Has anyone ever tried...

[muscledog95]

.....following up squats with the leg press for a leg workout?

thanks

 

["OBESSED"]

I've done that.

It matters what master you are serving...That of MASS/SIZE....or that of STRENGTH.

I stopped because it only was working the same basic muscles as squats and I was overtraining the muscle. So I just dropped it and the mass has started to come and I can do alot more weight on squat now.

Jus' throwin' pennies in the fountain...

 

[muscledog95]

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[MrMuscle]

i always do it..now im doing fronst squats followed by close stance leg presses with my toes angle outwards..to hit the outer sweep.

 

[big4rt]

YUP! That's the way I train my legs. Prior to that I do leg ext, curl then calf.

 

[Roadblock]

If I feel I have more to give then I do legpresses, otherwise no.

 

[Lord_Suston]

Squats follow by Leg presses then front squats then leg extension and stiff legged deads when training for strength and size. It sucks but it works, the reason i do presses is sometimes my coordiantion is burned out by the end of squats and I need controlled movement to help get the last of the muscles fatigued. This was my sprinters routine 3 sets of each high reps past parrallel then sprints at night.

 

[Y_lifter]

Due to lower back issues, I usually rotate between Squats and Press just to mix it up each week rarely doing both on the same day.

 

[Skizac]

I do powerlifter-type squats, which use more hamstrings than quads. Since I still want decent looking quads, I usually follow these up with leg presses or some other type of quad-dominant pressing movement.

 

[Enock]

Squats - start of my legday (usually 8 reps sets, occassionally I go high rep)

Legpress - after squats to really push my legs to failure w/o being crushed alive/dead (6-8 rep sets)

SLDL - is next, for lower back and hams

Hamcurls - Generally only 1 set, since I just hit em with SLDL, If my knees bother me I skip SLDL and do more ham sets. (note: if my knees are bothering my its because I'm a pussy and my form must have sucked on the last set of SLDL) (6-8reps a set)

Calve raises (standing machine) - I vary the weight usually go really heavy one day (6-8 reps), then lighter more reps next time. (12-15) recently started using the 5x5 gonna use it ED. weight is close to the 6-8 rep weight but a little less.

Leg ext. - If I'm having a really shitty day or pressed for time, I skip legpress (bitch n a half to load the weights up) and do a few more sets of squating, and 3 sets of leg ext., If I did do Legpress I only do 1 set of Leg ext, before i leave (I like the pump heh) (usually get around 10-12 reps a set)

 

[DR. NOE]

.....following up squats with the leg press for a leg workout?

thanks

I always used this routine and then do leg extensions, leg curls and hip abductor inside/outside. But when I do squats, I keep my leg close together to hit the quads harder. On the leg press my feet stay up high to hit the hams hard.

 

[Haz]

I do the reverse. I start out with leg presses to pre-exhaust my thighs and then I hit the squat rack. This way I can't do as much weight, so it goes easier on my knees which are a bit of a problem for me. Its been working great, I'm cutting and actually gaining size on my legs. My strength has been going up too.