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Illustration of the Seated Sled Rope Pull: Hand over hand, big pulls, sit tall and drive the elbows past the ribs.
compound · Cardio

Seated Sled Rope Pull

Seated Sled Rope Pull is a compound cardio movement for back, using Sled and Climbing Rope. It also works biceps and forearms. 4 sets of 15-20m, 2 min rest.

Primary muscle
Back
Equipment
Sled and Climbing Rope
Difficulty
Intermediate
Sets and reps
4 × 15-20m
Rest
120s
Force
pull

How to do it

  1. 1
    Set up

    Sit on the floor with the rope clipped to the sled 15 metres away.

  2. 2
    The cue that matters

    Hand over hand, big pulls, sit tall and drive the elbows past the ribs.

  3. 3
    Work it

    4 sets of 15-20m, resting about 2 minutes between them.

Muscles worked

Back does most of the work. Biceps and forearms take the rest.

Back exercisesbicepsforearms