Exercises
Leg Press form guide
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Leg Press

Works your quads with help from glutes, hamstrings.

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How to do it

  1. 1Sit with your back flat on the pad, feet shoulder-width on the platform.
  2. 2Release the safety handles.
  3. 3Lower the platform until your knees reach about 90 degrees.
  4. 4Press back up without locking your knees.

Muscles worked

Front
Back
QuadsGlutesHamstrings

Get it right

  • Lower back stays on the pad
  • Feet flat

Avoid this

  • Locking out the knees
  • Going so deep your hips lift off the pad