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General Fitness & Exercise

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Leg Press

Flexing Posts: 80 Joined: 2000/12/28	2001/01/22, 12:14 PM What other exercise can I substitute for the leg press??

bore Posts: 320 Joined: 2000/12/30	2001/01/22, 08:44 PM Hip sled, hack squats, sissy squats, squats, or if you have a smith machine try laying on your back and putting the bar on the soles of your shoes and pressing it that way. Rob
Dark_Wolf Posts: 16 Joined: 2001/11/10	2001/01/22, 09:34 PM SQUATS, SQUATS, SQUATS thats what works best for me anyways, hurts like hell but i get results.
xavier Posts: 333 Joined: 2001/01/02	2001/01/22, 10:14 PM try front squats or lunges
Flexing Posts: 80 Joined: 2000/12/28	2001/01/26, 06:45 AM thanks for the info everyone
VIPER Posts: 6 Joined: 2001/11/10	2001/01/23, 01:48 PM the best anh hardest is squats they build up the legs and strengthen them
tt_rocker Posts: 389 Joined: 2001/01/25	2001/01/24, 09:29 AM you can always do lunges using dumbbells lunges using a barbell side lunges squats - there's a lot of versions of the squat hack squats what I do is do an exercise for a while (2 months) then change it all together and try some new one.
bicep Posts: 315 Joined: 2001/01/26	2001/01/25, 09:44 AM lunges are pretty similar ..however, the presses are excelent exercise..it allows you to go heavy, and feel the stretch in your thighs ...