FitNessieHow to do it
- Sit with your back and head on the pad and your feet flat on the plate, about shoulder width, toes turned out slightly.
- Hold the handles beside the seat and release the safeties.
- Lower the sled until your knees are bent to about a right angle, keeping your hips on the seat.
- Press back up to straight legs without locking your knees.
Key cues
- Back and glutes stay on the pad
- Knees track over the toes
- Feet flat on the plate
- Stop just short of locking out
Common mistakes
- Cutting depth short as the weight goes up
- Going so deep your hips tuck and your lower back rounds
- Locking the knees out hard at the top
- Letting the knees cave in
Muscles worked
- Primary
- Quads, glutes and adductors
- Secondary
- Hamstrings
Equipment
Leg press machine.