Take your core training to new extremes with the Landmine. Just slip the solid steel post into a weight plate and insert your landmine bar into the sleeve. The joint has full range motion to accommodate a wide variety of core and rotational exercises giving you some really challenging, but fun workouts.
- Increase mobility
- Improve your lifting technique
- A great tool to train your whole body at once with explosive movements
- 360 degrees range of motion
What is a Landmine?
Typically, a landmine offers a simple, portable solution for increasing an athlete’s overall explosiveness and range-of-motion. Equally suited for garage gyms and professional training centers, the freestanding version requires only a pair of stacked bumpers or 45-pound metal plates for mounting– meaning you won’t need an existing rig, rack, or squat stand to start an angled barbell training regimen.
6 Landmine Exercises
1. Two-Handed Landmine Shoulder Press
This can be performed standing or kneeling, and from mid-chest or either shoulder. The kneeling option is the superior choice for shoulder work and early training phases. It’s also quite useful during power or explosive workouts when you add the hip extension (performed at the end of the video). The standing varieties seem better suited as an add-on to some of the leg options listed below.
2. Single-Leg Romanian Deadlift
A variation of the Single-Leg RDL offers many of the same benefits as the dumbbell version. You train one side of your body at a time, focusing on your glutes and hamstrings. However, you’re able to lift a heavier load, allowing you to build more strength in the movement.
3. Squat Thrusts
The great thing about this exercise is that it can be used as an alternative if you happen to lack mobility or kinesthetic awareness to perform a front barbell squat with good form. It’s metabolic demand is quite high, so it’s perfect for some conditioning intervals. It can also be used without the thrust and or the depth can be modified.
4. Landmine Twist
From a standing position, grab the barbell. Keep your core tight and let your arms fall to one side without letting your body twist. Alternate on the other side.
5. Press N’ Crunch
This one is a going to really test your balance and core strength! Go light with the weight – you don’t need much for this exercise since the focus of the exercise is on the core and not the shoulders.
6. Sumo Squat & Press
Similar to the Squat Thrust, with change in body/feet position, you’ll actually be perpendicular to the bar in your setup. You will assume the sumo squat position and as you ascend, twist and press the bar up overhead.
A Total Body Landmine Workout
Want to see all of these exercises in a circuit? Check out the video below of me going through each of these landmine exercise. I also provide some tips throughout the workout.
Looking for the Best Landmine Accessory?
Want to add a landmine accessory to your workout equipment? I have listed some of the best landmine accessories below.
Rogue Post Landmine
This sleeve is designed to pivot 360 degrees in a fluid motion, which is essential for rotational training exercises like the landmine press, landmine row, or standing barbell Russian twist.
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Rogue Parallel Landmine Handle
Rogue’s Parallel Landmine Handles can be used in conjunction with either the Rogue Landmine, Post Landmine, or Monster Landmine.
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Valor Fitness Post Landmine
The small size and light weight allow you to take the landmine with you for a challenging fitness routine on the go!
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Landmine T-Bar Handle
This CFF landmine handle should be added to your current routine if you want to work rotational movements in ways that you never imagined possible.
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LockJaw Barbell Collars (Olympic – 2″)
The Lock-Jaw Olympic Barbell Collar features a solid nylon resin frame and injection molded pressure pads, making it nearly unbreakable.
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