>>37914738
3x5 at 5pl8
>>37914738
I have no idea as my time is better spent squatting
>>37914738
usually 1 leg 2-3 plate for rep ranges of 8-12
>>37914777
Trips confirms.
12x3 at 3 plates
>>37914738
I usually hit squats then do a 3x10 8pl8 (metric so 340kg) after.
Probably could do more if I didn't do squats first but it's leg press so who cares.
>>37914777
This this guy said
>>37914738
I have no idea as I prefer to squat 3 times per week instead.
>>37914777
This.
Leg press is for faggots too scurred to squat.
>>37914956
Do you just squat or do you do other leg accessories after?
>>37914738
dont do leg press, its a meme
as a fat kid at 14 or 15 i could max that thing (21 total plates)
>>37914738
I have literally never tried to leg press in my life, almost 3 years of lifting too
>>37914738
Why is it the only people I ever see on the legpress are DYEL retards and old fucks blasting and cruising on test while talking about how squats will tear your knees up.
>>37915000
Same
When I first started out at the gym they had me on machines, was doing ~175kg on the leg press which was the highest weight.
Then when I moved on to squatting I could only do 60kg. Felt like I wasted my time.
itt faggots who say leg press is gay, but can't squat 3pl8 or more.
>>37914979
This is true because that was me.
>>37915078
Me too breh.
When I first started squatting I was 40 pounds overweight and had total shit form. Was super embarrassing but I powered through it and although my squat weight isn't impressive I'm never going back to "faggot ass leg press" unless CHAD and/or STACEY are hogging the squat rack.
>>37914979
Guess I'm a faggot, but I like to do both
>>37915137
Agreed.
Squats are the fucking king of all exercises, but there's nothing like a good blast on the leg press machine when you're hitting a solid leg day.
Real men do both.
>>37915055
What? It doesn't matter how much you squat, you're still better than the retard on the leg press ego lifting.
>>37915109
>squat weight isn't impressive
>doesn't use leg press
jeez I wonder why
>>37915137
this guy gets it, you're suppose to use both.
Squat first, switch to leg press.
>>37915168
>>37915137
It is legit, but I prefer front squats personally
Even with perfect form, squatting is a horrible exercise- it puts too much strain on your spine and hips. You're going to blow yourself out before you're even middle aged and spend the rest of your life in pain getting surgeries
>>37915190
Yeah, cause the likes of Arnie are in wheelchairs now aren't they?
Fucking moron.
3x12x11pl8 with form, but feel I'm limited due to ankle mobility. Can't squat for shit. As with others, former/semi fat guy.
Feel that I get more of an ego boost from this than actual physical gains -- much like standing barbell calve raises (3x12x3pl8)
>>37915204
"The knees are like a tire. When the tires last up to 30,000 miles, you have to decide how you want to use them. Do you want to use them up in one year, or do you want to use them over a period of 10 years? It’s the same thing with joints. So, I decided 10 years ago, when I started to feel the wear and tear and was feeling pain in my joints, that now I should adjust my training and do more high reps with less resistance. Therefore I stay away from the squat, and I stay away from heavy bentover rows, but I do the heavier rowing on a Cybex machine and do the lighter exercises with free weights."
-Arnold Schwarzenegger
>>37915190
"Anyone who says that full squats are bad has, with that statement, demonstrated conclusively that they are not entitled to an opinion about the matter."
-- Rippletitski
>>37915247
So... Arnie?
>>37915238
>>37915238
Based Arnold, nigga always knows what's up.
Everyone screaming for squats are those faggots use see needing back braces by their thirties.
>>37915255
What about him? He took steroids and pushed heavier weights than naturals do, did stupid shit like stand on 2 x 4s to elevate his heels w/ 600+ pounds on his back, and fucked his joints up.
He was a great bodybuilder, but I don't consider him an expert on training others.
>>37915263
Weird. Dave Draper (74) still squats.
>>37914738
Over 4pl8 for 3x10
4pl8 3x10
>>37915238
Reminder: Arnold has made a career out of misleading people to secure his legacy.
>>37915467
lol I never know what to believe.../fit/'s alwys full of contradictory statements. Nevertheless I agree with him because I have chronic knee pain so I need to take it chill.
>>37915571
You do need to chill if you're having pain. But having pain doesn't mean the exercise is inherently bad for yours knees. A much more likely culprit, and one nobody likes, is you're fucking something up.
>>37915571
Also, literally do the opposite of Arnold. He's a douche bag. His "blueprint" is garbage used to sell saw dust filled supplements. He was a douche in his early days, he's a douche in his twilight days.
>>37914993
I don't, I do heavy squats, and I do volume squats, once a week I do single leg squats because I do a unilateral variation of every movement once a week
>>37915302
Proper squats are supposedly good for keeping your knees and hips strong as long as you don't use shit form and grind the cartilage into paste and twist bend and ruin your ligaments
I'm up to 4.5 plaet on each side. (After i do heavy squats of course)
>>37915055
Leg press is gay.
My squat is 475 lbs.
>>37914738
7 pl8, 4x8 then strip pl8s for failure
Stopped squatting about a year ago when I realized it was a meme
>inb4 jorts
It's a 24 hour gym and I only go at night
I started having some left ankle pain when squatting, took a break and tried leg presses for a month. Pain went away while I did LPs and worked on ankle mobility. 4.5pl8. I prefer squats though.
