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Strength exercise

Leg Press

How to do it

  1. Sit in the leg press machine with the back and hips flat against the pad and feet set shoulder width apart on the platform.
  2. Release the safety catches and brace the core before lowering the platform.
  3. Bend the knees to lower the platform until the knees reach about 90 degrees, letting the hamstrings load alongside the quadriceps.
  4. Press the platform back up by extending through the quadriceps, driving evenly through the whole foot.
  5. Stop just short of locking the knees out completely at the top.
  6. Exhale on the press and keep the knees tracking in line with the toes instead of caving inward.

Muscles worked

QuadricepsMuscles located at the front of the thigh, responsible for extending the knee. All Quadriceps exercises
Biceps FemorisTwo-headed hamstring muscle responsible for knee flexion and hip extension. All Biceps Femoris exercises

Related Quads exercises

Barbell LungesBarbell SquatBlock Pull DeadliftBulgarian Split SquatButt KicksClean Deadlift
Type
Strength
Equipment
Leg Press Machine
Primary muscles
Quadriceps, Biceps Femoris
Measured in
Reps and weight