For hybrid & fitness racing
For hybrid & fitness racing, sled push rates higher on our research criteria: more carry-over to hybrid & fitness racing.
Trap bar deadlift does more to prevent injuries.
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
Sled Push. The most-dreaded station. Practise it heavy.
Trap Bar Deadlift. A strength base for carries, sleds and lunges, and quick to learn.
For American football, trap bar deadlift rates higher on our research criteria: more injury protection.
For quad growth, trap bar deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: easier to progress, more stretch. Sled push is easier on the joints.
For soccer, trap bar deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: more injury protection, easier to learn and fit in.
For combat sports, trap bar deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: more injury protection, easier to learn and fit in.
For hybrid & fitness racing, sled push rates higher on our research criteria: more carry-over to hybrid & fitness racing. Trap bar deadlift does more to prevent injuries. 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.
Sled push needs a sled, so for most people it’s a gym exercise. Trap bar deadlift needs a trap bar, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
Trap bar deadlift: it rates Strong for injury protection in our research rubric, against Good for sled push.