leg press form? foot position

[sup]

What is the recommended foot position for leg press? (45 deg sled) I do them after squats for quad work. Currently I use a fairly narrow (hip width) stance with my toes right at the top of the..um.. foot area? toes straight to slightly in.

Basically I just kind of get my feet situated so It "feels" like i'm hitting my quads more completely.

Yay or Nay on this?

I also go as deep as I can (under control, no bounce, knees to my chest) and try not to lock out to keep 100% tension on my quads. good or bad?

(I follow with stiff-leg deads for hammy work, the gym's quad and hammy machines suck ass)

 

[Mr_Magoo]

u can do hammies on the leg press by keepin ur feet high and pushin through the heels

 

[Moen]

What is the recommended foot position for leg press? (45 deg sled) I do them after squats for quad work. Currently I use a fairly narrow (hip width) stance with my toes right at the top of the..um.. foot area? toes straight to slightly in.

Basically I just kind of get my feet situated so It "feels" like i'm hitting my quads more completely.

Yay or Nay on this?

I also go as deep as I can (under control, no bounce, knees to my chest) and try not to lock out to keep 100% tension on my quads. good or bad?

(I follow with stiff-leg deads for hammy work, the gym's quad and hammy machines suck ass)

Put them as low as possible for quads

The hamstring press is great for hams but watch out for back rolling up, it's a risky movement at that

 

[sup]

thanks moen..

I have that problem with deads that akursus is whipping me about

this machine has an arched back rest.. not sure if I will run into those kind of problems (nor am I on obscene weights .... yet.....)

in fact, felt really solid other than needing to work on my breathing for the deep presses.. felt like I was holding my breath too much instead of exhaling on the press.

 

[JohnnyPro]

The only leg exercise that really works for me is squats. I can do 10 sets of leg press or hack squats and not get the results I would from only 1 set of squats. (oops sorry, I didn't answer your question at all)

 

[W8killa]

I prefer them feet together actually. If I want to emphasize quads, feet slightly lower or the same but I would slam them with extensions first to pre-exhaust them.

 

[Future]

Foot placement up higher brings in the hams and glutes more. Lower tends to work the quads more. Be careful with a lower foot placement as it CAN potentially be tough on the knees. VARIETY VARIETY VARIETY.

 

[maldorf]

Foot placement up higher brings in the hams and glutes more. Lower tends to work the quads more. Be careful with a lower foot placement as it CAN potentially be tough on the knees. VARIETY VARIETY VARIETY.

yeah, if you go very heavy that lower foot position will tear the hell out of your knees. I got bad petellar tendonitis from doing those for just a couple of weeks. Much harder on them than doing hack squats. I dont go low on the hacks either.

 

[sup]

yeah, if you go very heavy that lower foot position will tear the hell out of your knees. I got bad petellar tendonitis from doing those for just a couple of weeks. Much harder on them than doing hack squats. I dont go low on the hacks either.

So, If i want to emphasize quads with leg press, I should lower my foot position, and stop short of 90 deg leg bend?

 

[maldorf]

So, If i want to emphasize quads with leg press, I should lower my foot position, and stop short of 90 deg leg bend?

I place my feet about in the center of the platform, maybe a little more toward the top. Feet a bit more narrow than shoulder. This works just fine. Placing the feet closer together uses the quads more, so I go with this rather than going really low on platform. I dont think you will have much to gain from going low on the platform, all you will do is get tendonitis. I also like to go as deep as I can when I press. I usually leg press as my last leg exercise, since they will be tired and I wont have to use as much weight. I still use around 1200 lbs though, and wrap the knees.

 

[phatrr]

Feet low, push through the ball of the foot/toes -> quad emphasis.

Feet high, push through the heel -> hammie emphasis.

I used to crank out a bunch of weight, but lately have been doing single-leg leg presses, and pausing for a count of 2 at the bottom of each rep, and then focus on getting an explosive push at the start of the concentric. I'm getting much better results with this technique.

 

[Mr_Magoo]

agreed, one-legged leg presses are great