Overview and review of the TITAN loadable Strongman keg

 

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The TITAN loadable strongman keg starts at 136 pound and can be loaded up to 500 pounds with traditional iron Olympic weight plates. This keg has a pin inside on which you can stack plates and secure them with a stopper that you screw onto the plates. This prevents them moving during your exercise for carries, throws and lifts to the shoulder. The design is simple and sturdy and there is not a lot you can do wrong with these. Compared to other kegs it is also easier to work with plates rather than water or sand to get an exact weight for any kind of exercises you will be doing with the kegs. The full list pf specifications for this model includes:

 

 

 

The pros of the TITAN plate loadable strongman keg are:

 

 

This keg makes you live considerably easier and safes a lot of hassle, if your mainly training by yourself in your home gym with a focus on maximum strength for throwing or lifting kegs. Loading and deloading the plates is much safer and quicker than adding sand or water to a keg. It is also less likely that you will have a spill or explosion in case you throw the keg on a stone or similar sharp object from a height. With this keg you can continuously work up the weight you are lifting while being precise and micro loading.

 

 

Cons of the plate loadable strongman keg are:

 

 

If you intend to train with kegs chances are high that you already have a bit of space available. The strongman competition that you see most often is throwing multiple kegs of various weights over a high bar or throwing a maximum weight over the high bar. Occasionally you see keg carries, but not as often. For the throws the weights goes usually up to about 100 pounds. Therefore, you might be better off by getting multiple smaller legs that you will with water or sand and just leave them there for training rather than having one adjustable keg for $450.

 

 

Alternatives to the Titan plate loadable strongman keg are:

 

 

You can get regular used kegs from a local pub or distributor. It will take a bit more time to resource, but look for ones that have a defect on the closing mechanism and therefore do not regulate the pressure correct anymore.  Get those at a discounted price, fill them with water or sand and seal them tight. This needs more DIY skills and some connections, but it will be the cheaper and better training tool to simulate what happens at a strongman competition. Especially if you have a little army of these.

 

An alternative that is more user friendly for the masses is the strongman throw bag from Rogue. Especially if you mainly use legs for throw training. For carry events these might be a little too light if you are a 140kg and more monster, but for throws they are great. They cost $145 and are a lot easier to handle than a keg. If you want to bring over the bar throws to the general population, is the better choice than the loadable keg.

 

 

The TITAN loadable strongman keg is a good option if you are training for maximum lifts and carries with kegs. Whenever you need one heavy keg to train this is a good, clean and safe option over any kind of do it yourself keg filled with water or sand. Usually, the events for throwing kegs are lighter and involve smaller kegs. In this scenario you are better off to work on a line up of kegs which you can easily swap, change and throw consecutively to be more effective with their your training. If you are considering to buy a leg for $450 i am quite positive, that you already have a home gym and considerable space. You might as well take a bit more time to source some kegs locally from a distributor and do them up yourself.