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2004/01/05, 08:06 PM
2 questions that i wanan ask, on leg day i do leg presses to fully fry my legs after all of my leg work( hack squats, barbell squats, leg extensions, hamstirng curls, and alternating step ups) now when i get on the leg press, i dunno if its cause of my build or what but i feel leg pressing is easy to me, i have winde thick legs and hips, and a big butt lol.....my quads measure almost 29 in and i have a botu a 38 in waist,,,,,,when i leg press i think i'm bring the wait all the way back and all the way up just short of lock out, i herd never go past 90 degrees) knee angle) but i hear u ned a full range of motion, but if i go any lower that that my butt pops up and my back arches and alot of times my back pops( doesn't hurt) to day i leg pressed 1000lbs for 8 reps , i just wanan make sure what i'm doing is the right way to get the best results. my legs are quite sore the next day in my quads and hams so i think i am... any advice?
also on bench pres day, i get bruses on my lats from the weight bench, any one else have this problem? or is the bench too wide?
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---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
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2004/01/06, 02:06 PM
That sounds like a lot of stuff to me. If I use the leg press, I don't do squats and vice versa. Except for some warm up squats with a swiss ball. I can move a lot of weight on the leg press also, I think it depends on what you are used to. I started with the leg press and just kept moving it up. I just recently started doing the BB squats. A lot of people think the leg press is hard, but I can't do much weight at all with a BB squat. With you doing so many different things it is hard to tell which ones are making you sore. And I think if your butt comes off the pad then it is probably too much weight or the worng angle. That didnt help you much did it? Sorry.
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~Victoria~
...Do not be discouraged; everyone who got where he is, started where he was.--anon
...There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.--Beverly Sills
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2004/01/06, 05:47 PM
well everyone says to take the weight " deep" and if i go any deeper using the range of motion i can do, my butt pops off and my back rounds out...the regular way i do it my back is flight and everything is pressed against the back of the chair thing back hurts if it pops up the next day
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---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
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2004/01/06, 11:48 PM
I don't go deep on heavy leg movements...roughly 90 degrees. Only time I go full range of motion is moderate weight. Going deep on heavy movements, in my experience , is a recipe for injury...I'm talking HEAVY HEAVY, not moderately heavy. If it hurts, you just answered your own question. Good luck.
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2004/01/07, 12:04 AM
thanx just wanan make sure i'm nto one of them " sissy leg pressers" lol.........yea everyone thought leg pressing that 1000lbs i was a line man for my college lol.....had a funny look on their face when i said i was a cheerleader lol
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---andrew.......adversity causes some to break, but others to break records!
LEAVE YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR!!
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