9 of the Best Exercises to Do With the Landmine Attachment

There are many hidden gems in the gym. There is a piece of pipe at the foot of a squat rack that you can look for. You can lift up the free end of the bar if you put a barbell into the pipe.

You can wedge the bar into a corner if you don't have a landmine attachment. You can use a tennis ball to cushion the end of a barbell. There are some exercises you can do.

A landmine press is a great way to push a weight up without having to hold it above your head. This is more comfortable than an overhead press if you have shoulder mobility issues. Because it is a free weight, you have to keep it stable side-to-side. The landmine press can give you the best of both worlds.

Because a landmine attachment is close to the ground, if you get into a half- kneeling position, you can press it upward. Your core still has a lot of stabilizing work to do even though you are half kneeling.

A pulling exercise in the same family as barbell and dumbbell rows is called theMeadows row. Many people find the landmine setup more comfortable on the shoulders than it is on the ground. If your hands tire out easily, you can still use straps, even if you hold the fat end of the barbell.

A traditional way to do a T-bar row is with a T-bar machine, which has handles that run parallel to the bar. You can use a landmine if you don't have a T-bar. The cable attachment bucket has V-shaped handles that you can use to hold onto.

You are asked to use your whole body in this move. It requires enough core stability to stop the bar from bending your body and it works the same muscles as a woodchopper. You can either stand or kneel.

You can do a belt squat with a landmine if you have a specialized belt squat machine. If you want to do a squat, prop your feet up on plates or blocks and use a dip belt to hold the barbell. This is a great way to work your legs and not work your back. If you have a back injury or just want to give your legs some extra work at the end of your squat day, that helps.

You can do the RDL with a barbell. The single-leg version requires more stabilizer muscles, but it is difficult to balance. You don't have to worry about falling over if you use the landmine.

A landmine is a good way to do a goblet squat. Stand up and squat down at the end of the bar. Your body angle will be a bit different because you are lifting at an angle. If you have mobility limitations in your ankle or chest, this can be more comfortable.

The landmine reverse lunge is very similar to the landmine goblet squat. Keep your body close to the end of the bar as you step backwards.

This exercise is similar to the landmine press, but with a twist, shown in a demo from the company that first marketed a landmine attachment.

You throw it from hand to hand instead of pressing it up and down. As shown in the video, carefully, you push it up and decelerate as you catch it in your other hand. If you want, you can gently transfer the bar from hand to hand. One of the few upper body power exercises that is easy to do in a gym is throwing medicine balls around.