Benefits of Sled push

• Full-body workout: The sled push is a full-body workout that targets both upper and lower body muscles. Whether you load weight or not, the sled push machine engages all muscle groups in your body, including the glutes, hamstrings, abdominals, chest, triceps, and shoulders.
• Torch Your Calories: Sled push is an effective calorie-crushing workout that can help you burn up to 250 calories in just three minutes.
• Boost Your Speed: Attain the speed of Flash with resisted sprinting, a type of sled pushing and pulling. This exercise feels like a battle against resistance and can significantly improve your endurance and speed capacity.
• Improves Core Strength: Sled sprinting or sled pushes provide a substantial challenge to your core strength, and regular sled pushing and pulling will enhance your core abilities.

Sled Pushes vs. Sled Pulls

Sled pushes target your front muscles, on the other hand, sled pulls focus on your posterior chain. Sleed pushes, and sled pulls both are joint-friendly, strength-based cardio workouts that'll get you breathing heavily.

Physical Trainers recommend using both movements interchangeably within a session. If you want to build your back strength, perform a sled pull workout. Whereas if you want to build contact strength use a sled push workout.

What Muscles Does Sled Push Work?

Sled pushes primarily work the quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, calves, and the muscles of the upper body, including the shoulders, triceps, and chest, depending on the pushing technique and sled setup.

How Heavy Should A Sled Push Must Be?

If you want to focus on gaining acceleration and speed capacity, it's advisable to use a lighter sled. If your goal is to maximize your strength and endurance, then pushing heavier sleds is the way to go.

The recommended weight ranges are:

• Aim for about 10-15% of your body weight for sled work focused on acceleration and speed.
• For sled work that focuses on strength and endurance, you can use sleds that are loaded up to 40-45% of your body weight or more.