Sled Push

Muscles worked: Quads, Glutes (assisted by calves).

How to do it

Load your pushing sled with the desired weight.
Take an athletic posture, leaning into the sled with your arms fully extended, grasping the handles.

Coaching cues

The two cues IronPack shows on this exercise's card mid-workout:

Low arms, long powerful strides
Log the steps as reps

Logging it

IronPack suggests working in the 20 to 40 rep range, progressing in 10 kg jumps when you own the top of the range. Records are tracked automatically at every rep count from 1 to 12. Check your estimated 1RM from any hard set.

Related exercises

Deadlift - back, glutes
Sumo Deadlift - glutes, quads
Trap Bar Deadlift - quads, glutes
Back Extension - glutes

Track the sled push properly

IronPack logs every set, tracks your records at every rep count, shows these form photos mid-workout, and turns the training into a card game you play with your mates.

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Photos and steps: free-exercise-db (public domain). Cues, muscle weighting and logging guidance are IronPack's own app data. Last generated 2026-07-17.