FUNCTIONAL FITNESS and firearms Training Videos
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Using Brute Force Sandbags In Your Firearms Training
Incorporating functional fitness with brute force sandbags into your firearms training program can elevate your performance significantly. Sandbags enhance strength, stability, and endurance, all crucial for effective shooting. By integrating dynamic movements such as lifts, carries, and throws, you can simulate the physical demands of real-life scenarios. This approach not only improves your shooting skills but also builds overall fitness, making you a more capable and well-rounded shooter.
Incorporating functional fitness with GORUCK sandbags into your firearms training program can elevate your performance significantly by building the kind of strength and conditioning that actually transfers to the range and real-world scenarios. Unlike fixed machines or perfectly balanced barbells, GORUCK sandbags shift, sag, and fight you back, forcing your body to develop stability, core strength, and grip endurance—all crucial for effective shooting, weapon manipulation, and kit management. This style of tactical fitness prepares law enforcement, military, and responsibly armed citizens for the unpredictable demands of carrying gear, moving dynamically, and shooting under physical stress. By integrating dynamic sandbag movements such as shouldering, cleans, squats, lunges, drags, carries, and ground-to-overhead lifts before or between strings of fire, you simulate the physical demands of real-life engagements and defensive encounters. For example, perform a sandbag carry to the firing line, drop the bag safely, then immediately run a timed shooting drill. Or pair sandbag get-ups and front carries with pistol or carbine work to drive heart rate, challenge your breathing, and force you to maintain sight picture, trigger control, and target accountability while fatigued. This approach doesn’t just improve your shooting mechanics—it conditions your body to perform on demand when tired, stressed, and under load. Over time, combining GORUCK sandbag workouts with structured firearms training helps you build stronger legs, a more resilient core, better posture behind the gun, and the mental toughness to push through discomfort without sacrificing safety or accuracy. The result is a more capable, well-rounded shooter who can manage recoil, move efficiently, and make better decisions under pressure. If you’re looking to upgrade your tactical training, law enforcement fitness program, or defensive shooting practice, adding GORUCK sandbags is a simple, highly effective way to bridge the gap between the gym, the range, and the real world.
Range Workout with Brute Force Sandbag
This video is an example of a shooting range workout using a brute force sandbag to incorporate some physical duress into your marksmanship training program
In this video Rick Hogg of War HOGG Tactical demonstrates a range workout using a Brute Force Bag. War HOGG "CREW" here is your Dry / Live Fire workout. You can definitely add more depending on your physical fitness level. This is just something to get your brain thinking what to I need to train to be successful in the tactical games. Note the video is shorter so I could show the workout. Train hard and see you in NC! REMEMBER, NO Live Ammo in your dry fire area and make sure your pistol is CLEAR before starting! Event Start at the 100m line. Pick up your bag and run to the 25m and Fire 1 shot on steel. Pick up the bag and throw it over the right shoulder draw and fire one shot. Pick up your bag and throw it over the left and fire one shot with your left hand. 5 shots per side. Next throw the bag backwards on your right, move to the bag and fire one shot with both hands. Throw the bag backwards on the left and fire one shot with both hands. Once you hit 50 repeat the process going forward until you hit the 25 and that one round. Aim for a total of 4 rounds. Three sets of ropes or pull-ups. 2 mile run with brute force bag. 1/4 mile with a 1/4 mile without alternating. Equipment needed 1 sandbag, 1 kettlebell Rope or Pull up bar Stop Watch The Firearms Training Notebook Pistol with Holster C Zone Steel target if available when live firing or small IPSC target if dry firing. Water Planning Considerations As an athlete Time is your tool to gauge your performance. Use the stopwatch to time each of your movements and record the time in your notebook. Use the pro timer for your dry/live fire weapons work. This way you will have a log to see how your performance is improving, staying the same or decreasing. NOTE - Use caution if training in your neighborhood. I run the sandbag and kettlebell on the street, then go into my garage to dry fire. This way none of my neighbors will be alarmed and call the police thus interrupting my workout.
Law Enforcement Firing Range Workout with Brute Force Sandbag – Tactical Firearms & Fitness Training
Level up your on-range conditioning and officer survival skills with this brutal, law-enforcement-focused firing range workout using a Brute Force® sandbag. This range fitness session is designed for patrol officers, SWAT, K9 handlers, and firearms instructors who need real-world strength, conditioning, and marksmanship under stress—not just gym numbers.
