Sled 45° Leg Press - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

TypeR · 19-01-2005, 09:19 PM

at my gym the leg press machine is < shape not as extreme, but you get the idea lol, were do i put my feet, i have always put them in the middle of the crese, but the other day some bloke whos trainning for strongman told me to put my feet at the top!

Help, so Confused! lol

**big** · 19-01-2005, 09:22 PM

Yes, put your feet at the top. As high as you can on the sled while still keeping all of your foot on the sled. You hear of WAY too many knee injuries from people who attempt to "isolate the quads" by putting their feet further down, and in reality all they're doing is risking damage.

TypeR · 19-01-2005, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by big

Yes, put your feet at the top. As high as you can on the sled while still keeping all of your foot on the sled. You hear of WAY too many knee injuries from people who attempt to "isolate the quads" by putting their feet further down, and in reality all they're doing is risking damage.

Thanks! thats what i needed to no!

Lovin the forum! :p

**hackskii** · 19-01-2005, 09:38 PM

Yes, twards the top you will get more power from the lift and hit more hip and butt.
Knee injuries happen when you break that 90 degree plane.
Although you can vary the exercise moving your feet inside or outside.
Feet outside hits more hip, inside hits more outer leg.
But to be honest, I did those for along time and noticed little effects from them.
It was cool because I did jump like 50 lbs a week when I first started them.

Now you can move the feet back some and do reps for a pump but be carefull as knee injuries take along tiime to heal up.

Also dont lock out at the top, keep a slight bend in the knees.
The guy is doing them wrong in that pic.

SportDr · 19-01-2005, 10:52 PM

Feet at the top, push from the heels not from the toes.

The machine is called a seated incline leg press.

HTH

SD

DB · 19-01-2005, 11:00 PM

yep feet at the top mate..screw ur knees all too easily otherwise! :boohoo:

Killerkeane · 20-01-2005, 01:11 PM

go down as low as you can also, full range of motion remember, forget about those annoying pegs that slot in at the side, they just hamper the motion.

19-01-2005, 09:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
TypeR Hulk Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kent Posts: 1,418	Sled 45° Leg Press at my gym the leg press machine is < shape not as extreme, but you get the idea lol, were do i put my feet, i have always put them in the middle of the crese, but the other day some bloke whos trainning for strongman told me to put my feet at the top! Help, so Confused! lol

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19-01-2005, 11:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
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19-01-2005, 09:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
big UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Beer me Posts: 5,283	Yes, put your feet at the top. As high as you can on the sled while still keeping all of your foot on the sled. You hear of WAY too many knee injuries from people who attempt to "isolate the quads" by putting their feet further down, and in reality all they're doing is risking damage.