For hybrid & fitness racing
For hybrid & fitness racing, sandbag lunge and sled pull score the same on every criterion.
Both are good choices that build different things for hybrid & fitness racing, so a plan can use both.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
Sandbag Lunge. Exactly the race station. Practise it loaded.
Sled Pull. A race station: practise pulling heavy while tired.
For hybrid & fitness racing, sandbag lunge and sled pull score the same on every criterion. Both are good choices that build different things for hybrid & fitness racing, so a plan can use both.
About the same: both are easy to learn.
Sandbag lunge needs no equipment, so you can do it anywhere. Sled pull needs a sled, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
About the same: both rate Fair for injury protection in our research rubric.