>>37915168
Do they work identical muscles? Or I guess leg press skips the core? Identical for legs?
At my school's gym I use a leg press machine where you put a knob into a weight. Lately I have been able to do around 120 lbs on it.
>>37916567
When each exercise is done correctly, squats include more glute work than leg presses
I do leg presses because their are often chickies on the leg press and I feel like if I do leg press too I might meat them and get married
>>37914738
5 x 8 at 748 pounds after my squats
>>37916642
Smart.
>>37916642
>Meat them
Please dont turn random gym chicks into meat bruh
I did leg press for 3 out of my first 5 years lifting.
I decided to remove leg press to see if id lose any gains and I didn't, in fact my squat/deadlift went up even more die to the fact I no longer expended lower body energy on the leg press and my legs developed even more.
TLDR: leg pressing was literally holding me back and doing nothing.
>>37914738
I'll have to max rep next leg day to find out. I've done 6pl8 on each side but I don't remember the rep counts. I like doing leg press on the days I don't squat. Idk if I'm right or not but it seems to help strengthen my legs to help raise my squat and diddy lift weights.
>I can do more weight on leg press than squat which helps build legs for squats. Pls tell me how I'm wrong.
>>37914738
since im on gear decent weight with high reps helps
>>37914738
It's funny to see all these idiots saying leg press is useless when almost every serious bodybuilder or power lifter does them.
>I'd rather lift like the biggest guys in the room.
>>37917120
>It's funny to see all these idiots saying leg press is useless when almost every serious bodybuilder or power lifter does them.
lmao...not true at all.
The only people I see doing leg press are indians, old men and DYELs.
>>37917184
Holy sweet Jesus watch any power lifter or body builder on YouTube or whatever your preferred tube is and you will see how retarded your statement is. Or do they just do leg press to troll all the other people trying to lift srsly out there? Hell even look at the OP pic. You must be that special kind of special.
>>37917120
My thoughts exactly. I always do squats first, but following up with leg presses is a good way to hit quads
>>37917219
I'm a powerlifter and my squat to leg press ratio is at least 50:1. Meaning for at least every 50 reps of squats I do, I do 1 rep of leg press.
>>37914738
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it's just there to hold weights when nobody is using them.
With slow reps going all the way down I can go 5x5 with 5 plate on each side. Not great but I try not to just do the "ego press" where you load up a ton then barely move it.
I actually prefer it to squats, it's easier to concentrate the stress onto specific areas of the legs based on where you put your feet, where with squats your quads ill always give out before your glutes or hams start to feel much.
>>37914738
4x10 7 plates
>>37914939
>8pl8 (metric so 340kg)
>>37915238
I-it can't be...
DELETE THIS!!!!
>>37914738
bad question to ask, everyone who does leg press does 1/32 rom
>>37914738
3~5 sets 15~18 reps
sometimes Pyramid super sets.
>>37916755
I dont think he meant to meat them like that. no homo
I don't leg press, but I do have nearly a 350 pound back squat. Guess I don't need the leg press since I'm not a woman.
>>37914738
After squatting Ill do it, 10 reps 6 pl8, 12 7 pl8, 4-6 sets 10-8 with 8, after doing squats 275-295 lbs 6-8 sets of 5-6 reps I'm can't give out exact numbers I usually to tired to count, is this cool guys? Or retarded? I've progressed like this but I'm on plateu for some months now. I think I'm gonna brake now perhaps my bad bracing was holding me back ive learned better now but still I'm just assuming I'll now in some weeks or months
>>37916568
Literal DYEL
I started at 16 as 55kg 6ft, on my first day did 120, and found that ridiculously easy. Within a month I was on 220, then I started squatting and rarely leg press
>>37920003
Absolute lies
Leg press is a great accessory to squatting and isolates the quads more desu. Just do it after squatting.
>>37919521
>Working out your ass and legs everyday
Nah you're just a gay man bro
7 pl8 for 3x8 but I also squat 325 for 3x5.
>>37914738
>they dont max out the weights on a leg press
Lmoaing at your life
>>37915467
Reminds me of that bodybuilder he did screaming lessons with to give him "an edge" at his competition.
The man is truly the god of trolls.
>>37915055
Leg press is gay, just because you squat less weight than you leg press, doesn't mean it's not a better exercise.
>>37914738
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i usually just squat, but I did try the leg press the other day and got it to the max weight the machine had, 500 lbs. Seems kinda cheating tho cuz I don't have to use my back.
>>37918270
what wrong with that?
>>37920755
8pl8 x 20kg x two =320
>>37914738
I see people do fucking atrocious ROM on leg press is there any benefit to ATG leg press or am I autistic.
>>37921038
Oh yeah sorry I have the habit of always adding an extra 20kg for barbell weights
>on vacation
>muh gains must squat
>stalled on squats
>get mad
>go for 3 rep max
>knee feels weird
>switch to leg press
>insane pump tha far supersedes variations of squats
>legs noticeably juicer and larger
>can pull more on Diddy
Haven't gone back to squats yet... will eventually.
BUT brehs if you fall for the lol leg press is for girls meme I pity you. Like I said the pump is awesome. Make sure you do full rom. I usually put my feet in s position that mimics my squat
Do what works for you. Leg press is awesome for me.
>>37914738
350kg or 771lbs 3x15
Cant do squats as my "fitness center" has a smith machine, i do barbell hack squats instead 150kg 3x10
