The SledTred is a revolutionary 6-in-1 fitness machine designed to maximize overall functionality within a compact footprint, making it an ideal addition to any home gym, especially where space and budget are limited. This versatile piece of equipment combines a manual treadmill, power tower, hip thrust station, Nordic bench, sit-up bench, and resistance sled capabilities, offering a comprehensive solution for functional, health promoting, and athletic workouts.
Specifications and Design
The SledTred is engineered for versatility and efficiency. In sled pushing mode, the unit measures 67 long, 28 inches wide, and 65.5 inches tall. With the Power Tower attachment the height increases to 86 inches and the width of the chin-up bar is 40 inches. When stored vertically the length can be reduced to 52 inches, allowing it to be stored in tighter spaces when not in use.
The treadmill belt itself offers a generous 53 inch by 14 inch surface, providing ample room for walking, running, and sled pushing exercises. It features an adjustable angle of 0 or 7 degrees, catering to different intensity levels via increased incline. The treadmill deck supports users up to 300 pounds and is designed for individuals up to 6 feet 7 inches tall. The power tower, another key component of the SledTred, has a maximum weight capacity of 400 pounds, making it perfect for weighted dips and chin-ups.
This highly functional unit also folds up, making it a space efficient solution for home gyms. The ability to store it vertically is a game changer for those working within limited square footage, ensuring that even the most compact home gym setups can accommodate the SledTred.
Manual Treadmill and Sled Training
At the core of the SledTred is its manual treadmill, equipped with 12 levels of magnetic resistance. Unlike traditional motorized treadmills, this self-powered belt requires user effort to generate movement, making workouts more engaging and effective. This feature is particularly beneficial for sled training, allowing you to simulate heavy sled pushing and backward pulling without requiring an actual sled or turf track.
The multiple resistance levels enable a range of exercises, including:
Heavy Sled Pushing – Engage in high resistance sled pushes to develop lower body strength, power, and endurance. The high resistance mimics the challenge of pushing a weighted sled, providing an excellent workout for your glutes, quads, and calves. Go heavy for shorter bursts to build strength, and go lighter for longer durations to build muscular endurance and improve cardiovascular conditioning.
Backward Sled Pulling – Strengthen your knees, target your VMO's, build your quad strength and endurance, and improve knee joint stability by performing backward drags against resistance. This movement is especially beneficial for knee health and rehabilitation due to the repeated concentric only terminal knee extension action that pumps large amounts of blood into the knees and quads while creating very little joint stress.
Manual Treadmill Walking – Without the constraints of motorized speed settings, you can walk at your natural pace. This is ideal for low impact cardiovascular workouts, rehabilitation exercises, and logging steps organically without having to worry about constantly adjusting speed settings.
Resisted Sprinting – Increase the treadmill's incline and magnetic resistance to simulate uphill sprinting. This builds explosive power, endurance, and speed, making it a valuable tool for athletes looking to enhance performance, especially the ability to accelerate forcefully.
With its flat and incline settings, combined with adjustable resistance, the SledTred offers an unmatched level of training customization. Whether you’re focusing on high resistance strength training or lower intensity steady state cardio, this machine adapts to your needs.
Power Tower and Calisthenics
The SledTred’s Power Tower attachment transforms it into a versatile calisthenics station, offering multi-grip handles and bars for a variety of body weight exercises. This feature makes it possible to train the upper body, core, and lower body using fundamental bodyweight movements.
Some of the primary calisthenics exercises you can do on the SledTred include:
Pull-Ups – Perform standard, wide, or neutral grip pull-ups and chin-ups to target the lats, biceps, and upper back. The multiple grip options allow for varied muscle activation and consistent progressive overload.
Dips – Strengthen the triceps, chest, and shoulders with classic dips. Crank out reps at body weight only to build muscular endurance and get a big pump or do them weighted to build massive pecs, deltoids, and triceps and high levels of upper body pressing strength.
Push-Ups – Utilize the push-up handles for deficit push-ups, reducing wrist strain and engaging the chest, shoulders, and triceps more effectively due to a greater range of motion. Push-ups build the chest, triceps, and anterior deltoids in a closed-chain, horizontal pressing pattern.
