Using the leg press as a chest press

[Biggerp73]

Saw this while scrolling and thought it was ingenious. Gonna have to give this one a shot

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Mods maybe change the thread name to allow folks to post anytime they come across unconventional exercises

 

[qbkilla]

I'm no physical therapist...note I don't say exercise scientist because that field has become a joke/shit show imo...but I don't think that would be better than most conventional chest exercises. Seems like a limited range of motion, not good back support

 

[FK86]

What's the stupidest thing you've ever seen in the gym?

Today I saw a guy use the 45 degree HS leg press as a chest press. He sat upright on the pad, knees bent, grabbed the corners of the foot plate and pushed forward. I gave it some thought, and after almost 20 years of training, I think it's the stupidest thing I've ever seen in the gym. I've...

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[Orville Shreddenbacher]

There's already machines for that .....

 

[Fleezy]

goofy af

 

[Green Miles]

You can also curl in the squat cage!!

 

[Fa Seeshus]

Alex, I'll select "Things that people were doing before my Ambulance was dispatched for $500..."

 

[luki7788]

 

[Liter O' Test]

this model of leg press is so useless i understand his frustration. worst case scenerio you take one for the team and get split in half so the gym has a reason to replace it with a better leg press that you can atleast hit 90 degrees on

 

[KingOfSushi]

I think the milk is getting to you bro

 

[comedycentral]

This is what Instagram was made for. People doing stupid useless shit just to get clicks and likes. I’ll click like when he posts in a few days that he herniated discs in his thoracic spine due to doing stupid shit.

 

[fisther69]

I’ve trained many foreign special forces units…in the gym I’ve seen just about every former Soviet bloc unit I’ve trained do chest press in the leg press…and all of them except for the polish blow dogs for quarters.

Be better than those guys..be more like the polish

 

[slesh]

Looks like a great way to die…

 

[Sectør]

What the downs..

 

[qbkilla]

For an underrate exercise I rarely see...rack chins for lats. Feels like these were popular in the 2000s I know they were in the DC training video...rarely see them talked about anymore

 

[bbxtreme]

These + =

 

[iwantmass]

Different doesn't necessarily equate to ingenuity. I doubt that guy knows more about the ergonomics/design of those machines than the engineers that spend countless hours in designing them.

 

[buck]

Different doesn't necessarily mean good or worthwhile. I often see things in the gym that are new to me and i try not to laugh.

 

[Alzadosghost]

Ummmm…..

 

[Siggy]

Aside from the obvious ergonomic fuckery this presents, it looks like it would do very little for hypertrophy or strength, zero range of motion