Relatively cheap and easily available, sleds are a versatile option for CrossFit gyms.
Pulling or pushing a sled is like getting smacked with a baseball bat through a phone book: It hurts like hell but doesn’t leave much of a mark.
Long preferred by powerlifters and others for their ability to ramp up workload without creating excessive soreness, sleds might have been considered premium items in the early days of CrossFit, when it was far more difficult to procure equipment. For example, they don’t appear in the seminal CrossFit Journal article “The Garage Gym” by CrossFit Founder and CEO Greg Glassman. Even today, with a wide variety of economical push/pull equipment on the market, sleds aren’t as essential as barbells, squat racks or pull-up bars.
But they are tremendously functional and very effective. They’re also a lot of fun if you’re into staggering around the gym trying to figure out why your lungs are burning and your legs stopped working.
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