Leg Extension
How to do it
- Sit in the machine with your back against the pad and the roller resting on your shins, just above the ankles.
- Set the seat so your knees line up with the machine's pivot.
- Straighten your legs until they are almost locked.
- Squeeze your quads for a beat at the top, then lower slowly.
- Control the way down - dropping the weight wastes half the set.
Muscles it trains
Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.
- Quads 90%
Photos and form cues from free-exercise-db, released into the public domain.
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