Leg Press (Machine)
Seated with the back supported, press a loaded platform away with the feet. Also called Leg Press, Leg Press Horizontal (Machine), Leg Press (Machine) and 45 Degree Leg Press.
- Pattern
- Squat
- Equipment
- Machine
- Works
- Quads, glutes
- Loads
- Hips, knees, ankles
If something hurts
Not medical advice. Sharp pain, numbness or swelling needs someone qualified to look at it.
Each swap below spares one joint.
Knee only, no hip loading.
When it stalls, these usually help
One leg at a time evens out a stronger side the machine lets you hide.
The hips finish a leg press, and hip thrusts train them directly.
How Swolver coaches it
This lift is read from your own sessions. When it goes flat for four weeks, Swolver names the likely cause in plain words, such as weekly sets that dropped, and the one change to make. The rules are all on the method page.