Sled Pull alternative

nowhere123
nowhere123 Posts: 29 Member
edited November 14 in Fitness and Exercise
One of the exercise sets i'm doing as part of pull strength training is a sled pull. However the gym i sometimes use doesn't have one.

Any one recommend any good alternatives?

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  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    I think you can use a heavy weight plate. Do you read fitness magazines? They often have subs like that.
  • Leadfoot_Lewis
    Leadfoot_Lewis Posts: 1,623 Member
    Well, you could build one:

    https://www.t-nation.com/training/build-your-own-sled

    Or you can buy one. I have the old version of this and it works great & is easy to throw in the car and transport to the field by my home.

    http://www.roguefitness.com/s-35e-rogue-e-sled
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    edited January 2017
    Well, you could build one:

    https://www.t-nation.com/training/build-your-own-sled

    Or you can buy one. I have the old version of this and it works great & is easy to throw in the car and transport to the field by my home.

    http://www.roguefitness.com/s-35e-rogue-e-sled

    Thought about buying this one (and actually still have it on my list of things to buy) but I ended up going cheap and buying one of these instead:

    http://www.titan.fitness/titan-power-speed-sled-with-harness.html

    Works w/1" or 2" plates. Column is too short to use more than 2 45# bumper plates but it will fit 4 45# steel plates just fine.

    Ended up buying the 4 steel plates just to use w/the sled which cost about 3x's as much as the sled itself. Store them in an old Rubbermaid garbage can in the backyard.

    Would have been cheaper to by the Rogue sled because I could have just used the 4 45# bumper plates that I already have instead. Oh well . . .

    LOL!!!
  • nowhere123
    nowhere123 Posts: 29 Member
    I think you can use a heavy weight plate. Do you read fitness magazines? They often have subs like that.

    I don't.
    I'm not looking to buy one as i would prefer to carry out this exercise, or an effective alternative, in the gym i go to.

    Just wondering which weights machine / free weights routine would give me the same benefits as a sled pull without actually using one?
  • trudie_b
    trudie_b Posts: 230 Member
    Try using the cable machine. I do that, squat down then walk away backwards from it, also leaning forwards and walking away facing away from it.
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