Reacting to over 20 DIY leg presses from the home gym community!

This video contains some really innovative DIY leg presses from around the world. If you're interested in making my leg press, check out the following: • DIY leg press machine,...
The creative people featured in this video:
0:00 Intro
0:21 ‪@barkervamp7448‬
0:44 ‪@misfit3424‬
1:11 ‪@SelfBuilt‬
1:22 ‪@gymreviewer‬
1:29 ‪@hammer.fitness‬
1:41 ‪@SelfBuilt‬
2:09 ‪@kriskurmaskie3992‬
2:35 ‪@markonynvidiabrus‬
2:57 ‪@miguelbasurto8141‬
3:07 ‪@kurtheitman552‬
3:16 ‪@SkylerKingTW‬
3:29 ‪@DesignBuildLift‬
3:38 ‪@giscapcal‬
3:59 ‪@UnleashedFitnessNC‬
4:15 fit_mom_movement on Instagram
3:34 ‪@MattPendergraph‬
4:54 ‪@DylanKJohnson‬
5:17 ‪@Rich33527‬
5:42 ‪@KaizenDIYGym‬
6:10 ‪@baileylineroad‬
6:28 ‪@Leandro_athlete‬
6:44 ‪@fernandosiqueirabalboa‬
7:41 ‪@martinjensen3688‬
7:57 ‪@WillHartzell‬
8:04 ‪@MattLees-Nunan‬
8:14 ‪@Soundsop2‬
8:33 ‪@romgd‬
9:05 ‪@SARAYGEAR‬
9:19 ‪@wolffitness3039‬
9:33 ‪@ViktorVrska‬
10:03 Frederic Peter
10:32 ‪@diyguru1‬
11:11 tulumjunglegympueblo on Instagram
⏬ Equipment I use in my gym ⏬
REP Fitness - www.repfitness.com/#61e712588...
REP Omni 6 post power rack
REP AB4100
REP 5-50 hex dumbbell set
Rep monolift attachments
Fringe Sport - shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=720665...
Fringe Sport Savage bumper plate set
Fringe Sport floor mounted power cage
AbMat - abmat.com/#a_aid=kaizendiygym (coupon code KAIZEN10 saves you 10%)
Hip thrust pad
Chest up pad
Preacher pad
Barbell bomb
Abmat
Quarter rings
Belt squat cover
Split squat pad
Medicine balls
Gympin - gym-pin.co.uk/ (coupon code KAIZEN10 saves 10%)
Kaizen jammer arm adapters
Pro D bar handle
Angles 90 grips
Belt squat collar
Trigrips long tricep rope handles
Bells of Steel - www.bellsofsteel.us/#a_aid=Ka...
Mighty Grip plates
Seal Row Pad
Wall Mounted pulley tower
Aluminum pulley wheel upgrade
Arch nemesis multi-grip camber bar
Blue cerakote utility bar
Rackable curl bar
Rogue Fitness - www.kaizendiygym/links
Monster lite matador
Monster 2.0 trolley arms
Echo Bar
Stanless Steel Ohio power bar
Titan Fitness - titan-fitness.pxf.io/ORNWqA
Titan Fitness short wall mounted pulley tower
Titan Fitness rackable trap bar
Aluminum pulley wheels I used to upgrade: amzn.to/3GnkoGE (I caught them on sale for $9.99 each)
Inspire Fitness functional trainer - amzn.to/3PTvlTv
Massenomics Drink Spotter - www.massenomics.com/shop/drin...
Mutant Metals handles - mutantmetals.com/products/p/8...
Marrs Bar - titan-fitness.pxf.io/2rPJvD
Elite FTS bands - www.elitefts.com/shop/bars-we...
Flowhold flag - www.flowholdsd.com/collection...
This video is not sponsored. Some of the links are affiliates which means if you purchase through the link, I’ll receive a small commission.

[@aWildNelby]

I think the dune buggy looking one was my favorite. People are so creative.

[@KaizenDIYGym]

That one is amazing!

[@lurklingX]

mine too. it was so smooth, and innovative and easy. top marks.

[@garagegymgranny1965]

Love your excitement and your cool DIY finds

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Thank you! These builds blow me away every time

[@scooobyj8714]

Another awesome DIY video. Still amazed at what people make.

[@KaizenDIYGym]

thanks! I feel the same way every time I compile one of these videos. So much creativity out there!

[@Alejandro218]

I love your channel man. Awesome content.

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Thank you so much brother

[@MarvelousMatt]

Romgd makes my favorite stuff. I found him during lockdown and just been fascinated by everything he does

[@KaizenDIYGym]

He is so creative and inspiring

[@donaldduke2233]

Fantastic video ! ! Thanks for sharing it.

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@teddybear1829]

I like the diy smith machine leg press , Honestly love this channel so much, been really bored of the same old gym content from other channels

[@KaizenDIYGym]

I am glad to hear it! I spent the first two years of this channel just posting tutorials. This year I am branching out and it is awesome to hear the positive feedback.

[@humbertorizo1960]

Innovative minds, trial and error, love it 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Heck yeah!

[@dennisbergkamp7795]

Crushing these reviews. Love them!

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Awesome! These videos are so much fun to make too. It’s a win win.

[@seanm2047]

You absolutely need to do a historical machine’s segment now!!

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Heck yeah. It would be fun

[@SamFBM]

that first one , bros got best seat in the house lol

[@thevoid5117]

6:45 bros ankle mobility is next level

[@KaizenDIYGym]

That’s so true! I didn’t even notice until you pointed it out!

[@boblatouche2273]

He had the exercise and the view on that last one!

[@kurtheitman552]

Thanks for the mention!

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Absolutely! Nice build bro!

[@kurtheitman552]

@@KaizenDIYGym I got my original inspiration from Bastionhead.

