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Any of you guys do power sled training? I found routine on nolinksplease.com and decided to give it a shot. Looked exactly like this:
3 sets of 5 - Sprint 10 yds followed by a Backwards Walk 10 yds
3 sets of 5 - Bear Crawls - 30 yds
3 set of 5 - Full Sprint - 50 yds
4 sets of 3 - Side Drags - 20 yds (rotate the way you face every set)

Well when I did it it looked more like:
3 sets of 5 - sprint 10 yds followed by a backwards walk 10 yards
2 sets of 4 - Bear crawls - 20 yds
2 sets of 5 - Full sprint - 20 yds
Lol, to be fair I was working out it the South Texas sun, so it was quite overwhelming lol. But seriously, it drains you bad. Anyone have more of a beginner type of routine, or one that would suit me better? I would appreciate it. Thanks.

TERRIFIC, GPP (General Physical Preparedness) exercise!!

Consider the following:

- 6 total trips of about 125 feet in length
- 3 forward drags, 3 backwards - Alternating between the two each trip
- On the forward drags, mimic a bench press movement, a flye type movement and a front raise (palms up!) movement. This is superb, for rehabilitating the shoulders!!

- 3 backward drags mimicking an up right row, rear delt flye and "low" pulley row.

On days your legs are "fresh" and NOT prior to a heavy leg/back day, consider the same (3 forward drags, 3 backwards), and build up from there on each.

MOST IMPORTANT: Please don't turn this into a taxing, "workout". Don't dread it! Rather, see it for what it is; An exercise in blood flow, bringing fresh new blood (and nutrients!) into the muscle, and flushing waste products OUT!!!

Sincerely hope that helps you, sir.

This post is so helpful, I'm going to make it a sticky... Many thanks, for you fantastic contribution!!! :):)

aware me, picture of said power sled?

RobRegish wrote:TERRIFIC, GPP (General Physical Preparedness) exercise!!

Consider the following:

- 6 total trips of about 125 feet in length
- 3 forward drags, 3 backwards - Alternating between the two each trip
- On the forward drags, mimic a bench press movement, a flye type movement and a front raise (palms up!) movement. This is superb, for rehabilitating the shoulders!!

- 3 backward drags mimicking an up right row, rear delt flye and "low" pulley row.

On days your legs are "fresh" and NOT prior to a heavy leg/back day, consider the same (3 forward drags, 3 backwards), and build up from there on each.

MOST IMPORTANT: Please don't turn this into a taxing, "workout". Don't dread it! Rather, see it for what it is; An exercise in blood flow, bringing fresh new blood (and nutrients!) into the muscle, and flushing waste products OUT!!!

Sincerely hope that helps you, sir.

This post is so helpful, I'm going to make it a sticky... Many thanks, for you fantastic contribution!!! :):)

That sounds awesome. So on the forward drags I wouldn't be sprinting? My sled comes with a shoulder padding but I think I can just seperate the ropes and use it like that. Thank's a lot Rob, really helped.

beefcake66 wrote:aware me, picture of said power sled?

Here's the one I resently bought. Nothing special, ran me a little less than 90 bucks (including shipping).


EDIT: wow, just looked it up on ebay (from the same person I bought it from) and they have it for 169+20 shipping.

Jacos5 wrote:

RobRegish wrote:TERRIFIC, GPP (General Physical Preparedness) exercise!!

Consider the following:

- 6 total trips of about 125 feet in length
- 3 forward drags, 3 backwards - Alternating between the two each trip
- On the forward drags, mimic a bench press movement, a flye type movement and a front raise (palms up!) movement. This is superb, for rehabilitating the shoulders!!

- 3 backward drags mimicking an up right row, rear delt flye and "low" pulley row.

On days your legs are "fresh" and NOT prior to a heavy leg/back day, consider the same (3 forward drags, 3 backwards), and build up from there on each.

MOST IMPORTANT: Please don't turn this into a taxing, "workout". Don't dread it! Rather, see it for what it is; An exercise in blood flow, bringing fresh new blood (and nutrients!) into the muscle, and flushing waste products OUT!!!

Sincerely hope that helps you, sir.

This post is so helpful, I'm going to make it a sticky... Many thanks, for you fantastic contribution!!! :):)

That sounds awesome. So on the forward drags I wouldn't be sprinting? My sled comes with a shoulder padding but I think I can just seperate the ropes and use it like that. Thank's a lot Rob, really helped.

A. Absolutely not. If you study Dave Tate's/Big Jim Wendler's articles on such, they're very clear: You should WALK with the sled, not RUN with it...

Now I'm aware there are different schools of though here, and I respect them. Read, experiment and apply what works!

MOST IMPORTANT: SHARE here, such that we can all LEARN, and GROW... !!! :):)

Jacos5 wrote:

beefcake66 wrote:aware me, picture of said power sled?

Here's the one I resently bought. Nothing special, ran me a little less than 90 bucks (including shipping).


EDIT: wow, just looked it up on ebay (from the same person I bought it from) and they have it for 169+20 shipping.

This is a nice sled!!

However, these things are getting pricey. All 5Faces of Fear(tm) have alligator arms, so guidance is as follows...

Consider building your own!! Hell, even my/our limited "do it yourself" skills can handle this... If that fails, beg off and bring it to your local High School shop class.

It's probably one of the few, remaining goods and services that's "Made in America... "

Thanks again, NAFTA!!!