The most you are supposed to put on the machine at State is 950. At least thats what is says on the sled.

I would be interested to know exactly what counts as a proper press. I have worked out with 12 -13 plates per side at Beyond Fitness. I would think its a proper press but I don't know what the standards set up on here are.

2/10/2006 9:52:44 PM

wow wolfweb fitness has reached a new low

maxing out on leg press?! I'm sure we'll see that at a powerlifting competition

do some fucking squats you pussies

2/11/2006 2:24:03 AM

I could care less how much someone can leg press. Get up underneath a bar and squat some of the weight that has been mentioned in this thread, parallel, and you have my attention, otherwise STFU!

2/11/2006 7:42:38 AM

^

true.

2/11/2006 7:58:43 AM

it's all the fucking same. Who fucking cares what you can squat either?

2/11/2006 8:55:01 AM

I care about 3 things; functional strength, over all health, and aesthetics. That's why I go to the gym. I'm not there to impress anybody, not the meatheads over there leg pressing the world or the chick in the spandex who has been on the hamstring machine for the last 20 minutes trying to get the attention of every guy who walks by.

2/11/2006 10:12:18 AM

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"it's all the fucking same. "

haha, so wrong

2/11/2006 1:12:10 PM

haha Noen... squatting is NOT the same as the legpress at all!

2/11/2006 1:52:02 PM

Two chicks from the atrium

2/11/2006 2:14:07 PM

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"it's all the fucking same. Who fucking cares what you can squat either? "

actually not...at all

2/11/2006 2:53:54 PM

I wish they were the same, my squat would be awesome! However, no, they are not.

2/11/2006 3:14:13 PM

I can legpress a goddamned semi truck

[Edited on February 11, 2006 at 3:15 PM. Reason : RAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH]

2/11/2006 3:15:27 PM

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"any cycleist/soccer player will pwn a leg press."

You sure about this? Not always true. I have seen soccer players struggle at leg press, while I have seen some fat sedentary dude load the shit out of leg press and squat a bus no problem. Its fast twitch versus slow twitch muscle development. Just because someone has muscular legs doesn't automatically make them able to throw up weight.

2/11/2006 4:29:27 PM

just because you play soccer and ride a bike doen't mean you will have big muscular legs. Its mostly genetics and/or heavy weightlifting.

2/11/2006 4:33:04 PM

yea, thats true

2/11/2006 4:36:40 PM

I'd like to add that if you say "and yeah" three times in one message, you sound retarded.

2/11/2006 8:34:33 PM

I did 1415 lbs. 3 reps on it, that was 30 plates, 15 45's on each side

looked like it would hold 3 more 45's on each side

so my guess for the max it would hold is around 1700 lbs.

2/11/2006 8:54:45 PM

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"Squattin Way down this road, in a gym far away, A young man was once heard to say, “I’ve repped high and I’ve repped low, No matter what I do my legs won't grow.” He tried leg extensions, leg curls, and leg presses, too. Trying to cheat these sissy workouts he’d do. From the corner of the gym where the big men train, Through a cloud of chalk and the midst of pain. Where the big iron rides high and threatens lives, Where the noise is made with big forty fives. A deep voice bellowed as he wrapped his knees, A very big man with legs like trees. Laughing as he snatched another plate from the stack, Chalking his hands and his monstrous back, Said, “Boy stop lying and don’t say you’ve forgotten, Trouble with you is you ain’t been squattin.”"

FUCK LEG PRESS

2/13/2006 2:31:31 PM

you tell me this like I haven't done power cleans, deadlifts, squats and every other retarded weight lifting movement for years.

I realize they are all completely different in both muscle groupings, stresses and movements. My POINT, all you meatheads, is they are all the fucking same. It's just a way to prove you can lift X more than Joe homo next to you.

If you were really concerned about building strength, you'd have realized long ago that eccentric contractions are how you build muscle and strength. Yet power cleans, deadlifts and squats are all MAJORLY concentric contraction movements. All you are really accomplishing in those movements is a display of your current ability.

Want to get stronger? Want to build mass? Negatives (eccentric) are the way to go. Yet amazingly you might find one guy in 100 in any gym who has any fucking clue about his own physiology.

2/13/2006 2:50:16 PM

Man, Why doesn't everyone do that then?

