Sled push

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, Glutes.

Secondary: Calves, Hamstrings.

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

• Norwegian Sledepress
• Swedish Sled push
• Danish Slædeskub
• German Schlitten schieben
• Spanish Empuje de trineo
• Italian Spinta della slitta
• Portuguese Empurrada de trenó
• Russian Толкание саней
• French Poussée 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.