Deal With It 3

This is the 3rd installment of a series of posts that deal with training with limited equipment.

First off, let's get something straight:
Without a rack and/or barbell, you almost certainly won't win any major powerlifting contests, Olympic lifting contests or the Crossfit games (I know everyone is heartbroken about that...)
The standards of strength persist because they are easily quantifiable.
Training with minimal equipment basically precludes you from excelling in certain strength sports. That's just the way it is. Not that it's a big deal if you don't have dreams to compete in said strength sports, but some people get crushed if you tell them that they can't have every measure of strength by doing sissy squats and burpees.
Training with little or nothing puts you in a different ball game.
So what? Why not get extremely strong at what you can do?
You have no reason not to.

Regan Bridge didn't let anything stop him.

 

 This guy lives in Middle-of-Nowhere, New Zealand. He lifts only rocks. 

500 pound stone lift at 225? Awesome.

Regan doesn't sit around browsing the Internet for the "perfect" plan, he fucking lifts rocks.

And guess what? He espouses daily training. 

Hmmm... there might be a connection between being strong and training every day...

From what I've read about him, he basically warms up with lighter stones; shouldering, lapping, pressing and the like, sometimes doing partials with the stone he wants to lift that day, and then he goes for it. He probably doesn't do scap pushups with a groiner to an up down dog and then spend 25 minutes foam rolling.

If you look at their technique, it's basically a deadlift to a front/zercher squat to a hip extension/power clean motion. Add in some stone pressing and you have covered everything.

Now, if you're in a situation that prevents you from using conventional training equipment, I'm not suggessting you fill your quaint suburban garage with boulders. You could, but it might be difficult to find and store lifting stones.

You could, however, get a keg.

The way I lift kegs is like this:

Then, just reverse the motion to lower it.

Pictures from: http://www.wrestler-power.com/wrestler-strength-keg-lift/

 You can fill them with whatever you like. I'd start with concrete. If you plan to lift the keg the same way, then it won't matter that it's bottom heavy. Once you get stronger, add more concrete.

When you fill the keg entirely, it will weigh about 335 pounds, according to www.mmarising.com.

Since the keg will be pretty permanent, you'll have to use your bodyweight to do any pushing exercises. I'd go with handstand pushups. This type of routine is very similar to some of the stuff that Bryce Lane writes about. (http://www.ironsports.tv/brute.htm) He suggests certain rep ranges and frequency. I do not. Lift as often as you can. Do lifts that allow you to handle the most amount of weight. The keg lift shown above will allow for more weight than shouldering or even loading. 

The pushing exercise is just to fill in the gaps. It isn't the focus, of course.

This kind of "program" could involve a sandbag, a rock(s) or something else that's really heavy. The point is, you're not just sitting around wishing you had a barbell.