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45 degree sled leg press

Going to try out this one leg stuff. Would work very well when training with the Mrs.

I've got a back injury so the 45deg sled leg press is my number one tool for quads at the moment. Just wondering if anyone else has seen a few stars doing this? I understand the safety things are there for a reason but I'd prefer not to use them :p Maybe single leg with less weight will help this. Only saw stars when I went down to sets of 5.
 
jzpowahz said:
Going to try out this one leg stuff. Would work very well when training with the Mrs.

I've got a back injury so the 45deg sled leg press is my number one tool for quads at the moment. Just wondering if anyone else has seen a few stars doing this? I understand the safety things are there for a reason but I'd prefer not to use them :p Maybe single leg with less weight will help this. Only saw stars when I went down to sets of 5.
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I didn't see stars but my legs stopped working when I tried to walk away after.
 
jzpowahz said:
Going to try out this one leg stuff. Would work very well when training with the Mrs.

I've got a back injury so the 45deg sled leg press is my number one tool for quads at the moment. Just wondering if anyone else has seen a few stars doing this? I understand the safety things are there for a reason but I'd prefer not to use them :p Maybe single leg with less weight will help this. Only saw stars when I went down to sets of 5.
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Originally, the idea behind the uni-lateral stuff on the leg press means you can increase the rom whilst maintaining or minimizing spinal movement, I wouldn't be advising uni lateral stuff on a standard press.

in your case I'd be using both feet whilst keeping focus on movement of the back.
 
Silverback said:
Originally, the idea behind the uni-lateral stuff on the leg press means you can increase the rom whilst maintaining or minimizing spinal movement, I wouldn't be advising uni lateral stuff on a standard press.

in your case I'd be using both feet whilst keeping focus on movement of the back.
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so unilateral only for 45deg ones? bilateral for flat ones?

I'm using a 45deg one.
 
Single leg press is fast becoming a favorite lower body exercise.

As for carryover to sports I can see it being at least as good as squats if not better.
 
Finally tried it as my left hammy was a bit dodgy. On the 45deg one with left leg bent on floor. Bring push plate down low enough to just be above left knee. Worked well. I was just playing around but did 65kgx10. Would have to load up over 200kg do do a 10 rep set with both legs so much more efficient for me.

I also, sort of like the extra cardio factor of actually having to do double the reps.
 
Bazza20 said:
A couple months on the leg press has given me a more quad growth than years squatting.

Can feel it in the quads a lot more rather than in the back and glutes like a squat.
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This pretty much sums up my experience.

Also, I heard that single leg press was a weapon of choice for the Australian cycling team at one point.. it was in an article about leg press versus squat. I tend to use hack squat/leg press/leg extensions/lunges/deads as my main leg work. Other than my calves, they've growing well in the last year.
 
yes, Meares (OG cyclist and champion) is said to do a 235kg single leg press, although not sure of depth given her squats are not real deep.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDbVW_kRPJs

I did 7x112.5kg single leg press last week, so need to get this up a lot by end of year. My left leg is much weaker than right leg at moment (perhaps by 30%).

Meares (70kg bw) has also done 80kg power clean, and 130kg dead lift.
 
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the heavier I low bar squat though, the more I feel it in the quads? Not that I want my legs to get any bigger than they already are.
 
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