Is 810lb leg press good?

[Golden_Muscle]

Well if your legs look good doing that weight, then its good. If your legs look great doing that weight then thats great, and so on. Nobody really cares when an average guy moves lots of weight.

 

[Beast_19_301]

Thank you Beast. That's the kind of reply I was looking for.

So you consider that bad? Why?

b/c i wanna leg press 1000 pounds *10. I barley train legs and when i do they always seem too get strong quick.

No one can justifie what you think is good or bad. You gotta know yourself.

 

[b fold the truth]

I'd like to see all the leg press machines melted down and made into squat racks.

My gym doesn't have a leg press... If it did...I'd probably melt it down and make something cool with it too.

B True

 

[Big Poppa Pump 86]

who cares how much you can do if your not doing it right theres no point in doing it at all

 

[bloodyroar]

i dont know my max yet....but 840 for 4 sets 10reps

 

[Eze]

I can do 300lbs for 10 reps. Is that good?

I'm 21 (22 yrs old in 22 days) 5'8" 212lbs.

I can also incline press 20lb DB's for 3 reps. One day I'll be bigger than DADAWG!

 

[hornedfrogs07]

I can do 300lbs for 10 reps. Is that good?

I'm 21 (22 yrs old in 22 days) 5'8" 212lbs.

I can also incline press 20lb DB's for 3 reps. One day I'll be bigger than DADAWG!

Smart-aleck

 

[elijah_123]

I can do 300lbs for 10 reps. Is that good?

I'm 21 (22 yrs old in 22 days) 5'8" 212lbs.

I can also incline press 20lb DB's for 3 reps. One day I'll be bigger than DADAWG!

You must be psyched bro! I remember the first time I squatted with 50lb. Fealt like I had the world on my shoulders. The 2.5lb plates are soooooo massive looking. I was sure the bar was gonna be bent permenantly!

 

[Golgo13]

If you are natural, yes that is good.

 

[Mr. dB]

Last but not least are for morons. I'd much rather see someone doing leg presses wrong than squats. Leg pressing wrong and you don't get the full advantage of the lift. Squatting wrong and you herniate a disk or worse.

Haha, I am presently suffering from a leg press induced injury.

First rep of my warmup set, I only had seven plates/side loaded, came down slowly, 'til my thighs were against my chest and my butt was beginning to lift off the seat. Just before I drove the sled back up, I felt something give in my chest -- I think I cracked a rib.

 

[Bast]

How much is 800pounds in kilos??

 

[JRfromTN]

cdog i like the avatar

 

[slobberknocker]

How much is 800pounds in kilos??

about 360

 

[Bast]

Ok, then i would say it´s standard.. It all depends on the machine, if it´s a new machine and a well kept one, no problem.

 

[elijah_123]

Haha, I am presently suffering from a leg press induced injury.

First rep of my warmup set, I only had seven plates/side loaded, came down slowly, 'til my thighs were against my chest and my butt was beginning to lift off the seat. Just before I drove the sled back up, I felt something give in my chest -- I think I cracked a rib.

Don't blame the leg press for that!
It's like dropping a bar with 250 while doing bench and blaming the bench press for breaking a rib.

 

[Mr. dB]

Don't blame the leg press for that!
It's like dropping a bar with 250 while doing bench and blaming the bench press for breaking a rib.

I wasn't blaming the leg press. And I didn't drop it, everything was slow and controlled. To go with your analogy, it was like warming up with 225 on the bench and breaking a rib while pausing at the bottom. Just a freak accident.

 

[NAT]

elijah123 you got a good point, some people dont go low enough.. but do huge wieght, they wont get anything out of it,,,,

imo,,, some guy doing 100 pounds properly will look way better then a guy who does 1000 pounds and not doing it properly. and not doing something properly will increase chances of injury.

 

[eastarr69]

I'd like to see all the leg press machines melted down and made into squat racks.

So true...now..an 810 pound squat...that impresses me...

E

 

[jawbreaker1]

You don't ever wanna lift heavy then. After awhile squats get to be too much. Look at most of the pros. Squats are not a core of their lifting any more just too much weight. Your legs get so strong that other parts (back/torso/ankles) can't handle the constant abuse of heavy squatting regularly. Go watch hard core squatters. They have to use so much tape, supports and topical pain killers it is rediculous.

Besides varying foot position on leg presses is great to focus on parts that you can't do as easily squatting.

Last but not least are for morons. I'd much rather see someone doing leg presses wrong than squats. Leg pressing wrong and you don't get the full advantage of the lift. Squatting wrong and you herniate a disk or worse.

Not arguing to get rid of squats, I love them and will do em till I can't anymore. But legpresses have a definate place in my routine.

agreed.......squats do put the mass on better than anything, but the price you pay for it in your later years is brutal. All these guys with their blown out knees.

 

[stratounet]

Honestly, I don't think it's good at all.

You're 200 pounds and 6' which mean you're not skinny.

I lift 1200 and I'm 5'8 and 170, and 18 years old. Natural.