Bulgarian Bag historyThe first Bulgarian Bag® Ivan Ivanov created was in the summer of 2005, in his home country of Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Bag® was created, based on his successful career for many years as a world class athlete and seeing a lack of practical equipment. Ivan saw the great need for a deeper commitment to more powerful and functional training equipment and protocols that incorporated the total body movements and power/agilities...
Soon after I met with Ivan Ivanov I started training with the Bulgarian Bag and the results were amazing.
What are the benefits of training with the bulgarian bag?
The
Bulgarian Bag strengthens and increases the muscular endurance of your
grip, wrists, arms, shoulders, back, legs, rotational muscles, core
musculature, co-ordination, balance, and overall shoulder and joint
mobility.
Sandbags,
rice bales, sacks loaded with hemp, heavy stones and war clubs were all
used for the development of strength athletes long before the invention
of the iron barbell.
Bulgarian
Bags are small to extra-large sized, manufactured with pride in
Bulgaria, and built with the toughness and durability to handle
everything you can throw at them. Most, if not all of the exercises that
can be performed with kettlebells, dumbbells or barbells can be
performed with the Bulgarian Bag. The Bulgarian Bag, also offers
movements that cannot be duplicated with any other tool that allow an
athlete to move in all three planes of motion during a single movement! The
Bulgarian Bag is not a sandbag. Although the Bulgarian Bag happens to
be filled with sand, that alone does not make is a “sandbag.” The
contents of the bag are incidental to the function of the bag. Remember,
it is the unique design of the Bulgarian Bag that makes it incredibly
functional and versatile.
Bulgarian
Bags are available in five different weights. The recommended weight
really depends on your current strength and overall athletic ability,
physical conditioning, and experience.
Using the Bulgarian Bag for functional Fitness
So what is functional training? A functional exercise will incorporate some or all of the following:
Maintenance of your center of gravity over your own base of support (balance/stability)
Relevant CNS integration (increasing ability)
Isolation to integration (movement)
Generalized motor program compatibility (superior carryover to other activities)
The
Bulgarian Bag truly emulates functional training, and there is no doubt
that just about any movement can be executed with this tool whether the
goal is to achieve: Hormone respons, Establish synergy throughout the body, Enhance performance, Gain a competitive edge.
The
Bulgarian Bag provokes every system in the body and brain, establishing
the importance of understanding the human structure. The unique design
of the Bulgarian Bag makes it incredibly functional and versatile, it
can be used in: Indoor scenarios, Outdoor trainin, One on one training, Small and Large Groups, Corrective Programs, Performance Enhancement, Competitions, Power or play
The
Bulgarian Bag does in fact offer movements that cannot be duplicated
with any other tool that allow the user to move in all three planes of
motion during any single movement! The Bulgarian Bag can be effectively
and efficiently integrated into new or existing training models suitable
for all levels of training.
Founder/Creator and Coach of Bulgarian Bags Ivan IvanovFor courses and more information click here
Many thanks to the photographer who took the amazing images of me with the Bulgarian Bag, Flavio Bodrogi.
