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Single Leg Press demonstration

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Strength / Leg Press

Single Leg Press

A lower-body exercise performed on a leg press machine, pressing the platform with one leg at a time.

Equipment

Leg Press

Experience

intermediate

Movement

compound

Primary musclesSecondary muscles

Hamstrings

Instructions

  1. 01

    Sit in a leg press machine with one foot placed on the platform.

  2. 02

    Keep the other leg off the platform, resting to the side.

  3. 03

    Release the safeties and lower the platform by bending your knee.

  4. 04

    Stop when your knee is near a 90-degree angle.

  5. 05

    Drive through the heel to press the platform back up.

  6. 06

    Complete reps on one side, then switch.

Choose a load and range you can control. These instructions are general guidance, not a substitute for individual coaching.