The WORST Exercise You Can Do at the Gym
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
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Is This The WORST Exercise Ever? Strength Coach Dane Miller breaks down the pros and cons of the leg press.
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0:00 The Worst Exercise Ever?
0:54 Why Leg Press?
2:41 Why Do People HATE The Leg Press?
4:09 Who Benefits from Leg Press?
5:40 Leg Press Variations for Strength and Speed
7:56 Why You Should Leg Press
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I love using a leg press after squatting just to add a bit of bodybuilding to my strength plan. And yeah, it’s great for taking a little stress off the low back after many sets with a barbell.
Yep!
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Please stop saying dorsi flexion
Great video. Not where I expected this to go. Always appreciate the quality of the content and the insight provided.
Thank you so damn much, this neatly sums up some very important points that flows past so many people's heads these days. I personally love the leg press as an accessory for the quads after a heavy back squat
Thank you. Glad you liked it!
Honestly, as a coach I always wrote off the leg press as I thought it was completely usless outside calf raises. But the single leg test that you showed in the video is a great idea to target muscle imbalances!
Just another tool in the tool box!
I love the single leg press. At 52 with damage at my L3 and L4, I can not perform squats and deadlifts. This is a great alternative.
Basketball, parkour, and even gymnastics would have you in that plantar flexion + bent knees. Thanks for this video!!! 🙏🏾🙏🏾
I'm waiting to get surgery on a couple of abdominal hernias so squats are out and leg pressing is in. Got to say that if you max out the knee ROM it is a damn good exercise to go all-out on. Mike Israetel has a great tutorial on leg press technique that I think translates very well to lower rep ranges.
I had to choose between squatting and possibly putting myself out for months with an on going back injury or leg pressing and I am so glad I stuck with leg pressing and split squats.
I just love how smooth was that test commercial 😂😂😂
Many moons ago I blew out my hamstring pretty badly (sprinting- 200m reps). I let nature take it's course, didn't run for 18 months- went mental on the leg press during that time- and on my return to the track, destroyed all my sprint buddies over 40m reps.
My acceleration was insane... I can't recommend the leg press enough...
I never went especially low, but each rep was a "dead" rep- starting at the low point- driving up. Usually sets of 6, increasing weight each set until I couldn't get 6. 605k for 6 was my best....
That's awesome. Such a great story!
I race bikes (BMX), I leg press a lot. I also use Smith Squats and leg extensions. But leg press is definitely the best, it made a huge difference to my explosive power. Vital to find a machine that has either a good (straight ) back support angle (or adjustable) though , and don't go too deep it'll mess your lower back up real quick.
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Every tool has a purpose. Machines are great for specific reasons. People get into “schools” of thought. Great video
If you think the leg press is the worst exercise, then you've obviously never had knee surgery.
Leg press was the best thing for me in recovery, getting back full range of motion while using only the legs. Squatting was out of the question.
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Goddamn yg man, if you only knew how happy you've made this old timer. After tkr and thr on one leg in 9mths I thought I was done bulking legs. Now that I know for sure presses work I'm hitting it real hard. Thanks again.
-Ed
Haha glad you liked it.
You don't need internet validation on whether leg presses "work". Most regular people who actually look like they lift have hit the leg press hard and heavy, just like they have most likely gone hard and heavy on squats, short of professional athletes (who have reasons to do/not to do specific movements) and influencers trying to sell you a tired paradigm
@@tribunaldude I get it, i just was always under the assumption if you cant barbell squat kiss ur quads gd bye.
Absolutely love the channel! If I don’t have access to a leg press or hack squat machine am I limited on my growth potential for muscle building?
Absolutely not. These are just tools. Keep doing squats and work different range of motion and you will still build a ton of muscle.
@@GarageStrength thank you for the response! I’m focusing on back and front squats, Bulgarian split squats, lunges…..etc.
Damn, just got home from work
Hope you like it!
I got to where I could do 700 lbs of leg press for.... 20 or 30 reps if I did cheats. The most I've ever squatted is 300 lbs for a few reps. Wouldn't hack squats work better for quad development?
i do this. i knew one of my legs was weaker and it was just logical to do them one at a time. never seen anyone else do them but they work for me.
Would the initial position of a glide shot also count as a situation requiring simultaneous hip flexion and knee extension (with respect to the drive leg)?
The vertical leg press isn't old school - I have one and use it all the time.
What a great coach
I’m 62 now and I have a reoccurring lower back sprain when I go heavy on the back squats and or deadlifts. I use the leg press and go as deep as I can. I miss doing back squats, but I can’t risk injuring my lower back.
Hey Mike you should check out hip mobility exercises, 90 degree leg stretches work great for low back pain.
