Leg Press Horizontal (Machine)
Trains the quadriceps, with help from the hamstrings and glutes. You need a machine. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Leg Press Horizontal (Machine)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a quadriceps exercise that is, there are 16 on the Quadriceps page.
Muscles worked
What Leg Press Horizontal (Machine) trains
Technique
How to do the Leg Press Horizontal (Machine)
- Sit on the horizontal leg press machine with your back and head against the backrest, and place your feet shoulder-width apart on the platform. Grip the handles at your sides.
- Release the safety handles and push the platform away by extending your knees and hips until your legs are almost straight, without locking your knees.
- Slowly bend your knees to return the platform toward you until your knees form roughly a 90-degree angle.
- Press back out through your heels. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then re-engage the safety handles.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Never lock your knees at full extension; keep a slight bend to protect your joints.
- Keep your lower back and hips pressed against the seat throughout the movement.
- Exhale as you press the platform away and inhale as you return.
- Push through your heels rather than your toes to engage your glutes and hamstrings along with your quadriceps.
Substitutes
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The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Leg Press Horizontal (Machine) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.