Hip Dominant Leg Press, Don't Lose the Tension 2

Two very common mistakes in the leg press both involve going outside your active range of motion.

1 – is where you see the butt come off the pad, placing the load on the lower back.

2 – For bulkier individuals, sometimes there is an end range before that. A lot of times you will see people jamming their thighs into their abdomen. In this case the lengthened position for the hips might be better trained in unilateral movements of widening the stance is not a viable solution.

This will prevent creating problems with the stability relationship between the hip flexors and spinal extensors as well as removing the unfavorable spikes in visceral pressure.

We love leg presses, but setup, execution, and simply being at an appropriate bodycomp are needed for ideal results.