Damn bro good on you for still lifting. I would recommend deadlifting and back squatting still though. Start just with the bar or even body weight. Deadlifts especially are great for keeping your body healthy so you don’t injure yourself picking things up
Thanks for Advice, Isotonic has a segment where its 25-35% ROM and it's a valid ROE.
Guruji didn't know that or teach this.
I saw a guy doing a DB curl-side raise on a bosu ball. That looked pathetic.
One other sport where leg presses really help is rugby, especially to train the forwards in scrum situations.
Eddie Hall attributes a lot of his leg power to real heavy leg presses.
they can definitely help.
Lets go dude!
Thanks beast 💪🏾🏐
If a person recommends single leg presses, that is a green flag. Single leg presses allow you to push that single leg way harder than most other single leg exercises and gas you out way less, which leaves you better mentally prepared for what you may have after that. So when you’re mostly looking for hypertrophy, and not as much some of the coordination benefits other singable leg exercises such as what a lunge variation or split squat variation may offer, this should be the go to yet people sleep on that variation a lot.
200-300 reps is ideal with modest weight for leg growth. and yes vertical leg press is superior in every way.
It's great for Isolating the quads
do more vids for sprint cyclists!!! ive always had to pick and choose whats applicable for me from your channel so would be great if you could put it into 1 vid
I just started sprinting and have been using this, should I stop? Im doing like 10-20 reps.
I LOVE the leg press. Feet high up on the plate really gets the glutes! Do that superset with deadlifts! Your buns will be on fire 🔥!
I train out of a home gym. What are the best exercises to replace the leg press? Already have back squats and safety bar squats in rotation, but want to have a leg press alternative at home.
You might try landmine hack squats if you’ve got limited equipment at home.
Do you recommend the single leg 45 degree press for runners for example? do you think it could be a good exercise then??
If you kept your question partly clear, it would be heck lot helpful.
Interesting, what do you advise on frog press and its rare use amongst non-Athletes. And weak and seldom usage of loaded Duck Squat amongst Martial Artist communities.
we don't hate on the leg press, we hate on the leg press machine. Although it is good for isolation, doing the barbell leg press will build your leg strength tremendously as opposed to the machine which serves as an isolation device, like most machines out there.
leg press is so boring, with squat atleast you can do it athletically ,jump squat split wall with the barbell press it after the squat ,press it behind the neck hold it overhead . leg press is mind numbing
Yeah the functional training gurus are something else.. Use the leg press for what it is.. to build quads. Which will carry over to other lifts and other aspects of performance. Theres a time and place for strength or sport specific things.. but good old base building is always a fundamental principle. all athletes benefit from bodybuilding work. All body building really is, is the sport of muscle symetry.
How many sets and reps do you recommend for strength
I'd recommend at least 6 x 4 or 4 x 6 for strength specifically, but you'll be training strength no matter what. So really anything 3-6 sets x 4-12 reps will suffice
ha, was waiting to hear what was so bad about the leg press...
In fact I am the first one to comment... Loads of love from India.
Sometimes you ego needs a boost!
BUT I also cracked a rib doing very heavy full range of motion leg press so maybe don't listen to me…
I use the leg press for single leg. I think its great for that. But the fact that I see guys leg pressing 600 pounds and look like they can't squat 225 tells us its not a useful machine.
Personally in my opinion of my life my experience leg press leg extensions that's one of the best exercise unless you have a leg problem
For at least 20 years since I do like exercise I like press leg extensions are the best exercise in my opinion at least for me
For someone with no knees, legpress is my easy leg day.
Ive never seen that dude at the gym. That looked like a full range if motion.
The dude i see likes quarter reps….
Light weight baby!!!!!!
Although, the leg press may not be the worst exercise ever ... no weightlifting gym should have one. If you want to improve on your squat; you should squat more ... barbell squat, body squat, kettle bell squat, etc. (sitting down, laying down and squatting - I say no)
I love the leg press but it is probably one of the most misused pieces of equipment in the gym IE your demo at the 1:27 mark...See it all the time
smh
@@GarageStrength Load it up, take all the 45's and do 1/4 reps LOL I keep the reps somewhat higher and less weight but then again I am 56 so the "whatta bench bro" days are are long gone...all about staying in shape, as strong as I can be and injury free these days
Leg extensions is the wrost
never ever touch leg press. not really because i think it's bad, i just find it incredibly boring. same goes for any machine
well, that is your preference then isn't it? machines and free weights benefit everyone differently
Eddie Hall rated it in his deadlift training so it cant be all bad
10 more reps Jake 😆
I am the second
actually 🥈🥈
70% of the time it works everytime
Tom Platz enters the chat
Man shut up Tom platz would also leg press
@@claudiamarianidamato9499 that’s what I was saying lol
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Worst title ever. If addressing humans in general, the leg press is a key exercise if you aim to build leg power. If addressing short guys with a special leg-torso ratio, then squats may probably give some back to their legs.
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