Leg Presses / Machine Squat Press
- Sit down on a leg press machine and place your legs on the platform directly in front of you. Keep your feet at shoulder-width.
- Lower the safety bars holding the weighted platform and press the platform all the way up until your legs are fully extended in front of you but do NOT lock your knees. Your torso and legs should be at a 90-degree angle to each other. This is the starting position.
- Inhaling, slowly lower the platform until your upper and lower legs form a 90-degree angle.
- Return to the starting position by pushing through the heels of your feet, engaging your quadriceps. Exhale as you do so.
- After completing the desired number of repetitions, make sure you lock the safety pins of the machine before alighting.
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Leg presses / machine squat press is a gym work out exercise that targets glutes & hip flexors and quadriceps and also involves hamstrings. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Barbell hack squats, dumbbell step-ups and weighted cossack squats are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as leg presses / machine squat press. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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