LAM

depends on the biomechanics of the person pefroming the exercise. back squats are not the king of all leg exercises for everyone.

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What you talking about Willis ?

luke69duke69

I like doing full barbell squats because of the other stabilizer muscles used, as well as the back muscles incorporated, but if I'm trying to do more weight and really tax my legs, I use the leg press. When I'm able to isolate my legs like that, I feel like I can work my legs to failure better. I feel doing squats first is crucial over starting with leg presses from a safety standpoint.

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exnews

Hello all,

I am new to this forum and possibly here for completely different reasons than the average bear. I am 51 and until 18 months ago had never touched weights. I am a retired military pilot and was in good shape as a younger man. My docile civilian life took its toll in the form of some clogged arteries and I also became Diabetic (Type II). I was on oral meds and my doc said I would be for life...Sorry DOC - WRONG ANSWER
I am now off oral meds after 18 months on the weights! This brings me to the reason both are good. The leg press isolates the largest muscles in the legs and they are more powerful than the other leg muscles and I get great benefit from burning them out. I lift for one reason...TO DEPLETE the energy stores in the cells of my muscles and to GROW new muscle. New muscle is virgin and NOT insulin resistant thus the more new muscle the better the body is with sugar. So I push to failure and failure is only possible on machines for safety reasons (I work out alone) I use the Hammer Strength V Squat for the same reason. I do not want to put actual numbers here but in general I find I can Max v Squat about half of what I can Leg press. Remember (all of you) for every person working out there are hundreds not lifting and being unhealthy at home…Encourage all who come here for whatever reason and remember any weight work is better than none… If anyone is from the Indianapolis area I would enjoy a workout partner once in a while.

Thanks for reading and look forward to future exchanges.