Enter your body weight, loaded sled weight, total distance, and surface to calculate your calories burned doing sled pushes. A 180-lb person pushing a 100-lb sled on turf burns about 10 calories per 100 ft.
Use Basic if you know the full distance pushed. Use Advanced if your workout log is written as distance per push and total pushes.
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Sled Push Calories Burned Formula
The calculator uses the following equation:
C = D × (SW × SF × 0.001619 + BW × 0.0001136)
- C = calories burned
- D = total distance pushed in feet
- SW = loaded sled weight in pounds
- SF = surface factor
- BW = body weight in pounds
- 0.001619 applies the sled-load portion of the equation per foot
- 0.0001136 adds the bodyweight travel portion per foot
If you enter kilograms or meters, the calculator converts those values before applying the formula.
Surface Factors Used
- Concrete or asphalt: 0.25
- Rubber floor or track: 0.35
- Turf: 0.50
- Heavy turf or high-drag lane: 0.65
How to Calculate Calories Burned from a Sled Push
Example: A 180-lb athlete pushes a 180-lb sled on turf for 10 pushes of 20 ft. Total distance = 200 ft. Calories = 200 × (180 × 0.50 × 0.001619 + 180 × 0.0001136) = 33.2 calories.
What Changes Calorie Burn the Most?
- A 180-lb person pushing a 90-lb sled on rubber for 100 ft burns about 7.1 calories.
- A 180-lb person pushing a 180-lb sled on turf for 100 ft burns about 16.6 calories.
- Doubling distance from 100 ft to 200 ft doubles calories when body weight, sled load, and surface stay the same.
- 10 pushes of 20 ft and 20 pushes of 10 ft both equal 200 ft, so they return the same calories when the other inputs stay the same.
What Is a Sled Push?
A sled push is a strength and conditioning drill where you drive a weighted sled across a set distance. It is commonly used for lower-body power, work capacity, acceleration training, and hard finishers at the end of a session.
