Dead Weight Deck (No Sandbag)

The Dead Weight Deck is a 70-card full body workout system designed specifically for sandbag training. 

Shuffle the deck, draw one card at a time, and complete the movement and rep count before moving to the next. You might draw a few presses, rows, and curls. Or you might pull five squat cards in a row.

That is not bad luck.

That is the workout.

Packed with 555+ counted reps, plus timed burnouts and challenge cards, the Dead Weight Deck combines strength training, functional fitness, explosive power, core work, and conditioning into one unpredictable workout.

No complicated programming. No repeating the same routine. Just you, the weight, and 70 cards deciding what happens next.

What’s Inside the Dead Weight Deck?

20 Lower Body Cards

120 total reps

Exercises include:

• Front Squats
• Curtsy Lunges
• Forward Lunges
• Back Squats

These movements target your glutes, quads, hamstrings, hips, and core while forcing you to control an unstable load.

35 Upper Body Cards

240 total reps

Exercises include:

• Pushups on the Bag
• Upright Rows
• Military Presses
• Bent Over Rows
• Curls
• Bag Squeeze Pushups
• Chest Presses

These cards train your chest, back, shoulders, arms, grip, and core.

5 Core Cards

75 total reps

Weighted Situps turn a basic core movement into something much worse.

10 Bonus and Challenge Cards

120+ counted reps, plus timed challenges

Bonus cards include:

• Burpee Hop Overs
• Flutter Kicks
• Bag Throws
• Over the Shoulder Bag Throws
• Sandbag Burnouts
• Pick Your Tier Challenges
• The Dead Weight Challenge Card

These are the cards you hope stay at the bottom of the deck.

They won’t.

How Does the Dead Weight Deck Work?

Shuffle the cards and place the deck facedown.

Draw one card at a time and complete the exercise and rep count before drawing again. Continue until you finish the entire deck or the deck finishes you.

You can also separate the cards by category to create shorter upper body, lower body, core, or conditioning workouts.

Use it for:

• Full body sandbag workouts
• At-home strength training
• Garage gym workouts
• Functional fitness
• Conditioning sessions
• Partner workouts
• Fitness challenges
• Workout games with friends
• Travel workouts with available equipment

Every shuffle creates a different workout, so you never know which exercises are coming next.

Do You Need a Sandbag?

The Dead Weight Deck was designed to be used with a sandbag.

A sandbag’s flexible shape and shifting weight force your grip, core, and stabilizing muscles to work differently than they would with traditional weights. It can also be squeezed, carried, shouldered, thrown, pressed, curled, and rowed through a wide range of positions.

You can substitute dumbbells, weight plates, or other weights for many exercises, including:

• Squats
• Lunges
• Rows
• Curls
• Military Presses
• Chest Presses

However, it is not ideal.

Movements such as Bag Throws, Over the Shoulder Throws, Bag Squeeze Pushups, and Burpee Hop Overs require a sandbag or will need to be modified.

Sandbag sold separately.

Why the Dead Weight Deck?

Because staring at another workout plan is boring.

The Dead Weight Deck combines the unpredictability of a card game with the intensity of full body sandbag training. Every draw changes the workout. Every card gives you a clear movement and rep count. Every shuffle gives you another chance to suffer differently.

Complete the full deck for a brutal strength and conditioning session, divide it into shorter workouts, or challenge someone who thinks they can keep up.