Backward Drag
- Primary
- quadriceps
- Secondary
- calves · forearms · glutes · hamstrings · lower back
- Equipment
- other
- Mechanic
- compound
- Force
- pull
- Category
- strongman
How it’s performed
- Load a sled with the desired weight, attaching a rope or straps to the sled that you can hold onto.
- Begin the exercise by moving backwards for a given distance. Leaning back, extend through the legs for short steps to move as quickly as possible.
General movement description — not Justin’s coaching. He hasn’t catalogued this lift, so there’s no Troponin cue for it.
Want his take on it? Ask the coach.