For hybrid & fitness racing
For hybrid & fitness racing, treadmill run rates higher on our research criteria: easier to learn and fit in.
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.
Treadmill Run. Most of a race is running between stations. Practise it.
For hybrid & fitness racing, treadmill run rates higher on our research criteria: easier to learn and fit in. 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. Treadmill run needs a treadmill, bike or stair machine, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
About the same: both rate Fair for injury protection in our research rubric.