Hmm! Usually because people do it instead of squats - solely because they can put a ton of weight on it (sometimes literally - I didn't do more than 540 when I did it). Or, as a hyooge guy who squats over 500 says via his t-shirt "If deadlifts were easy they'd call them 'Leg Press' "
But if you're doing them along with squats and hex, that takes a lot of the downside out.
There isn't much form on leg press, but disasters remain. I've seen a few folks lately both using their hands to push on their knees, and hyper-extending their knees (plus bouncing) on each rep. Others either fail to lower the weight far (again, so they can brag about the hundreds of pounds they "lift" ) or bring it down fast so far they bounce off of the rubber guards.
Usually because the people doing it are trying to feel big by having lots of weight on a machine, doing it wrong even on a machine, then failing to do any free weights.
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Date: 2015-08-04 05:47 pm (UTC)(sometimes literally - I didn't do more than 540 when I did it). Or, as a hyooge guy who squats over 500 says via his t-shirt
"If deadlifts were easy they'd call them 'Leg Press' "
But if you're doing them along with squats and hex, that takes a lot of the downside out.
There isn't much form on leg press, but disasters remain. I've seen a few folks lately both using their hands to push on their knees, and hyper-extending their knees (plus bouncing) on each rep. Others either fail to lower the weight far (again, so they can brag about the hundreds of pounds they "lift" ) or bring it down fast so far they bounce off of the rubber guards.
Usually because the people doing it are trying to feel big by having lots of weight on a machine, doing it wrong even on a machine, then failing to do any free weights.