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Primary: Quadriceps
Secondary: Hamstrings, Buttocks |
| Instructions: |
- Sit in a leg press machine with your feet on the platform in front
of you.
- Your feet should be about hip-width apart.
- Grasp the handles at your sides and lean back in the chair. Keep your
back straight and abdominals tight.
- Push forward on the platform extending your legs in front of you, keeping
your legs slightly bent at the knees.
- Slowly lower the weight (platform) towards your body until your knees
are bent at about a 90 degree angle, or until your thighs touch your chest.
- Return the weight (platform) to the starting positing by pushing the
weight up until your legs are almost straight.
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| Don'ts: |
- Don't let your legs come so far back that they spread apart.
- Don't lock your knees so that your legs become straight when pushing
the weight up.
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| Note: |
- The leg press machine in your health club may work slightly different.
If so, ask the staff for help.
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