Technique
- Face the sled and grasp the handles or the attached rope.
- Hinge at the hips and lean your weight slightly backward.
- Walk backward to move the sled toward you.
Form tips
- Push through your heels and maintain a neutral Spine.
- Keep your chest lifted throughout the entire pull.
Logging: Total weight used.
Muscles
Strength
Primary
- Quadriceps
- Pelvis
- Legs
Secondary
- Hip adductors
- Back
Individual muscles
Individual muscles
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus medialis
- Vastus intermedius
- Vastus lateralis
- Iliacus
- Psoas major
- Flexor digitorum brevis
- Flexor digitorum longus
- Flexor hallucis longus
- Flexor hallucis brevis
- Rhomboid major
- Middle trapezius
- Lower trapezius
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
Equipment
Appears in
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Joint movements
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