All exercises
Leg press
Heavy leg work with your back supported. Good for volume once squats are done.
- Starting point
- Muscles worked
- Quads, Glutes
- Equipment
- Leg press machine
How to do it
- 1
Sit in the machine with your back and hips flat against the pad.
- 2
Place your feet shoulder width apart in the middle of the platform.
- 3
Release the safeties and lower the platform until your knees are well bent.
- 4
Stop before your lower back starts to lift off the pad.
- 5
Press the platform away without locking your knees hard at the top.
What to think about
- “Hips glued to the seat”
- “Push through the whole foot”
- “Smooth, no bounce”
Common mistakes
- Lowering so far the hips roll up
- Locking the knees out
- Pushing with the hands on the knees