WHo likes/dislikes the leg press and what's the reasons?

Anyone disagree that its a useful tool for building a big pair of legs

Rilla being a little Bitch forced me into this thread. Man i hate that guy

Personally its something i dont always use but i do rate it. I like using it best for using a weight thats silly heavy (for me) and doing 4-5 sec negative reps...or very heavy widdow makers that gets a little dodgy on a free squat with the form deterioration. I think its a great tool for building good legs

anyone who says they arent still come from the old school.

Anything that forces the legs to push at the angle LP do will grow them. Depending on foot spacing they are an excellent tool - just ask Dorian Yates!

Have never done them so can't add much to this... the [potential] negatives I've heard are:

a) head lower than body when lifting that kind of weight can be bad for blood pressure to the brain (something that can do a tiny bit of damage each time and lead to increased risk of conditions later in life or if already susceptible).

b) rounding of hips can cause lower back injury.

Have no idea how much validity there is behind these warnings but have seen both of them several times so thought they'd be worth mentioning.

On the other hand many people really rate them for size

det

agree - the rounded back is due to positioning and lowering i beleive

I guess I'm old school then. Though they look puny on some pics (probably because they're right next to my c0ck), I feel my legs have some pretty good beef on them.

Maybe they could be better with a bit of leg pressing though.

Nothing in this game can be disregarded totally i dont think. everything has its use

Maybe they could, but I don't think it'd be practical for me. Not to mention, I would hate it and not the way I hate high rep squats/deads. The way I hate kickbacks...

But the question is Rilla Bitch...

Do you think that leg press can be a productive exercise/tool for building big legs? Not whether you think they are fun or not compared to squatting 10kg per side with chains, bands and tins of baked beans hanging off each end in tesco polly bags.

Depends on your goal(s).

For athletes and sports people I don't think they should be used very often, if at all.

They do "work" in terms of helping to build muscle. But just like squats too many people do them wrong by now enough ROM (full ROM isn't needed either as Det quite correctly states rounding of the back is not good with heavy loads on Leg Press and Squats).

They don't have that functional quality that is there for standing leg exercises. Thus the core isn't worked as hard. For BBers just looking to get big legs and care not about core strength and any kind of functional carry over to life's endeavours they work very well.

Oh you're pushing it now shorty.

lol

That was diplomatic answer too...

When I used to train at a 'real' gym (not the old mans Bannatynes I now use lol), I used to love heavy leg pressing followed by some high reps on the hack squat machine.

Try that Rab - That's a real widow maker - I used to crawl away from a session of those very slowly and in pain!

I like leg presses, but only high rep presses, the ones that KP talks about and Ressie's idea of throwing in hack squats after sounds great!

i do single legged leg press and i think its awesome. Regarding back issues etc, just make sure you don't go too low down on them, go low as you can whilst feeling comfortable with it.

health4ni wrote:Depends on your goal(s).

For athletes and sports people I don't think they should be used very often, if at all.

They do "work" in terms of helping to build muscle. But just like squats too many people do them wrong by now enough ROM (full ROM isn't needed either as Det quite correctly states rounding of the back is not good with heavy loads on Leg Press and Squats).

They don't have that functional quality that is there for standing leg exercises. Thus the core isn't worked as hard. For BBers just looking to get big legs and care not about core strength and any kind of functional carry over to life's endeavours they work very well.

They aint working the core, but does every exericse have to work the core (ie i do squats first) and be functional if it serves the purpose of either growth or assisting in strength gains.

thats is the point - if you are doing other movements and use LP as a secondary bollox to the rest

Muscle is Muscle - it contracts or it dont.

Fundamentals.

kp1512 wrote:thats is the point - if you are doing other movements and use LP as a secondary bollox to the rest

Muscle is Muscle - it contracts or it dont.

Fundamentals.

+1 to that!