Especially when it comes to her exercises with veteran trainer Ben Bruno , Kate Upton isn’t afraid of a challenge. She has worked on movements that require water resistance in the pool, various trap bar deadlift variations, and single-leg hip thrusts, to mention a few of the exercises the pair has shared online. Bruno most recently posted a flashback video of Upton allowing her husband, Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander, to join her as she pushed a sled uphill.
In the video, Upton is seen pushing Verlander up a hill on a neighborhood street while wearing pink leggings and a black tank top. Verlander is seen standing on top of a three-wheeled sled. As usual, my wife pushed me about,” Verlander quips in the video. Upton responds, “Just the ball and chain weighing me down.”
As Upton takes a few more steps up the hill, Verlander encourages her to keep going through their lively banter. Even her dog, Norman, appears in a cameo, abruptly entering the frame.
According to the caption of his post, Bruno posted the amusing film to celebrate Verlander’s team’s trip to the Major League Baseball World Series.
Sled pushes and pulls are excellent workouts to include in your regimen, regardless of the weight you employ to bring a sled to the ground. Brian Nguyen , Kate Hudson’s trainer, previously told Shape that they “work everything.” He said, “It’s also wonderful for separating the legs and hips – your legs have to function independently.” (Find out more about unilateral training and its significance here.)
According to Marty Miller, DHSc , a NASM regional master instructor and vice president of education and training at Technogym North America , “incorporating a weighted sled push into a training program is a safe and effective technique to boost both performance and overall fitness.” He stated that pushing a sled forward requires you to exert a lot of effort rapidly, working your glutes, quads, hamstrings, and calves. Additionally, your heart rate will increase.
Upton doesn’t always seem eager to add extra weight to her sled exercises, but now she does. “When I first started working out with Bruno, he would say, “Let’s load the sled with 500 pounds,” and I would reply, “I can’t do that.” In order to prevent me from seeing how much weight was on the sled, he began to stand on it, Upton previously said to Shape. “Now, my mindset has totally changed, and I always push myself to do more.”
One approach to push yourself to a new PR is by adding your trainer or partner to your load. If you want to follow in Upton’s footsteps, think about bringing a workout partner to your next gym session.
