How much do you leg press?

[LivinLarger]

Put them under the Squat Bar and they cry like little bitches! Just my opinion.....

AGREED, my thoughts exactly!!!

 

[Ryvor]

All the leg press machines that I've used I always do about the same weight. 20-26 plates. I do 8-10 reps and when I come down I bend my knees to slightly less than 90 degrees.

 

[genarr3]

I know this sounds nuts but I would rather add more sets to my squats than do leg press. When I leg press on a 45 degree sled it doesn't work my legs enough and makes my lower back feel about ready to rupture.

Latelt I've been doing parallel squats for about 3-4 heavy sets and ass to the floor squats or front squats with lighter weight instead of leg press.

Nothing nutty about that. I'm in complete agreement. If I want to do extra leg work after squats, I do more squats. Front squat, box squat, wide stance squat, high rep squatting...

 

[Gage]

I warm up with leg extensions, then pyr. up to 17 plates fills top and bottom I think it's like 1800 and some. Worlds gym columbus oh.

 

[Taps]

I'm a huge pussy.

I've been up around 800 lbs before, but these days its about 600 lbs, for 6-10 reps. It's going up quickly, so I imagine by summer I should be near 1000 lbs.

Squat is low 300's. Quit laughing.

 

[supersizeme]

i just use the bar. those big plates are really heavy and usually there's not someone there to put them on the sled for me. also picking up those plates gets my hands all dirty and this one time i started to get a callous so i said "fuck this!"

 

[HappyScrappy]

supersizeme raises a very solid point.
I've noticed that the more "plates" I put on the "bar" - it gets waaaay harder.
I've noticed that sometimes I'll sweat if I use too many of them.
also the more you do the harder it is.

so as far as I can see - you don't want to get winded since this is lifting and not aerobics.
so use a really light weight - just the bar is fine - don't be afraid of heavy weights (or midgets, or even light weights for that matter) - and then just do one rep.

and if you are doing squats, all you need to do is break the total vertical with you knees - if you bend too far, that also is hard - so just sort of bounce. people in my gym know to respect me b/c I'm quite big and I have a large presense and following.

also yelling and spitting makes you feel pumped up too.
then do lots of flexing in the mirror in downtime - but do it like the wrastlers on the tv do it - they are all about style - as should you be.

 

[Citruscide]

Hmm.... let's see ... I got 24 plates on there for around 6-8 reps the other day... that's what, 1080? I don't know what my MAX is... never really tried on leg press....

C

 

[L.A.X]

about 23 pounds!!!

 

[supersizeme]

supersizeme raises a very solid point.
I've noticed that the more "plates" I put on the "bar" - it gets waaaay harder.
I've noticed that sometimes I'll sweat if I use too many of them.
also the more you do the harder it is.

so as far as I can see - you don't want to get winded since this is lifting and not aerobics.
so use a really light weight - just the bar is fine - don't be afraid of heavy weights (or midgets, or even light weights for that matter) - and then just do one rep.

and if you are doing squats, all you need to do is break the total vertical with you knees - if you bend too far, that also is hard - so just sort of bounce. people in my gym know to respect me b/c I'm quite big and I have a large presense and following.

also yelling and spitting makes you feel pumped up too.
then do lots of flexing in the mirror in downtime - but do it like the wrastlers on the tv do it - they are all about style - as should you be.

lol funny mofo