[@wolffitness3039]

9:19 thank you for nice words ;)

[@KaizenDIYGym]

No problem 😊

[@humbertorizo1960]

Unistrut steel frame, definitely solid and more durable than wood all day 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💯💯💯💯💯👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@corenko]

2:59 Finally a way to use my cocaine that I've been keeping on me

[@KaizenDIYGym]

😂 gotta love multipurpose gym items!

[@32srt32]

the women with the triangles on the spotter arms, has bearings on the bar.

[@eggs-benny]

such a cool video

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Thanks!

[@nahimbachali228]

Hello Kaizen, i follow you from France. Thank you for your content.

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Hi! Thank you for the support!

[@Beats-By-Anthony]

YEAH... YEAH... YEAH... LMAOOO at that one too bro!! 😄😄😄😄

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Freaking hilarious

[@swordofhonor2]

I made a belt squat for the basement, and it works so well. make she lower back feel amazing, too. All insp6by your channel

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Love that!

[@ALCRAN2010]

3:30, stab danger

[@meisdetermined]

All I can say about all this is yeah!…yeah…yeah…yeah…yeah….yeah…yeah…yeah…and yeah! 😂

[@KaizenDIYGym]

I love that part so much!

[@Bl4zik3n]

romgd is correct @8:58 the resistance on a leg press/squat should be harder at the top and easier at the bottom. the issue with the squat is its sticking points and whatever weight you can do at the top is much too heavy at the bottom. his idea beats anything else here. Because it makes the resistance curve follow with the body's natural strength being more at the top and less at the bottom.

[@ak-zw8jv]

Should've featured your own! I've been rocking the rack mounted one ever since that video came out.

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Mine is in there

[@Reppintimefitness]

🔥🔥💯🔥🔥

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Yeah buddy!

[@SkylerKingTW]

I just noticed that I was tagged in this video @3:16 but that's not me... strange

[@captain4825]

Please make a vertical hack squat.

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Yeah, I want to. The biggest issue with many of these machines is the space they take up. A vertical hack squat can be wall mounted which would significantly cut down on the footprint.

[@captain4825]

@@KaizenDIYGym oh yeah! Wall mounted would definitely be the way to go.

[@kidbrown2010]

2:10 works well for her because of it's light weight. If she was moving serious weight that's a freak accident in the making. 1:47 my favorite. Cheap to make/buy, easy to set up, and great resistance profile (unlike the horizontal ones which are just swinging weight side to side) 11:10 I would put the equipment in this gym outside the DIY category to be honest. It has a much higher level of engineering. But it is very beautiful.

[@KaizenDIYGym]

I agree with all of this!

[@mylarhyrule904]

These people need some rom…..

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Totally

[@johncocksmith2693]

Just be extra careful with leg presses. They can be very dangerous if it goes wrong. I was at a commercial gym the other day and my foot slipped and the whole rack came crashing down on my shin. There was no safety at the bottom so nothing to stop it but my leg. Luckily… I was warming up at the time and it was just the empty rack, which is still heavy but not nearly as heavy as it might have been. Honestly could have lost my leg if it happened on a working set. Point being, when you’re constructing it at home, make sure you do your due diligence in the construction.

[@kidbrown2010]

That's weird, any leg press at a gym should have a safety pin. Are you sure you didn't miss it? I do leg press all time and set the safety pin at the end of range of motion so I'm never in danger.

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Yikes! Glad you're okay!

[@johncocksmith2693]

@@kidbrown2010 There are two safeties on this machine. One at the top and one in the middle which is functionally useless. Nothing at the bottom.

[@32srt32]

how many Yeahs did you today?

[@lurklingX]

dang, so i guess it isn't worth it to build your leg press design, based on what you said about it here. :/ it's tough to know what to do and where to go for the legs stuff... (home gym)

[@kalipiana3880]

all this effort just do avoid doing barbell squats because they are significantly harder to do than an easy leg press LOL !

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Who’s avoiding barbell squats? You? Bro, squats and leg press are all a part of a well rounded leg day.

[@kalipiana3880]

@@KaizenDIYGym if you are doing a barbell squat then doing a leg press is a waste of time..........

[@BRUTUSPLAC]

WHAT MOST people FORGET . LEG press should be done as last exercise of the given workout . SO YOUR whole body from your waist down is FULLY warmed up. SO you have F.R.O.M & P.O.F is most comfortable . YOU dont need MASSIVE weight at home Think about Pre Exhaust and working all " links " .

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Very true!

[@dylanowens3173]

I like how people have ingenuity. But seriously look at used equipment. Now virus lock down over, gym equipment looses value faster than a stolen kia. In 2023 I got a commercial parabody vertical leg press $100, powertec compact hack squat $200, tuff stuff peck deck $20, and tons free gym stuff from a spin bike, fan bike, stair climber, even a free fancy air assault mannual treadmill because had broken runners cost $60 to fix.

[@KaizenDIYGym]

It is great to have options. Sounds like you are fortunate enough to live in an area where that’s an option. Super cool.

[@jonathanfeinstein5723]

all this just to avoid squatting, pathetic

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Most people do leg press after squats. Sounds like you end leg day after squats. Whatever works bro!

[@johne7212]

Sadly, I feel like a bunch of these people may find themselves nominated for a Darwin Award….

[@KaizenDIYGym]

Wow, that’s pretty extreme. Most of these designs have safety mechanisms built in to prevent death but you’re definitely entitled to your opinion.

[@lurklingX]

i get what you're saying..... a lot of these feel rickety and you can see how this might go if things fail, esp with any heavy weights. some of the designs are elegant, and safeties seem well prepared. some seem....... like pintrest hacks lol. oof. i just see injury on some of these.