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If you thought prowler sleds were only used by the local football teams during training, we wouldn’t blame you. This industrial piece of equipment looks pretty hardcore, thus comes with an intimidation factor. But over the last few years, this tool has become quite popular thanks to a greater accessibility.
“More and more, you can find sleds in commercial gym settings, but you’ll mostly find them in a lot of CrossFit facilities, specialty gyms and studios, or athletic training facilities, where there is either grass or AstroTurf,” say Noam Tamir, C.S.C.S., owner and head trainer at TS Fitness in New York City where he works with and trains with prowler sleds himself.