Sled drag

Sets, reps and RIR

Machines and cables hold the path for you, so you can work closer to failure than with free weights.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Quads.

Secondary: Glutes, Calves.

Estimate your one-rep max

Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Sledetrekk
• Svenska Sled drag
• Dansk Slædetræk
• Deutsch Schlitten ziehen
• Español Arrastre de trineo
• Italiano Traino della slitta
• Português Arrasto de trenó
• Русский Тяга саней
• Français Tirage de traîneau

Related legs exercises

• Squat (barbell)
• Front squat
• Box squat
• Lunges (barbell)
• Hip thrust (barbell)
• Good morning

athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.