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tiramisu
26-07-2010, 05:10 PM
Long overdue. Went to home depot and bought a big eye bolt, some nuts ,washers and some rope. stuck the eyebolt in the side of a a worn out car tire. cut the side wall out of one side with a utility knife.

Did a quick drag with 45 and 90 pounds. 90 seems a bit heavy 45 a bit light. I'm going to split the differerence and start with 70.

I'm thinking of following Iron Addict's advice and going with

Here is a quick overview of my updated sled pulling procedure. It is in response to a post on another forum, so that is why the context is in the format it is.

THIS REPLACES ALL MY PREVIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS!!

Without writing an article the basics are this:

They do HIIT with the sled. 1 minute hard and heavy. 1 minute unhooked and walking at a pace that allows them to just catch their breath, repeat.
I start them on a LOW overall time schedule. Just 3 intervals 2 x a week.
Add 1 interval every week until they get extremely beat up, then have them hold that time for 2-3 weeks until their body adapts. Once adapted, i.e. it is hard, but not killing them, we again add an interval a week.
Once they are at 20 minutes 2 x a week. We analyze what to do next.

Iron Addict

japh
26-07-2010, 08:19 PM
Thats one thing I've always wanted to add for sometime but haven't yet.

Let us know how it goes if you don't mind?

japh
26-07-2010, 08:22 PM
How are you hooking up to it?

Are you pulling with a handle going backwards or do you have a harness facing forwards?

tiramisu
26-07-2010, 08:45 PM
I just used my dip belt although I could have used my lifting belt just as easily. Walking forward dragging it behind me. There's lots of variations that are possible but this one will kick my ass just fine for the next few months.

I'll post on my log - sled dragging is set twice a week on squat and deadlift day.