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Sled Push

How to do the Sled Push with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Quads

Secondary

Calves, Chest, Glutes, Hamstrings, Triceps

Equipment

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Step by step

How to do the Sled Push

  1. 1

    Load your pushing sled with the desired weight.

  2. 2

    Take an athletic posture, leaning into the sled with your arms fully extended, grasping the handles. Push the sled as fast as possible, focusing on extending your hips and knees to strengthen your posterior chain.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every Sled Push set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your quads volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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