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Machine Seated Leg Press
Legs · Machine · Primary muscle: Quadriceps
Active
Difficulty2/5
Repetitions1–50
Sets1–10
Tempo3-1-2
Rest90s
Technique references
Exercise media
Movement video
Video coming soon.
No playable video is published for this exercise yet. The exercise remains fully usable without it.
Step by step
Instructions
- Adjust the seat so you can use a safe, comfortable range of motion while keeping your back and hips against the pad.
- Place both feet on the platform approximately shoulder-width apart with your knees aligned over your toes.
- Brace your core, keep your full feet in contact with the platform, and release the machine safety mechanism if required.
- Press through your feet to extend your legs without aggressively locking your knees.
- Pause briefly, then bend your knees and return the platform slowly under control.
- Descend only as far as you can keep your lower back and hips against the pad, then repeat.
Muscle focus
Muscles
Primary: Quadriceps
Coaching
Tips
- Keep your knees tracking in the same direction as your toes throughout the repetition.
- Maintain stable contact through your heels, the bases of your big toes, and the bases of your little toes.
- Use a load that allows you to control both the press and the return.
- Choose a depth that preserves a neutral pelvis and full back-pad contact.
Technique check
Common mistakes
- Allowing the knees to collapse inward.
- Locking the knees aggressively at the top.
- Using too much weight to maintain controlled technique.
- Allowing the lower back or hips to lift away from the pad.
- Descending beyond a controllable range of motion.
- Using unnecessarily short partial repetitions.
- Pushing only through the toes instead of maintaining stable full-foot contact.
- Releasing the weight too quickly or allowing the stack to slam.
Approved settings
Workout modes
Throughout Day
- Goal type
- Total repetitions
- Default target
- 50 repetitions
- Minimum entry
- 1 repetition
- Daily reset
- Yes