How much can you press with your legs?

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I visited a gym (Don't do that, very often) and there was this machine where you sit down, and you push your legs straight to lift you up. I started at like 90 Kg, though tit was going to be hard, really hard but it was bitchin easy. I moved up all the time, til I managed 200 kilos. The weights ended there so I don't know how much more I could do.

200 Kilos was pretty tough though. I'm 17 years old, 66 kg, 184 cm tall.

I would like to have this machine at home! It was great, I can just image how good it would be to your leg muscles.

What's this machine called?

[PanJakub]

eat more

[Drex]

eat more

Hes asking what a machine is called, not dietary advice.

From what you've described, it sounds like a hack squat machine or possibly a leg press of some sort. Leg presses are inferior to squats - do those instead.

[_blackened_]

eat more

I'm trying. I actually gained 5 kilos since May. (Without getting fat)
But that has nothing to do with the topic, anyway.

[PanJakub]

Hes asking what a machine is called, not dietary advice.



sory my english bad

[Steve]

I can leg press about 320 kg. Leg press is bad for your back.

[Tao]

I was around 100 kilos when my shoulders started to hurt like hell, so it was wise to stop.

[Kris]

Schulterschmerzen von der Beinpresse? Wo kommste her Tao, wenn ich fragen darf? :)

[Crazy Max]

I was around 100 kilos when my shoulders started to hurt like hell, so it was wise to stop.

You're gym has one of these leg press machines right> Sorry for the bad picture

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/biomedical/appbiomed/muscle%20project/equip2.jpg

[pAsc]

I can leg press about 320 kg. Leg press is bad for your back.

Why is that?

Btw, my gym has this leg press machine.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/2002/legpress1.jpg

[Kris]

I tried the one Crazy Max posted and did not have any problems with my shoulders while doing much more than 100 kg.

[Steve]

Why is that?

Because when your legs fail to have the strength to press the weight anymore, your lower back rotates your pelvis downward to straighten your legs. In other words, it's like doing a 600 pound deadlift with an arched back.

[pAsc]

I didn't know that, thanks for the info!

[Durandal]

Keep in mind that 90% of people who think they can leg press a certain weight are only going down a fraction of the way anyways (see Pat Robertson.)

The other day I saw some skinny kid doing presses with ten plates, and he didn't have the safety lock unlatched. I mentioned this to him, and he thanked me, unlatched it, and continued doing the presses with the exact same eight inch range of motian. Gyah.

[chicanerous]

I visited a gym (Don't do that, very often) and there was this machine where you sit down, and you push your legs straight to lift you up. I started at like 90 Kg, though tit was going to be hard, really hard but it was bitchin easy. I moved up all the time, til I managed 200 kilos. The weights ended there so I don't know how much more I could do.

200 Kilos was pretty tough though. I'm 17 years old, 66 kg, 184 cm tall.

I would like to have this machine at home! It was great, I can just image how good it would be to your leg muscles.

What's this machine called?
Make sure you do some sort of hip-dominant movement in order to maintain muscular balance -- a romanian or stiff-legged deadlift or good morning. Overdominant quads are the quick road to knee injury.

[Skilzat85X]

If this (http://www.allbody.co.uk/images/5a%20Fitness%20Equipment/leg%20press.jpg) is a somewhat correct leg press machine...

I can do 800lb. Several times quickly. Of course that's as heavy as the weights we had at school went, so I dont know if I could do more weight.

[_blackened_]

http://www.staffsfitness.com/assets/images/sale_items/high_perf_leg_press.jpg

it looked like this. but older.

[Steve]

Did it by any chance look like this?

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/biomedical/appbiomed/muscle%20project/equip2.jpg

[Crazy Max]

If this (http://www.allbody.co.uk/images/5a%20Fitness%20Equipment/leg%20press.jpg) is a somewhat correct leg press machine...

I can do 800lb. Several times quickly. Of course that's as heavy as the weights we had at school went, so I dont know if I could do more weight.

I'm not that fond of those ones.
1) They're always set the furthest back, and tend to stick on the older models, making it really annoying to move the chair foward
2) I find they do not bring in the glutes and hams as much as an angled one with a carriage.

The gym I go to has the one I posted. The carriage is somewhat narrow around the shoulders, and where the weight isn't directly over the muscles, it works them slightly differently. It's probably somewhat safrer though, since you never have to worry about getting stuck, and the compression would be more even.

[Skilzat85X]

The one I used isnt exactly like that one, but its the same basic principle. You're sitting with your back straight up and you push with your legs. The one I used also had adjustable positioning. Maybe I'll try to find a picture of something very close to it lata.

EDIT: After looking at lots of pictures on google, none of them quite look like it. It's probably because it was built into a set of different weight lifting machines that's one of those weird all in one deals.

I should try it on a traditional leg pressing machine.

[Crazy Max]

Yeah, I know what you're talking about. You have a leg press on one side, a pulley on the other with a wheel underneath for low pulls; a shoulder press, and a bench press. The leg press has two platforms to press on; one up high that is about 700lbs, and one below that is 400 or 500lbs.

[Tao]

You're gym has one of these leg press machines right> Sorry for the bad picture

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/biomedical/appbiomed/muscle%20project/equip2.jpg

Yes, this one, we don't have the machine where you can sit.



Kris: NRW