Leg press
- Sit on the leg press machine, place your feet about shoulder-width apart on the platform, and push the weight up slightly to unlock the safety handles.
- Lower the weight with control until your knees are close to your chest.
- Drive through your heels to press the weight back up until your legs are nearly straight, but do not lock your knees.
Tips
- Keep your lower back and tailbone in contact with the seat pad throughout the movement, rather than letting them lift as the platform descends.
- Stop the descent at the depth where your lower back begins to lose contact with the seat, and press back up from that point.
- At the top of each rep, stop just before your knees reach full extension so the joints stay slightly soft.
Common mistakes
- Allowing the knees to cave inward toward each other as you press the platform up, rather than keeping them tracking in line with the feet.
- Bouncing the platform off the bottom of the range of motion instead of reversing direction with control.
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