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27th July 2007, 18:15
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quick question regarding leg press
for all the gym go-ers.. when doing leg presses do you lock your legs out when pushing the plate back up to its start position??
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27th July 2007, 18:23
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just keep you feet flat and stretch them right out mate, so yeah basically lock your legs and hold it there for a few seconds and back down
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27th July 2007, 19:16
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wasnt sure just.. cheers 4 reply!
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27th July 2007, 19:59
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yeh lock out then allllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll the way back down pause, up and lock, pause, allllllllllllllllllllllll the way down.
9/10 people do leg press wrong and boast about the impressive weight they can do, the more weight they stack on the less distance they go with legs, its embarrising to watch
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27th July 2007, 21:59
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I thought it was bad to lock your legs out??
Yer and agreed there, i saw this guy the other week on the leg press, machine was fully stacked with 25kg plates the biggest dumbell in the gym on there 65kg i think and a guy sitting on top, was impressed untill i saw him move about 10cm down and up
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27th July 2007, 22:10
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dont lock your knees. takes all the pressure off and doesnt make it very effective
you dont drop the weights after each bicep curl do you.
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27th July 2007, 22:43
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I thought it was good to lock out on leg press because for example, you can tense ur bicep with ur arm in any position. but with the quads you can, but if you lock ur leg while tensing you can feel a massive difference.
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27th July 2007, 22:47
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ive always been told to lock your knees
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27th July 2007, 22:49
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yeh same, on leg press anyway. and i can see why. for things like tricep dips and press ups i can see why you wouldnt lock out
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27th July 2007, 23:21
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no no no. you shouldnt be locking your legs out atall mate because you taking the weight off your muscles so your joints are holding the weight instead which arent obviously as strong
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29th July 2007, 16:48
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29th July 2007, 19:43
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yeh i change my answer, dont lock them out lol. id imagine it wouldnt make too much diff on the leg press but yeh as the reputable link says, dont lock em.
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