Sled Pushes
- Place an appropriate amount of weight on a resistance sled. Begin by placing both hands on the sled. Step back with your right leg. Bend your left knee and bring it towards the sled. With both feet on the ground, bend at the hips. This is the starting position.
- Beginning with your right leg, step forward towards the sled. Keep your arms straightened as you push the sled forward.
- Alternate stepping forward while contracting your core. Maintain a flat lower back and a lowered gaze.
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Sled pushes is a gym work out exercise that targets glutes & hip flexors and hamstrings and quadriceps and also involves abs and calves and shoulders. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Dumbbell side lunges / lateral lunges, seated hip openers and foam roller outer thighs stretch are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as sled pushes. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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