leg press on smith

[maldorf]

My old gym had a great one, it was only a few years old. I believe it was made by Nebula that makes a really great regular leg press, company is based out of Versailes Ohio. The weight you could use on it was more closely related to what you could squat, it was a bit higher still. Dont get the mechanical advantage of pushing the weight up an incline angle since its at 90 deegrees.

 

[musketeer]

I don't like them, nor do i prescribe them to anyone.

I am however looking forward to one day trying the new 3d smith machines.

I want to try one too, but they are not really 3D as they are advertised.

The original smith is only 1 Dimensional - up and down.

The 'new' smith is only 2D - up, down forward, back

3D would involve a side to side motion also - no point in a 3D smith then...

 

[ErikZ]

It really is just as ridiculous as it looked.

lol, that guy was successful in combining two of the most unfunctional exercises in the book into one great, big waste of gym time.

Are you telepathic?

 

[cwc73]

I want to try one too, but they are not really 3D as they are advertised.

The original smith is only 1 Dimensional - up and down.

The 'new' smith is only 2D - up, down forward, back

3D would involve a side to side motion also - no point in a 3D smith then...

HA. You got me there big guy! But hey, we kneI havent seen any yet though.

 

[musketeer]

Back to the smith machine leg presses, I saw that Vince Girdonia (or whatever that guy's name was) was pictured doing them in Robert Kenedy's leg manual. Of course he as doing them barefoot...

 

[nikkita]

I have done leg press with smith machine. In that time, my trainer said that it was because my hamstrings were lagging. Of course she helped me put the bar in the rack after every set.

Then my trainer, after going to some couses told me that we would not continue to do that exercise because it does strain the lower back even at very low weight. The alternatives are wide stance leg press with the seat back parallel to the foot pad or one leg press.

 

[blut wump]

I have done leg press with smith machine. In that time, my trainer said that it was because my hamstrings were lagging. Of course she helped me put the bar in the rack after every set.

Then my trainer, after going to some couses told me that we would not continue to do that exercise because it does strain the lower back even at very low weight. The alternatives are wide stance leg press with the seat back parallel to the foot pad or one leg press.

The ideal alternative, unless you have some injury forcing otherwise, is free-weight barbell squat.

 

[silver_shadow]

I have done leg press with smith machine. In that time, my trainer said that it was because my hamstrings were lagging. Of course she helped me put the bar in the rack after every set.

Then my trainer, after going to some couses told me that we would not continue to do that exercise because it does strain the lower back even at very low weight. The alternatives are wide stance leg press with the seat back parallel to the foot pad or one leg press.

wow, no offence but your trainer needs to be mentioned in the "morons at the gym" thread. for weak hamstrings, any lifter with an ounce of knowledge would have you doing good mornings or SLDLs.

 

[nikkita]

wow, no offence but your trainer needs to be mentioned in the "morons at the gym" thread. for weak hamstrings, any lifter with an ounce of knowledge would have you doing good mornings or SLDLs.

hehehe I know! that's why I changed trainers.