Leg Press Fandango

So, a few months ago, Scott asked us for a leg press series on Muscle Ventures.  At the time, we were doing squats.  Leg presses seemed the furthest possible thing from our minds.  Well, we're back on leg presses hard core.  Not because we think squatting is bad, but Nancy's back problems seemed to preclude it.  Because the back is supported in a leg press, two things happen.

First, your back is not strained in the exercise, a good thing if you have back issues.  Second, you do not get the same level of gluteal involvement.  You have to sub in something else, if you want to work the glutes.

The first picture on the left shows Nancy doing the paramount leg press (see the full analysis).  It's a 45 degree press that closely approximates a squat in terms of how the legs move.  The second picture on the left shows me doing the  Hammerstrength iso-lateral leg press.  The interesting thing about this device is that legs move indepedently, increasing the level of difficulty (see the full analysis).

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