Saw a guy leg pressing yesterday...

[mike]

13 plates on each side..

Now I know it's still a leg press..but this guy was massive and lean. He had veins everywhere and looked like he coulda stepped on stage in a week.


One of the biggest guys i've seen at my gym and there are some big dudes in there.

[get456]

must be much different leg presses place to place... my gym's holds... i think 12 per side? I can do 15 reps on that pretty easily... for reference my 5 rep max squat is circa 355...... so if 13 is super impressive... it may be at a different angle/diff machine

[A L]

Gotta agree. We load that thing to the max which is 20 per side. 15 reps. My max squat is mid 400's

[BRINO]

Different machines definetly. Ive done 12 plates for 20 reps on one in MI but the old press i had at my house i could only do like 7. Different seat adjustments change it up too. I usually work up to 10-11 on the hammer strength at my gym and my biggest squat is like 470 or somthing.

[Blut Wump]

I used to use a vertical leg press. You never know what you're getting with the angled ones.

[BRINO]

The one i used to have was a 45 angle but you layed with a flat back. It was old and made by OEI, also had a weird reverse hack attachment.

[cranny]

It must be the angle.
Here's a leg press for ya. Even though the reps aren't that deep it's still damn impressive for 8. I never get tired of hearing Ronnie in the gym. Nothin but a peanut, light weight! YouTube - Ronnie Coleman 2300 lb leg press (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSNvEpH2L1o)

[HULK1550]

kinda like iron god on the bench i was doing that in high school.. Hell my girlfrend can do that for about 12-15 reps. the highest i ever went on leg press (a couple years ago, i cut back bc it was bothering my patella tendon really bad) was 42 total plates plus a person for about 8 reps. that started to kill my knees though. anymore i only do leg press as high rep at the end of a workout.

[Killer]

Yeah, the 45 angle one's can vary alot depending on the total weight of the carriage and it seems that more vertical the 45 press, the harder it is, due to gravity. Random. Be careful and do not kill yourself like I almost did once.

Also, if you can put the seat rest all the way back, that really opens up the movement.

I love when you walk into the gym and see the press stacked with weight and seat all the way up, the guy with belt and wraps on, and then moves the press about 2 inches - lol.

[Lift Or Die]

I used to use a vertical leg press. You never know what you're getting with the angled ones.

You're talking about the one where you lie flat on your back and push with the weights directly overhead? You could get a great stretch on that with the gravity of the weight burying your knees to your chest.

We had one of those at my old gym. It felt far superior to a regular angled leg press. Its one of those old school pieces of equipment that you just don't see anymore in modern gyms.

[Blut Wump]

It must be about 25 years ago when I last saw one but, yes, you'd load it on the top and just push straight up.