or on your body.

    • Lie all the way back down, with your back on the ground, to finish the rep. That is 1 rep.

  • Technique that must be performed to count: Start with your back on the ground. Stand fully upright with the sandbag still under control. Lie all the way back down, with your back on the ground, to finish the rep.

  • How to fail the technique: If you drop the sandbag, the rep does not count. If you do not stand fully upright, the rep does not count. If you do not start and finish with your back on the ground, the rep does not count.

  • # of repetitions before shooting: 3 get-ups with a 60 lb sandbag.

  • Casual division modifier: 3 get-ups with a 40 lb sandbag.

  • Exercise equipment needed: 1 sandbag (60 lb Hardcore, 40 lb Casual).

Sandbag Get-Up demonstration