Back home from school for about a month so I’ve been taking advantage of my favorite leg press which they have at my local gym. I was just curious on how much you guys regularly press and how you incorporate the leg press into your routine. And yes I do many variations of squats…
I usually start with 1 plate each side and then go 2,3,4 etc all the way up to 8 plates per side. (8 reps).
Bodyweight 170 Height 5’9’’
I attached a pic of the leg press i use loaded up with a little over 1000 lbs for 2 days ago.
I am just curious who uses it and how they use it. Feet position, low reps, high volume, first/last on leg day, etc. Just trying to learn a little bit maybe get some new ideas for my training.
[quote]Cronus wrote:
I am just curious who uses it and how they use it. Feet position, low reps, high volume, first/last on leg day, etc. Just trying to learn a little bit maybe get some new ideas for my training. [/quote]
Then you should address in your OP that you want to know how others leg press rather than how much they leg press since that’s what you’re after. That way you don’t you ask each and every poster.
[quote]Cronus wrote:
True. I thought “how you incorporate it into your training” would generate discussion about all that but yes good point. [/quote]
It’s that people pay more attention to the thread title, so it skews how they read the OP.
My opinion is that a thread about leg press numbers is useless without video because Ive never seen the ROM variation on other lifts as I do with the leg press.
I dont usually leg press, but the last time I did was on a machine version at my college gym. I maxed the machine’s weight(500 lbs) and hit 12 reps. This was after fatigue so I dont know what I could really do, nor do I care.
[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:
My opinion is that a thread about leg press numbers is useless without video because Ive never seen the ROM variation on other lifts as I do with the leg press. [/quote]
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I figured being in a bodybuilding forum that full ROM was implied unless stated otherwise, as in lowering until your quads hit your chest, which prevents you from lowering further. Obviously there are different leg press machines (i was only referring to plate loaded ones because ive never seen a pin stack one go over 500 lbs…)
Idk if anyone read anything I wrote but I was interested in how people integrate the leg press into their routine and how much they use in sets compared to their max weight…haven’t got a response yet? Obviously the leg press is an excellent tool to build leg size I figured most people on this site did this exercise?
Why don’t we just forget about our “max” then and discuss how we press.
Friend of mine was bragging he could “press 600 pounds with his legs”. I said, cool story bro, let me so you do at least a parallel squat. He managed 160 pounds for 1 rep with +/- form. I laughed. I guess he just bent his knees on the leg press
Machines have different setups, resulting in much less weight actually loaded on your legs.