on field movement, and the fact everyone can load it up just shows it doesn't work. I'd rather see ND doing cleans and other explosive, multi-joint exercises.
I did squats for years, but can't do them anymore. I'll do walking lunges and front squats with dumbbells. But I can't have a barbell on my upper back anymore. I know these guys are 30 years younger than me, but I'm guessing the S&C coaches are using leg press for injury prevention....
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an athlete you know you can't constantly do multi-joint exercises and in fact small ROM style movements like rack pulls and leg press have great benefit when trying to limit joint overload. Also confusing the muscles is important towards breaking thru plateaus. So an open chain movement like the leg press though it has a similar movement to a squat with the load placement being different and the feet moving it does help develop fibers used in a squat but without the load on the back.
Seriously...NO CARRYOVER??
Ok...Used in just about every college in america...
Never seen sprinters using the leg press??
with multiple times their body weight, I have to question the efficacy of the activity. Additionally, outside of some limited development of the legs, there is no activity on the field to which the leg press corresponds. I'm sure, at least I hope, the team is spending more time with full body movements like deadlift, cleans, snatches, squats, kettlebell cleans and throws. Those are the exercises that would excite me if seen in video.
Seeing idiots trying to impress themselves and folks around them with 1000lbs on a leg press but wont touch a squat rack.
Not what we're talking about. But the fact that you can load a 1000lbs on there is because you dont want to load a half-a-ton on your spine anyway.
But no...leg presses aren't a replacement for squats...they are a supplement that saves your joints but allows you to continue to build.
That's all...
need that explosive push from the lower body anyway. Just keep those upper arms churning.
A leg press machine has its place in many regimes, but is overrated for most people.
The linked article explains in more detail
Link: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=undefined&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwiMmfHh5qXgAhUq4IMKHcqFDQ4QzPwBCAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.self.com%2Fstory%2Fmost-overrated-strength-machines-at-the-gym&psig=AOvVaw2Qptz79YzMDTANaYn6eF4B&ust=1549497668129756
people who don't like squatting say they do just the same...they dont...but they are useful for taking pressure of the top of the spine and back for a change and still getting work in.
I can confirm that they suck. Leg presses are in no way the same.
You can confirm they suck...reason why not to use them too much --
Annnd a leg press is NO WAY the same? Seriously...NO WAY...the as a Squat?