If you knew then what you know now...

[dilatedmuscle]

i like doing leg press after squats or hacksquats

 

[SerbMarko]

squatting is a must.. but i feel leg presses are still a great addition to a leg workout..

 

[lifterdead]

Leg presses are the ultimate egocise. Squatting properly humbles everyone.

I second this.

 

[mvsf1]

squatting is a must.. but i feel leg presses are still a great addition to a leg workout..

Exactly. 1st squat, then the do whatever you like.

Personally I do 7-8 sets of squats (last 3 of them suppa-heavy ) and then I add two or 3 sets of legs presses to finish my quads.

 

[SerbMarko]

i prefer single legged presses.. i feel i can isolate the muscle a lot more this way.. 5 plates a side for 12 reps is my best so far.. ego exercise or not, call it what you will.. they work!!

 

[Bulkboy]

interesting. thanks for the correction

not gonna sit here and pretend i understand all of that though. care to explain in layman terms the physiological response and adaption that takes place in the body during and following cardio training?

 

[BigBen]

what? the eating enough to stay anabolic i get.. but stimulate the muscle? isn't that what heavy weights do? or are you talking in kai lingo and trying to say focus more on mind-muscle connection?

I am talking about being able to lift hugely heavy weights and still achieve the high quality of muscle contraction that I got lifting lighter weights. Always putting the burden of the weight entirely and fully on the muscle being worked for what ever exercise i was performing. Also visualizing and feeling every part of the motion on the muscle being worked so i never wasted any part of th movement. IN short yes, a mind to muscle connection that was continuous through every part of an exercise.

 

[BigBen]

i prefer single legged presses.. i feel i can isolate the muscle a lot more this way.. 5 plates a side for 12 reps is my best so far.. ego exercise or not, call it what you will.. they work!!

i actually got the best growth from leg presses, doing very heavy weight for sets of 20-30 reps. But i always finished with light squats ATG with perfect form. So i agree with what yr saying serb, but i liked my squats and jeffersons too.