Drag - Backward

Recommendations: 0.0095-0.019 Dist, 90 Wght

Intermediate Quads Lower Back Strength Sled Push Compound Gym

Purpose: To develop core strength of the lower and middle body.

Benefits: It is the single best exercise to develop full body strength and increase your fat-burning metabolism.

Load a sled with the desired weight. Grab the rope or straps while facing the sled. Lean backwards, straps taut. This is your starting position. Lean backwards, moving your right foot back, extending through the left leg. Take a short, quick step to move as quickly as possible. Remember to breathe. Lean backwards, moving your left foot back, extending through the right leg. Take a short, quick step to move as quickly as possible. Remember to breathe. Repeat for the recommended distance.


The quads are a set of four muscles in the upper front thigh. All four muscles work to straighten the knee. One of the four (rectus femoris) also helps to bend the hip. Squats are considered a vital exercise for increasing the strength and size of the legs and butt.

Step 1

Lean back, holding straps, facing the loaded sled.

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Load a sled with the desired weight. Grab the rope or straps while facing the sled. Lean backwards, straps taut. This is your starting position.

Step 2

Take a short step backwards with your right foot.

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Lean backwards, moving your right foot back, extending through the left leg. Take a short, quick step to move as quickly as possible. Remember to breathe.

Step 3

Take a short step backwards with your left foot.

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Lean backwards, moving your left foot back, extending through the right leg. Take a short, quick step to move as quickly as possible. Remember to breathe.