Legpress

[shane]

Why do people place their hand on knees to help push when doing legpress, its a legworkout not a bench *dash1*

[DIANABOL]

To spot themselves? Lol dumb question...

[shane]

Haha nice

[HarryB]

I always put my hands on my legs when I leg press, I find it helps me lift more weight.

[shane]

You want your legs to push more weight

[B_Eden]

You want your legs to push more weight

But Rippetoe says compound movements are better!

/s

[Skeletor]

Sometimes I load it up to its maximum and do a 6 inch range of motion for 3 reps then boast to everyone about how much I leg press

[AZIDE]

Sometimes I load it up to its maximum and do a 6 inch range of motion for 3 reps then boast to everyone about how much I leg press

seems to be a pretty standard practice

[jimmybro1]

Who leg presses.....

[shane]

I do Jimmy and squat

[Terrymundo]

yeah man you can move more weight this way and you can be the strongest keeent in the gym. best done on a monday 530pm when there is shortage on 20s so when everyone likes "where are all the plates?" they see you and your impressive stack and immediatly you assert as gym top dog.

[Realtalk]

I see these guys with hands on thighs, knees wrapped, leg press loaded to max, grunting and 1/4 repping. Or doing calve raises on leg press lol.

Utter joke mate!

[Leeroid]

Is this a rapz call out thread?

[FellowshipOfTheRon]

i dont train legs often

 

 

but when i do i leg press and use my arms to push and i scream loud as possible

*secret*

[HarryB]

Oh I didn't realise this was a piss take. I find I can do a couple more plates each side with my hands on my knees. So add those 2 extra plates and I'm getting 4-5 plates per side.

My legs always get really sore afterwards.

[Abel Kean]

I rekon its allgood to use the hands on the last couple of reps to help you push through that pain barrier ( its the same as having a spotter) but shouldn't be used all reps as you'll never know how strong your leg press actually can be. And defeats the purpose of it actually being a leg press