how to make sled pulls more effective without heavy loads

I love doing sled work! I mean, who doesn’t? We do all kinds of sled pulls and pushes at the Cave. Don’t let the title fool you. We do very heavy sled work, but there are other ways to get strong with sleds. I got some great insights about sleds studying of one Louie Simmons’Continue reading “how to make sled pulls more effective without heavy loads”

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #684

general warmup (15 minutes) barbarian walking lunges x 50 feet barbarian rear walking lunges x 50 feet Power Wheel rollouts x 12 reps resistance band pull a parts x 75 reps Sanddune pushups x 15 reps specific warmup (5 minutes) sled power press set up and light practice strength (4 rounds) sled power press xContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #684”

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #676

general warmup (15 minutes) Grinder Kord recline rows x 15 reps pushups x 35 reps kettlebell cleans x 10/10 reps kettlebell rack squats x 15 reps Sanddune jumps x 12 reps specific warmup (5 minutes) hand over hand sled pull set up and light practice strength (6 rounds) one round = heavy hand over handContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #676”

Cave Strong-quarterly strength & work capacity test #9 & #10

General warm up (10 minutes)bear crawls x 100 feetjumping jacks x 50 repstin mans x 100 feetkettlebell high pulls x 10/10 repsAdex arc 2 hand front cleans x 10 repsspecific warm up (5 minutes)Burgener drillssquat cleans set up and light practicesquat cleans test rest as neededspecific warm up (5 minutes) sled push test x max.Continue reading “Cave Strong-quarterly strength & work capacity test #9 & #10”

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #595

general warm up (15 minutes) weight plate orbits x 20 reps alternating kettlebell swings x 30 reps jumping jacks x 40 reps Sanddune power steps x 50 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) front sled pulls set up and light practice strength (3 rounds) front sled pulls x 200 feet conditioning/accessory work (2 rounds) BulgarianContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #595”

Cave Strong-training of the day-(TOD) #588

general warm up (15 minutes) mountain climbers x 50 reps leg scissors x 25 reps Sanddune jumps x 12 reps Sanddune push ups x 12 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) front sled pulls set up and light practice strength (5 rounds) front sled pulls x 100 feet conditioning/accessory work (2 rounds) 45 to 90Continue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day-(TOD) #588”

Cave Strong-training of the day-(TOD) #584

general warm up (15 minutes) mountain climbers x 50 reps windshield wipers x 20 reps tin mans x 100 feet barbarian split squats x 12/12 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) rear sled pulls set up and light practice strength (4 rounds) rear sled pulls x 100 feet conditioning/accessory work (1 round) weighted step upsContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day-(TOD) #584”

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #574

general warm up (15 minutes) mountain climbers x 50 reps flutter kicks x 100 reps jumping jacks x 50 reps sit ups x 25 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) high/low sled sprints set up and light practice strength (4 rounds) high/low sled sprints x 100 feet conditioning/accessory work (2 rounds) heavy swings x 10Continue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #574”

GREAT COMEBACK AFTER AN INJURY

This guy didn’t get hurt at the Cave, I think he did it at work or at home. Anyway, he missed aout two months of training. During our Quarterly Strength & Work Capacity Tests all his scores were lower than before his injury, which is to be expected. However, when he went for his maxContinue reading “GREAT COMEBACK AFTER AN INJURY”

Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #564

general warm up (15 minutes) Zercher sandbag cleans x 12 reps medicine ball throws x 100 feet side shuffles x 200 feet strict pull up x 10 reps specific warm up (5 minutes) lateral sled pulls set up and light practice strength (4 rounds) lateral sled pulls x 100 feet conditioning/accessory work (2 rounds) BulgarianContinue reading “Cave Strong-training of the day (TOD) #564”