Ahhah yes! No one talks about leg strength, but it's my greatest strength.
I'm probably around 160lbs right now and I leg press 750lbs for 11 reps and 3 sets baby. Let's see someone beat that power to weight ratio. Also that's not including the sled since I don't know how much it weighs.
jagdrag77You have some real strength there mate 👍
And for three sets of 11 reps? How do you do it?
As for me, I haven't worked out in years. From my experience at work, it seems I have off days where I can't lift crap and good days where I go nuts. Even still, I bet I could do 250 have I really have no idea. I'm 5' 11" and 140 pounds...any ideas?
OmnisThere's a lot of legs talk in the bench press thread. I think we should just merge it into a general weightlifting thread.
Lol this is what my bigger, faster, stronger thread was made for. Talk about your personal achievements in anything and ask other how to improve etc.
Also this guy is so awesome. I'm scared just looking at all the weight
Also this guy is so awesome. I'm scared just looking at all the weight
OmnisThose are crap. This is what a real leg press looks like.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwJb0ZEsHOM">YouTube Link</a>
Also this guy is so awesome. I'm scared just looking at all the weight
Ahah wtf this guy did so much less weight. I actually know the guy in the vid I showed and he's 6'3" (I think) and natural. So it was pretty impressive when I saw it.
OmnisThat's a 400lb sled. Leg presses are easy when you don't go past parallel. Is your buddy strong? Sure is. But he should go lighter for some more depth.
ROAD_DOGG33JIf you look at his squat video, he's having a rough time with 315 so... meh
OmnisTell that to Oly-lifters. If your back is still rounding, get it stronger. Your butt shouldn't leave the pad when pressing.
Good job jag. One thing when going really heavy like 1-5 rep range is you need to do more sets. You can do like 3min rest between them if you want, but try doing 5 sets.
Actually, I do work out but I don't do max leg press because it seems basically useless in terms of increasing leg strength goes.
jagdrag77Actually you'd be surprised mate. The owner of the gym I attend to doesn't play any sport what requires good leg muscles, all he does is leg press and leg curls and for a tiny bloke, he can leg press more then me.
But this is just my two cents here.
Schwartz38Yes, that is true but I don't bother finding my max. I prefer more reps/less weight rather than less reps/more weight.
shmogtAhhah yes! No one talks about leg strength, but it's my greatest strength.
I'm probably around 160lbs right now and I leg press 750lbs for 11 reps and 3 sets baby. Let's see someone beat that power to weight ratio. Also that's not including the sled since I don't know how much it weighs.
That power to weight ratio is sure to give you extra performance points that "over rate" you and make you comparable to a Caterham.
Schwartz38That power to weight ratio is sure to give you extra performance points that "over rate" you and make you comparable to a Caterham.
jagdrag77Today after pumping the bench press for a good while, I managed to get in some good results on the leg press 👍
260kg (573lb) for four sets of three reps. (It may not sound like much, but it sure felt like it.)
I then did some leg curls and boy was it hard to walk afterwards, I spent like 15 minutes just stretching and resting
How is everybody else doing?
I'm not sure if this was just one day but you have to work just as hard at everything for all your different body parts. Leg press works all muscles in the legs but primarily the quads. Bench press hits all upper body but primarily the chest. Make sure to do some sort of deadlift to hit the glutes, hamstrings and upper back just as hard (google and YouTube this like crazy until you know exactly how to perform it). If you don't you will end up like me with super tight joints and weak muscles in certain spots.
Also I know you like going big on leg press but I personally recommend going a bit high reps like 8. Rep ranges is usually 1-5 is pure strength, 6-9 is moderate which promotes muscle growth and strength, and 10-15 which is pure muscle hypertrophy (growth). It goes by volume so 3 sets of 8 is a total of 24 reps. 4 sets of 3 is 9 reps total. The weight is higher but not very much time on the muscles. What I like to do is switch between the rep ranges. Maybe a month of low reps, pure strength than the next month a moderate rep range.
I remember you said you like bmx which is primarily a quad dominant movement. You may think working the quads more will make you stronger but in reality your quads will over develop from pattern overload. Your brain will naturally assume to use your quad muscles for everything. This is not what you want at all as it will start to shut down trying to use your other muscles in your legs. You want to work the opposite muscles instead to make sure they are strong enough to keep up with the quads since the quads are getting so much more work from pedaling. It's same for all sports. A person throwing a baseball will have a overload of chest and shoulder and even tho those and the muscles he uses to pitch the ball they will become to strong and he will actually become weaker of he keeps training them.
Think of your body like two elastic bands. One pulls the other stretches. If you constantly pull one too much it will become tighter while the opposite one will be stretched and no longer have the strength to pull the other band back.
So leg press is great but make sure to hit glutes and hamstrings just as hard. Glutes especially since most people have very weak one due to sitting all the time and you really have to focus on squeezing them.