Powerbag Information

Powerbag® offers an excellent method of improving movement skills and specific strength movements with patients in the later stages of rehabilitation, whether returning from sporting or non-sporting injuries. Powerbag® is priced at a level where personal Powerbag®s may be bought by clients in rehabilitation in order to maintain training levels through programs set by the therapist. Whilst Powerbag® is a relatively simple design and concept, the training theory that supports its usage is more in-depth. Essentially Powerbag® provides a safe way of providing functional training for powerful movements. Powerbag® facilitates explosive training and helps to emphasize the continual training of the core stabilizing muscles. Powerbag® also provides a useful training device for individuals who wish to increase their overall fitness and functional strength. Powerbag® achieves these key-training goals by its emphasis on quality, core stability, functional training and by its specific design and the sheer adaptability and range of movements that can be completed with Powerbag®. These movements include: Olympic lifting movements Variations on Olympic lifting movements, to include diagonal and rotational moves. Complex movement based exercises, all multi-joint in nature and all requiring a high emphasis on stability. Movement drills, such as fast feet, ladder drills, heel flicks etc. Jumps, which are difficult to achieve resisted due to awkwardness of bars. Drops, difficult to achieve resisted due to awkwardness of bars. Throws, difficult to do with most systems other than medicine balls which rarely exceed more than 15kg. Catching and taking the impact, again difficult to complete with most systems. Dynamic movements with a partner, throw..catch..move..throw..catch Pure resisted core stability movements. Complex training to mix skills drills or game plays with dynamic work using Powerbag. Your training or playing area also becomes your gym, whether pitch, court trackside or home. So whether your sport is Rugby, Football, ...