Leg Raises – Another classic calisthenics exercise. This one targets the hip flexors and core musculature. Focus on straightening the legs out and improving control over time to reduce the usage of momentum and enhance muscular engagement.
These exercises make the SledTred an ideal solution for those who prefer functional strength training without relying on free weights or machines.
But There's Much More!
Beyond its primary functions, the SledTred provides opportunities for a diverse range of other movements. Some additional exercises include:
Hip Thrusts – The thick roller pad serves as an optimal support point for barbell hip thrusts, effectively targeting the glutes and hamstrings in a unique hip extension pattern.
Nordic Curls – Perform flat, decline, or assisted Nordic curls using the roller pad and treadmill deck to strengthen the hamstrings through knee flexion and improve knee resilience.
Bulgarian Split Squats – Elevate the back foot on the roller pad for single-leg squats, which help develop balance and unilateral leg strength.
Sit-Ups and Core Training – Use the treadmill deck for decline sit-ups, lying leg raises, or Russian twists to engage the entire core.
Elevated Planks – Elevate your feet for more challenging planks that target the core and stabilizing muscles on the inner and hips.
Couch Stretch – Improve flexibility by using the unit for deep hip flexor and quadriceps stretching. The couch stretch is a fantastic way to help offset the large durations of sitting that most of us do.
With its versatile design, the SledTred covers all aspects of fitness, from strength and endurance to mobility and rehabilitation.
Multi-Step Attachment
The Multi-Step Attachment expands the SledTred’s functionality even further, offering additional movement variations. It connects via the multi-functional uprights that offer 17 levels of height adjustment, ensuring adaptability for users of all sizes.
Key exercises that can be performed with the Multi-Step Attachment include:
Reverse Step-Ups – Improve knee health and leg strength/endurance. Allow the knees to shift forward over the toes to build bulletproof knees. Start with a very small step height, and build it slowly over time as strength and knee functionality improve.
Knees Over Toes (KOT) Split Squats – Strengthen the quadriceps and knees at full knee bend by performing KOT split squats on the Multi-Step. The higher the step the greater the regression. Start at a manageable height, and slowly work your way closer to the floor over time.
Standing Calf Raises – Utilize the platform to engage and strengthen the calf muscles effectively. The multi-Step increases range of motion, enhancing the muscle building effect on the calves and building greater resilience in the ankles and Achilles tendons. 
Plyometric Hops – The Multi-Step can be used as a platform for low-moderate height box jumps, as well as various low-moderate intensity hopping/bouncing drills. Build explosive power in the legs and reactivity in the tendons to take your athleticism to the next level.
Stretching and Mobility Drills – Use the platform to elevate the feet and achieve a full stretch of the ankles, as well as to improve the intensity of toe touch hamstring stretches.
The Multi-Step Attachment is compact yet powerful, greatly enhancing the overall functionality of the SledTred.
Value in a Home Gym Setting
For home gyms with limited space and budget constraints, the SledTred offers an all-in-one solution. Instead of purchasing multiple pieces of equipment for treadmill running, sled pushing, pull-ups, dips, and core work, this single machine provides all those capabilities within a compact and foldable design.
Additionally, its manual operation means there is no need for electricity, allowing for flexible placement within any home gym. This also results in lower long term maintenance costs, as there are no motorized components to maintain or replace
The SledTred: The Ultimate Home Gym Powerhouse
In summary, the SledTred is a game changing piece of fitness equipment that brings commercial gym quality training into your home. Its combination of manual treadmill resistance, body weight training options, and additional attachments that allow for dozens of movements to be performed make it a powerful, space saving, and cost-effective tool for home fitness enthusiasts.
The fact that it brings sled pushing and resisted sprinting into a home gym setting - requiring only a few square feet of space to perform - is truly revolutionary for home gym enthusiasts and the home fitness equipment market.
Whether you’re looking to build strength, improve endurance, increase flexibility, rehabilitate injuries, or simply improve your overall fitness and functional capacity the SledTred offers everything you need in a single, versatile, and durable machine.
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