2/13/2006 2:55:16 PM

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"you might find one guy in 100 in any gym who has any fucking clue about his own physiology"

2/13/2006 2:56:49 PM

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"power cleans, deadlifts and squats"

also very tough for the beginer

2/13/2006 2:57:07 PM

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"Want to get stronger? Want to build mass? Negatives (eccentric) are the way to go. Yet amazingly you might find one guy in 100 in any gym who has any fucking clue about his own physiology. "

well you might want to clarify for some people who might take you literally and their entire routine be nothing but negatives... that this should and i advocate this for people who hit walls and cant get stronger, to use this technique to jump start your muscles and get them growing again

2/13/2006 2:57:31 PM

yes you should have balance in your workouts. You need concentric contractions and the combination movements to aid in muscle stability and microcontrols. But *technically* speaking, there is nothing wrong with doing entire negative workouts. Doing complete failure workouts for a week or two and then going back to a normal balanced freeweight regimen isn't a bad thing.

2/13/2006 3:12:46 PM

agreed, i have a failure routine that runs for about 6 weeks but then you take another 6 off, def not continuous by any means

2/13/2006 3:18:56 PM

^you just gained a lot of points in my workout masterbation book. I doubt more than a handful of users here even know what a true failure workout is.

2/13/2006 3:20:32 PM

Y'all are too uptight. Just do some 12 oz curls and you'll be straight.

2/13/2006 3:23:36 PM

i had a buddy of mine put me onto it and it fucking kills me, you lift 3 times a week, thats it


i am never so tired and sore in my life, obviously need a spotter, so it is tough to run the routine as i dont have a workout partner

would be asking people left and right in the gym for spots

2/13/2006 3:24:21 PM

I AM CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A FAILURE WORKOUT AFTER BEING AT A PLEATEAU FOR ABOUT A YEAR....I HAVE NEVER BEEN STRONGER IN MY LIFE....IT ONLY TAKES ABOUT 3 EXERCISES ON 1 MUSCLE GROUP BEFORE I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE

2/13/2006 3:30:36 PM

try doing one exercise per muscle group.....


thats what mine runs

2/13/2006 3:32:39 PM

in the failure routine my old roomate and i did, there is absolutely no way to go without a spotter.

in any real failure routine you HAVE to have a dedicated spotter, because they are doing most of the concentric movements for you.

2/13/2006 3:36:50 PM

HOW MANY SETS...HOW MANY REPS????

2/13/2006 3:37:05 PM

the first couple sets are just warm ups, not much weight

first set

put on as much weight so you rep 8 to failure

15-20 second break, mind you you do your entire set then your partner goes, there is no trading out

next set is 5 reps, same weight

5-10 econd break

next set is 3 reps, same weight

the limited break inbetween will or should put you on par to fail at the last one of the sets all the time

there are some exceptions for this routine, deadlifts and legs, mostly squats carry a different from but similiar principle

dont quote me on this, i dont have the link for the routine on this computer, but from what i can remmeber the breakdown is as follows

it is a 2 day break down, day one is chest, tri's, shoulders

day 2 is legs, back and bi's

workout MWF, weekends off, i uually run MWFS TTHS and so on, dont like taking the weekends off completely, but sometimes you have no choice

you do one exercise for each body part on that day even with a partner it shouldnt take you longer then an hour tops to be done

[Edited on February 13, 2006 at 4:07 PM. Reason : there is a variation for this also, ia m trying to find the link, but i cant remember the name]

http://charlespoliquin.com/members/index.php

this i who the routine came from, but this site is loaed with good info anything Charles Poliquin is good

[Edited on February 13, 2006 at 4:09 PM. Reason : ]

2/13/2006 3:58:18 PM

A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING BUT SAME BASIC CONCEPT.....I AM ACTUALLY BREAKING BETWEEN SETS ABOUT 60 SECONDS ON 15....ONE WARMUP 6...4...AND 4....THE LAST SET OF FOUR YOU SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO YOURSELF.....IF YOU ARE NOT GETTING HELP YOU AREN'T DOING ENOUGH......I USUALLY DO 3 EXERCISES...OF COURSE USING A LOT OF DUMBELLS AND FREE WEIGHTS...PRETTY MUCH NO MACHINES

2/13/2006 4:14:58 PM

I usually pick a 3 exercise rotation for the chest, obvioulsy with the one excercise per body part per day, you dont get too much variation but some things like shoulders, there isnt much to choose form as far as "big strength gainers", but the key is to concentrate on 2 or 3 exercises for that body part that are big strength gainers and rotate them

so week one day one: flat bench

mind you, you do 2 day ones in the first week, so the second day one you would do: incline bench

then week 2 day one is: decline

then week 2 day 2 is back to: flat bench

and it can be machines free weights or whatever, but i stick to the heavy hitters on the exercises so mostly barbells and smith machine


^if you didnt workout at such a homo place we could run this rutine together, but alas you are too metrosexual for yuor own good

[Edited on February 13, 2006 at 4:33 PM. Reason : ]

2/13/2006 4:22:58 PM