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Exercise Details

Target Muscle Group

Quads

Equipment Required

Leg Press Machine

Experience Level

Beginner

Force Type

Push

Secondary Muscles

Glutes, Hamstrings, Calves

Exercise Description

The leg press machine builds powerful quads and glutes while keeping your back supported. It's perfect for heavy leg training without needing to balance a barbell.

How To

1. Sit on the leg press machine with your back flat against the pad and feet shoulder-width apart on the platform. 2. Release the safety handles and slowly lower the weight by bending your knees until they reach about 90 degrees. 3. Keep your core tight and push through your heels to drive the weight back up on the leg press machine. 4. Stop just short of locking your knees completely at the top of the movement. 5. Control the weight down slowly and repeat for your target reps, keeping steady pressure throughout.

Form Tips

• Keep your knees aligned with your toes throughout the entire leg press machine movement • Place your feet in the middle of the platform, not too high or too low for best leg press machine results • Don't hold your breath - exhale as you push the weight up, inhale as you lower it • Keep your lower back pressed against the pad at all times

Common Mistakes

• Letting your knees cave inward instead of tracking over your toes during the leg press machine • Lowering the weight too fast or bouncing at the bottom of the leg press machine movement • Placing feet too high or too low on the platform, which changes the muscle focus

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