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Hugh Gellatts
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You have discovered the one advantage of being short (I'm 5'5" too)...leverage! Short dudes can look like hercules on just about any machine, espec the leg press and hammer strength back stuff.
You gotta put it all in perspective though. I can't rep full squats with anything over 405 and only have a 30" vertical
But have leg pressed 8 rep sets knee to chest with 1400+ on the 45 leg press. I'm beggining to suspect that there is not much of a correlation between leg press poundage and actual leg strength.
Whatever, it is still fun to do. Here's one you gotta try: next time you are leg pressing with the full machine and there is a hot chick around, complain about needing a little extra weight and ask her to sit on top of the machine. That is what helmsman does, I think he posted some pics of that a while ago.
You gotta put it all in perspective though. I can't rep full squats with anything over 405 and only have a 30" vertical
But have leg pressed 8 rep sets knee to chest with 1400+ on the 45 leg press. I'm beggining to suspect that there is not much of a correlation between leg press poundage and actual leg strength.Whatever, it is still fun to do. Here's one you gotta try: next time you are leg pressing with the full machine and there is a hot chick around, complain about needing a little extra weight and ask her to sit on top of the machine. That is what helmsman does, I think he posted some pics of that a while ago.
