Exercise guide
How to do leg press
Quads · glutes · hamstrings
Step by step
- Sit with your whole back and hips against the pad. Feet shoulder width in the middle of the platform.
- Release the safeties and straighten the legs without snapping the knees into lockout.
- Lower for 2 seconds until the knees reach about 90° or just past.
- Press back up through the heels and mid-foot, stopping just short of full lockout.
The cue that matters
CueHigher and wider feet shift the work to glutes and hamstrings; lower and closer hits the quads.
AvoidLetting the lower back round off the pad at the bottom. Stop at the depth where your hips stay planted.