Friday, March 9, 2012

Kicking with the Bulgarian Bag

You may recall mention of the Bulgarian training bag in my tool kit. This baby comprises 40 lbs of pea gravel wrapped up in a truck tire inner tube. It's the Vienna sausage from hell. Spin the bag around for ten minutes and you'll see. Today's workout utilized the bag in a less strenuous manner.

3-9-12
-advance tuck front lever rows (20)
-Bent arm grip transitions (4x10)
-10 HSPU (10 sec bent arm hold), 5 HSPU (10 sec), 5 HSPU (10 sec)
-straight arm isometrics on the Akro Wheels (4x30 secs)
-low stance foot work, 10 mins w/ 40lbs Bulgarian bag
-10 mins jumping hiza w/ Bulgarian bag

The curve in the bag conforms nicely to the neck and shoulders; perfect for today's exercises. For the first 10 minutes of BB work, I hoisted the bag to my shoulders and got into a wrestler's crouch. From there I walked in triangular patterns, all the time keeping the knees bent. Music would have complemented this exercise well. Alas, I had none. The next 10 minutes with the bag was spent throwing jumping knee kicks.

I tried one arm negatives from the chin-up bar. The dominant arm is nearly there. The other still needs work.

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