Feet shoulder-width on the platform. Lower until your knees reach 90 degrees. Press through your heels.
MUSCLES WORKED
Quadriceps, Glutes
Also: Hamstrings
COACH'S NOTE
Feet shoulder-width, full depth
How to do it
01
Sit in the leg press machine. Place your feet shoulder-width apart on the platform.
02
Set up with the bar at mid-chest height and your eyes under it.
03
Brace, unrack, and settle the bar over your shoulders before the first rep.
04
Lower under control to the same spot every rep.
The full leg press guide is in the app.
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3 more steps
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3 common mistakes and how to fix them
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Animated demo and a rest timer, set by set
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How Fittrexx programs it
compound · hypertrophy
STYLE
Full gym
WHERE
🔒 In the app
SETS × REPS
🔒 In the app
REST
Fittrexx writes the sets, reps, rest and starting weight for leg press from your goal, experience and gear, then adjusts them as it learns how you recover.