Prowler Sled Workouts for Fat Loss

I've talked a couple times about my intense workouts with the Prowler sled. Pushing this sled can be a brutally, intense fat loss workout or can be used for general conditioning if you are an athlete.

After taking a little break with this routine to let my body recover, I've gone back to sled pushing for some of my workouts. The other day I was just starting my session when someone in the building came over to see what I was doing.

This guy is around my age and also a big guy. He decided to give the sled a push to see what it was like and managed to get it from one end of the gym to the other. His strides weren't very big and this former football player decided that once was enough.

He commented that you probably wouldn't have to push the sled too many times to get a good workout. Pretty observant..... my personality lends itself to intense training and not to endurance type activities, like training for a marathon.

Last I checked, there weren't too many marathon runners around 235 pounds. Something about the additional weight, I guess.

I got in two sled workouts this week - one with pretty heavy loads and the other much lighter. Since this weekend was so nice, I got on the bike and rode down by the Mississippi River on Saturday and Sunday. After a long Winter, I prefer to be outdoors as much as possible.

So I'll probably cut back to one Prowler workout per week and spend the rest of the time bike riding or walking, alternating to give my legs a different stimulus. I'll do some additional upper body work to keep my upper body strong and lean, as well.

Though, if you've got enough weight on the sled, your upper body gets plenty of work as you are pushing.

The Stemulite seems to help my recovery rate and I am combining it with a protein/creatine mix to build muscle, while I lose fat. I'm definitely leaner than I was a few months ago. So far, I'd have to give it a thumbs up. For those over 200 pounds, you'll probably have to increase the dosage to get the best results.

Again, sled pushing uses most every muscle in your body and can definitely be included in your fat burning workouts. If you don't have access to a sled, you might think about Josh Henkin's Sandbag Exercises or Craig Ballantyne's Turbulence Training for Fat Loss.