TRAINING EFFECTIVELY MEANS doing exercises that will get you to your goals faster. If that goal involves building strong legs, you've likely programmed leg presses or squats at some point in your ...

Look no further than the barbell back squat and leg press, two compound exercises that promise to give your lower body muscles a run for their money (in a good way). While the squat is often ...

Why: This exercise is ideal for athletes ... How to Do It: Sit in the leg press machine with good posture (bracing your core), with one leg extended and the balls of your foot on the sled.

Stand between two cable machines with handles set at a high angle. Pull both cables in front of you maintaining a slight bend ...

Gym Smarts: Lower Body Leg Press Lying Down This is the leg press laying down on your back. What it works is your gluts, hamstrings, and your quads muscles. You need to check to see if it needs to ...

When it comes to gym machines, the leg press is a solid choice for isolating your lower body. As a compound exercise that hits multiple lower-body muscle groups at once, it's also a great way to ...

Sometimes we use this machine, leg press, for calf exercises. We like to standing calf raises, however sometimes the weight goes on the shoulder it’s too much for someone that has lower back injury.

Learn how to set up a lying leg press with this video tutorial from Strong Guides. Research shows that using a leg press can reduce stress on the lower back that you might get with free weights.