Narrow Stance Leg Press
Works the quads.
- Primary muscles
- Quads
- Secondary muscles
- Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings
- Equipment
- Machine
- Level
- Intermediate
- Mechanic
- Compound
- Force
- Push
How to do it
- Using a leg press machine, sit down on the machine and place your legs on the platform directly in front of you at a less-than-shoulder-width narrow stance with the toes slightly pointed out. Your feet should be around 3 inches or less apart. Tip: Keep your head up at all times and also maintain the back on the pad at all times.
- Lower the safety bars holding the weighted platform in place and press the platform all the way up until your legs are fully extended in front of you. Tip: Make sure that you do not lock your knees. Your torso and the legs should make a perfect 90-degree angle. This will be your starting position.
- As you inhale, slowly lower the platform until your upper and lower legs make a 90-degree angle.
- Pushing mainly with the heels of your feet and using the quadriceps go back to the starting position as you exhale.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions and ensure to lock the safety pins properly once you are done. You do not want that platform falling on you fully loaded.
Track it
Log every set in Pensum. It keeps your best sets and estimates your one-rep max as you go. Estimate your 1RM now.
More Quads exercises
- Bicycling, Stationary Machine
- Chair Squat Machine
- Elliptical Trainer Machine
- Hack Squat Machine
- Jogging, Treadmill Machine
- Leg Extensions Machine
- Leg Press Machine
- Leverage Deadlift Machine