The Do's and Don'ts of the basic leg press!

[ALBOB]

Will is my hero.

You know he likes guns, right?

 

[Will Brink]

You know he likes guns, right?

Me touch one of those evil things? Never!

 

[ALBOB]

Me touch one of those evil things? Never!

Anything you say Mr. Schumer.

So anyway, how about that post #27 of this thread? That guy really seemed to have a problem. Any ideas on how to help him out?

 

[DOMS]

Since we're on the subject, I may as well ask my question here. How do I keep from getting a SPLITTING freakin' headache when doing leg presses? And don't tell me I'm holding my breath, because I'm not. I can do squats all day long with no problem, but if I even look at a leg press sled my temples start to pound.

I've read a lot about how bad these are for your back. It is possible that you're putting pressure on your spine such that it's causing reference pain in the form of a headache?

 

[ALBOB]

I've read a lot about how bad these are for your back. It is possible that you're putting pressure on your spine such that it's causing reference pain in the form of a headache?

I guess that's possible but, how would I know? I've never experienced back problems from doing leg presses, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that I'm doing them wrong.

 

[crankshaft]

Great vid. Thanks.

 

[thesarge]

I do the leg press with my hands on my knees, I do not use them to push my knees, sometimes they touch my knees other times just hover over them as I am worried if my legs give way or if somethings goes wrong the weights will crush me. I assume this is OK? I assumed since all the weight is on my legs and none on my arms it is OK.

I saw some guys using the machine, the guy put on a heavy weight and then had his mates one each side of the machine help by pushing up on the weight stack.

 

[Carverelli]

hopefully you give your gf a better ROM in bed bro

 

[JonP]

Good videos.