This sandbag shooting workout blends dynamic weapons handling with functional movements like cleans, shouldering, drags, and carries using a Brute Force sandbag, simulating the awkward loads and chaotic demands officers face on the street. Between shooting strings you’ll perform short, intense sandbag circuits—bear-hug carries to the 25-yard line, sandbag over-the-shoulder reps, ground-to-shoulders, and drag drills—before immediately returning to the pistol or rifle to engage targets. The goal is to drive heart rate up, induce fatigue, and force officers to manage breathing, trigger control, and sight alignment under physical stress, just like a real fight.
This law enforcement range workout can be run as an individual session, partner drill, or full agency in-service block. Instructors can scale sandbag weights to officer ability, add time standards, and track hits to build measurable performance data over time. It’s an ideal program for agencies looking to combine firearms training, officer fitness, and stress inoculation into one compact, on-range evolution—no fancy gym equipment required, just a Brute Force sandbag, quality targets, and a safe range.
Water Can Workout
You can use something like a water can insted of a sandbag to add physical duress to your range workout
You can use a water can as a versatile, field-expedient alternative to a sandbag to add physical duress and realism to your firearms range workout. Filling a water can to different levels lets you easily adjust weight and intensity while still safely integrating tactical fitness into your shooting drills. Before each string of fire, work in short bouts of farmer’s carries to the firing line, front carries, overhead holds, walking lunges, or ground-to-overhead lifts with the water can to spike heart rate and simulate stress. You can also add simple complexes like water can carries + push-ups + sprints to the gun, or drag the can, then shoot, to build grip strength, upper-body endurance, and decision-making under fatigue. This simple tool lets you turn any live-fire session into a combat-focused performance workout, even if you don’t have access to traditional gym gear or sandbags.
Water Can Functional Workout
Enhance your functional fitness by incorporating water cans into your home gym routine. These versatile weights can be easily adjusted by filling them to your desired level, providing an effective way to build strength and endurance. If you don’t have water cans on hand, consider using sandbags as a great alternative. Both options will challenge your muscles and improve your overall fitness!
How To Climb A Rope For The Tactical Games
How to climb a rope War HOGG style for The Tactical Games
This is the same technique I used when I was in the Infantry in the 82nd Airborne, at Ranger School, during Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) in 7th Special Forces Group and threw-out my time in Special Operations.
War HOGG Tribe here is how I climb a rope and my foot lock technique. I still saw people struggling to climb a rope during The Tactical Game in both South Carolina and North Carolina 2019. Hopefully this building block technique will have you scurrying up the rope in no time.
War HOGG Tactical Rope Ascending / Descending Technique - In this video I demonstrate a rope climbing and descending technique that could be useful for athletes of The Tactical Games.
This is the way I teach all my students and it starts the building block process for all War HOGG instruction. Start without any kit and build from there. Don't forget to train in the same equipment you are planning to use at the games. My intent is to pass info to the Tacticult Tribe to make you more successful at The Tactical Games
1. Reach your hands up high and secure the rope
2. Pull your legs up high with the rope on the outside of the left foot
3. With the right foot hit the rope with the outside of the right foot so that the rope goes over the top of the left foot and step down with the right foot thus locking the rope with your feet
4. Lift your legs up as high as you can and use the power of your legs to drive upwards
5. To descend, open your feet to control your rate of descent
6. About 2 feet from the bottom of the rope, remove your feet and spread them about shoulders with apart as not to roll an ankle on any rope laying on the ground.
If you have the ability to incorporate climbing a rope into your fitness and firearms would be very beneficial. Use your copy of The Firearms Training Notebook to record both your fitness and dry fire firearms training.
How To Climb A Rope With Gloves On For The Tactical Games
In this instructional video, I present key rope climbing and techniques specifically designed for athletes participating in The Tactical Games. This method serves as a foundational component of all War HOGG instruction, beginning without any equipment and progressively advancing. It is crucial to train with the same gear you intend to use in competition ensure peak performance.
1. Reach upwards to grasp the rope.
2. Elevate your legs, positioning the rope outside your left foot.
3. With your foot, maneuver the rope over your left foot, locking it in place as you step.
4. Utilize your leg strength to drive upwards by lifting your legs as high as possible.
5. manage your descent, open your feet to control your speed.
6. Approximately two feet from the ground disengage your feet and spread them for a safe landing.
Introducing "The Firearms Training Notebook" – the ultimate tool for achieving success in your training sessions! This notebook expertly collects valuable shooting data from both live and dry training, filling a crucial gap in the firearms industry. Every student in a War HOGG Tactical firearm course will receive a copy to accurately record their shooting performance, empowering them to pinpoint areas for improvement. With this powerful resource, you can track your progress and confidently commit to 1% better every day in your marksmanship and gun handling journey.
WAR HOGG PRINTABLE TARGETS
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Train Hard, Stay Safe and see you "On The Range"