Horizontal Leg Press

How to do it

1. Sit in a horizontal leg press machine and place feet shoulder-width apart.
2. Unlock the machine and lower the platform toward your chest.
3. Press the platform back to the start.

Muscles it trains

Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.

How it compares

Compared with the Barbell Squat, it loads Lower back / erectors 30 points lower, Abs 15 points lower, Adductors (inner thigh) 15 points lower. It needs Machines where the other uses Barbell. Compared with the Leg Extension, it loads Glutes 45 points higher, Adductors (inner thigh) 30 points higher, Hamstrings 10 points higher.

Other ways to train this

• Barbell Squat BarbellIntermediate
• Leg Press Machines
• Hack Squat Machines
• Dumbbell Front Squat DumbbellsIntermediate
• Front Squat BarbellProfessional
• Smith Machine Squat Smith machine
• Bodyweight Squat Bodyweight
• Jump Squat BodyweightIntermediate
• Kettlebell Front Squat Kettlebells
• Band Squat Resistance bands
• Dumbbell Squat Dumbbells
• Single-Leg Press Machines
• Smith Machine Front Squat Smith machine
• Pistol Squat BodyweightProfessional
• TRX Squat Suspension trainer
• TRX Pistol Squat Suspension trainerIntermediate
• Kettlebell Squat Kettlebells
• Overhead Squat BarbellIntermediate

Other exercises for the Quads

• Leg Extension 90% Machines
• Bulgarian Split Squat 90% DumbbellsBenchIntermediate
• Step-Ups 85% DumbbellsBenchIntermediate
• Split Squat 85% Bodyweight

Exercise illustrations and data by RepDB (repdb.co), used under licence.