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Lever Seated Leg Press
Muscles involved
The lever seated leg press works quads and glutes. It builds leg strength without loading your spine.
How to do it
- Sit on the leg press machine with your feet placed shoulder-width apart on the footplate, knees bent, and holding the handles for support.
- Push through your heels to extend your legs, moving the footplate away from you until your legs are straight.
- Pause at the top of the movement, without locking your knees.
- Slowly lower the footplate back to the starting position by bending your knees.
Equipment required
Muscles worked
Tips
- Keep your feet shoulder-width apart and flat on the platform. - Do not lock your knees at the top of the movement. - Lower the weight slowly and with control to protect your knees. - Press through your heels to engage the glutes and hamstrings.
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Lever Seated Leg Press: which muscles does it work?
Lever Seated Leg Press mainly works: Quadriceps, Glutes. It also involves: Gluteus maximus.
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