Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below
at-home leg presses that don't completely suck
- Thread starter blowdpanis
- Start date
Sorry if I'm still confused, but you want to focus your training, for a while, on increasing your deadlift, correct? So instead of squatting, for a while, you want to use a leg press thingy while you focus on your deadlift numbers?
Did I get that right?
If I did, then my question would be: Do you expect to help increase your deadlift by using the leg press thingy? Or is it just to do some quad work while you work on your DL? The reason I ask, is that I don't think working your quads directly will help your DL much.
There are many other ways of increasing your DL rather than a leg press. I would suggest investigating some of those other methods to see if they will do what you want. You can still back off the squats for a while, like you are already planning to do, just don't need to buy the leg press thingy.
.02,
Joker
Did I get that right?
If I did, then my question would be: Do you expect to help increase your deadlift by using the leg press thingy? Or is it just to do some quad work while you work on your DL? The reason I ask, is that I don't think working your quads directly will help your DL much.
There are many other ways of increasing your DL rather than a leg press. I would suggest investigating some of those other methods to see if they will do what you want. You can still back off the squats for a while, like you are already planning to do, just don't need to buy the leg press thingy.
.02,
Joker
blowdpanis
New member
the leg press thingy is simply to keep up activation of the quadriceps, as deads don't involve much leg extension (or nearly as much as a leg press or squat). i hypothesize it won't interfere too much with my deadlift.
i'm not looking for an ASSISTANCE exercise for the deadlift, but rather something that 'doesn't suck' for my quads while i'm doing deadlifts. yes, deadlifts DO work the quads, but not through a very range of motion or to the appreciable degree that a 'good' leg press or squat would.
i'm not looking for an ASSISTANCE exercise for the deadlift, but rather something that 'doesn't suck' for my quads while i'm doing deadlifts. yes, deadlifts DO work the quads, but not through a very range of motion or to the appreciable degree that a 'good' leg press or squat would.
blowdpanis said:
If that's all you are looking for while you focus on your DL, I personally would save my money and do some light zercher or front squats. (Light because you mentioned some back problems.) Those target the quads nicely, and would offer the added bonus of helping your DL as well.
.02,
Joker
Similar threads
