Ok guys, so I have a question. For my leg pressing I use the 45 degree leg press sled, which looks like this:
Not the same brand, but you get the point.
Today the gym director asked me what my Leg Press was up to (I don't do squats/dl at the moment due to an RC injury) so I said 18 plates or 810lbs. He asked if that was before/after the weight of the sled. I looked, puzzled, at him and asked what weight? He said that the sled weighs an additional 120lbs. I didn't believe him so I called Push, Pedal, Pull (they service all the gym equipment) and said the sled portion does weigh an additional 120lbs.
NOW, do you think that is/should be added to the weight (of plates) that I'm pushing?
Any reasonable answers will get reps.
Thanks,
Josh
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03-18-2006, 02:17 PM #1
45 degree leg press sled.. HELP for reps
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03-18-2006, 04:03 PM #5
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I guess I would add it if I knew what it weighed, but most of the time people don't. You could argue that since you are working on an angle that makes the weight easier, then the weight of the sled offsets the handicap the angle gives you. If that makes sense. I had a hell of a time wording that.
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And when the opportunity arrives, *looks at clenched fist* I do not hit with it. It hits all by itself"-Bruce Lee
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03-18-2006, 04:12 PM #6Originally Posted by stonecoldtruthIf you're growing, you're training/eating properly.
If you aren't growing, then you aren't doing the above 2 properly.
"too much thinking. grab weight and just f**king lift." $AJ answering question about position of shoulders during shoulder presses :D
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03-18-2006, 07:00 PM #10
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I hate to rain on everyone's parade here, but measuring weight on leg presses really doesn't make much sense in the first place. There are so many factors that differ from machine to machine, such as track angle, sled weight, seat angle, how well the sled slides, etc. And since most people don't know or can't place number values on any of these variables, one person's "1000 lb leg press" could be equal to someone else's 850 lb press.
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03-18-2006, 07:18 PM #12Originally Posted by rockhuddy
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Originally Posted by stonecoldtruth"If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." - Samuel Adams
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03-19-2006, 05:28 AM #20Originally Posted by stonecoldtruth
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03-19-2006, 08:52 AM #23Originally Posted by stonecoldtruth
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03-19-2006, 09:10 AM #24Originally Posted by Andrew99
Thanks man, I think that about wraps this thread up.. time to let it fade!
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03-19-2006, 09:13 AM #25Originally Posted by Andrew99
I mean ****, it may be at an angle and there are mathematical factors that must be considered, but that is still a heck of a lot weight to be pushing, and my thighs get a workout on leg press better so than squats (which I do still love, since they work my core as well)
(tangent rant ahead) The leg press isn't to be shunned, regardless of how squatting is *better* for you.If you think you can, you will.
If you think you can't, you're right.
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03-20-2006, 05:19 AM #27
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On one side of it, it can't hurt not knowing the weight of the sled especially since when you go to the gym it's always the same one so it cancels itself out so to speak. If you add more weight to get the reps you need, you went up in weight period regardless of the sled.
I could see an issue if you ended up switching gyms frequently and had to keep adjusting for the different sleds, but how many people actually end up doing that?
BTW, how many of you go by "the rule" that you only add wheels (45 lb plates) to the leg press? I usually do, but if I have to get a certain rep number (like on my 3 rep days), I may have to add smaller plates because I'm trying to get a certain number and when reps get that low one plate could mean the differece between, say, 5 reps and 1 rep."When my opponent contracts, I expand. And when he expands, I contract.
And when the opportunity arrives, *looks at clenched fist* I do not hit with it. It hits all by itself"-Bruce Lee
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