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Squats or leg press?

  • 28-03-2010 5:31pm
    #1
    Seanohea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭


    Hey I was looking to know your opinions and from your expierience, what is the best excercise for improving leg strength? Squats or leg press? I'm doing squats at the mo, but I don't know if I'm makbg much progress, I'm not necessarily feeling the strength gains. I've been doing them for the past 2 months.
    I also do the dead lift as well. A warm up set and 3 sets of 12 for squats and dead lift and also do calf raises. Any comments appreciated, thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    cardio,shoot me
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,462 ✭✭✭cardio,shoot me


    Squats.


  • #3
    skstretch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 154 ✭✭skstretch


    Squats r better, get ur form right then do 3 sets of 6 reps
    then do leg press
    then look up bulgarian one leg squats...
    they get u stronger


  • #4
    WalterMitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭WalterMitty


    raise the weight and drop the reps. Do 5 sets of 6/7//8 reps on squats per week. Do other stuff as above poster said(step ups, lunges bulgarians etc)


  • #5
    migozarad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 127 ✭✭migozarad


    I agree with all the previous posters re:squats..I would say that unless you're into competitive bodybuilding,doing ''isolation'' calf exercises is a waste of time since they are worked synergistically or as a secondary muscle when one does any type of squats.
    Front squats are better than back squats for working the quadriceps& they are also less taxing on the back,leaving you less susceptible to niggly injuries.


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