How To Leg Press For Best Quad Growth | Targeting The Muscle Series

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[@sanctimonialis4331]

Hands down I have the hardest time connecting with barbell bench press, would love to see a video on that. Excited to see more of this series, thanks guys.

[@highviewbarbell]

Incline dumbbell is far superior for me, maybe give that a go yourself as the main pressing movement for a while!

[@kostisth1436]

I also have a hard time connecting with bench press but dips light my chest on fire

[@mariomarques8998]

Focus on expanding the chest during the eccentric and pause for 1 sec at the bottom, see if it helps. You will need to lower the weight slightly for this.

[@slkalmuhairi]

I'm following relaxed powerlifting form and I use normal rep ranges, 5-8 and maybe 8-12 in the future. by relaxed I mean arch enough to put my shoulders in a comfortable position and not to reduce ROM, grip width is similar, wide enough bias the chest but not to reduce the ROM, and I focus on working my chest rather than "get the weight up" cue. I don't what's different this time but it works greatly for me. can't ensure if it'd work for you but I assume it's worth a shot.

[@secondthought2]

Competition style bench isn't even good for hypertrophy. Larsen bench press is superior. No leg drive, ROM is deeper, like so deep in fact, it's greater than dumbbell variations... But Always do a pause on any bench variation. It gives Unreal pump.

[@patrickclosefitness]

I hope we all find someone who loves us as much as Dr Mike loves full ROM

[@mmendoza1190]

😂😢

[@antoniopena3254]

I really needed this, god its like you read our minds. I'm 6"2' with very long limbs and I have to do all sorts of funny things to properly squat. I've always had trouble with the leg press in that I don't know if I'm doing them right but your tips put me on the right track. Thanks !

[@phreshian]

I'm also 6'2. I recommend a good pair of elevated shoes for squats and leg press

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

My pleasure. There will be many more of these vids to come, unless I like, die in a car accident or something, you know. - Dr. Mike

[@gerongrahamgg]

@@RenaissancePeriodization as long as you relax, and roll with the impact through full ROM, you'll be fine. Long live Misha!

[@abdouyamani990]

@@RenaissancePeriodization i better not see you driving my lambo

[@ashraffaridharis5570]

Just skip legs and wear pants bro

[@jklick86]

As someone who is a fairly new lifter, this is incredibly useful, thank you!

[@LonelyLonelyLoner]

Thank you so much for this. Very helpful!

[@tamslean]

Love this. Well needed!!

[@llazyllama1]

Loving this series, Dr. Mike. Keep it coming, please!

[@danoontjeh123]

Once again this video was just the information I needed, thanks Dr Mike

[@lysannewegerif8657]

I love these series already! thank you

[@jonm.678]

I legit was looking for a video like this yesterday after trying this myself in the gym. RP always on point!

[@bennyc409]

Bloody love this as an idea for a series Dr. Mike! So much simple but useful info and so many tips. Cheers!

[@lucasvarley9764]

This is honestly so well done. Thank you so much for putting the detail and research into this vid. Also I was wondering if you could answer something for me Dr. Mike. Have you ever tried any of these new custom meal plan tools? I just got one from Next Level Diet to help me add some muscle and I actually like their plans. Was just wondering if you've heard of or tried anything like that out. Thanks again man!

[@domepiece11]

Yeah okay, Mr. Paid Sponsor.

[@stevenamar6908]

Always clearly explained while perfectly detailed 👌 Thanks Mike

[@marledanimefan7186]

Absolutely LOVE THIS !

[@buckw65]

Thanks for the details on this movement 🙌

[@Mythkos]

Love this video, will look forward to more for different lifts! This is great information to maximize our gains for the time we do spend in the gym, and minimize the chances for injury.

[@GDawgTheButcher]

Awsome video love this format! Would love more videos like this for just a single exercise and masterful coaching!

[@athefitz]

This is fantastic and filled with helpful details. Thanks.

[@1BuLeT2KPS3]

This type of video and structure explanation feels a lot more tangible and easier to understand than the "10 things that you're doing wrong," love this. Thanks Dr. Mike!

[@sampowell6]

I tend to really struggle with back exercises specifically any vertical pulling. Just cannot seem to feel my back muscles how I’d like to

[@beemo9]

If you're doing the exercise correctly, the proper muscles are working, whether you feel them or not. Which back exercises do you do?

[@svrfx3573]

Brother I am in the same boat. Have you tried single arm pull downs? Go to a cable pulldown area grab a handle and get on your knees. Then scoot back till you can get a full range of motion and you need to get a good stretch, helps too if you are slightly to one side. Then when you pull down experiment with hand position that allows you to feel it in your last.

[@amelie_anne_]

I’m excited for this series! Bring on the barbell high/low bar back squats and split squats 🙏

[@australiasconservativexcon]

I luv this channel been watching for about 3 weeks now and I’m addicted to this channel

[@pratikharpale3521]

This will gonna be one of the BEST series on RP!!! Cant keep Calm!!!! Thank U so much DR GENIUS MIKE!!!!

[@valentaripofitness777]

first video I've watched of you instructing Doc bro, awesome vid appreciate it 💪🏽💯

[@Privatetime88]

This is an excellent video -Dr. Mike

[@Panos__]

This is so important ! Thank you!

[@goodgolly8465]

Thank you so much. This video nailed every question I had about my form.

[@bramdegraaff4384]

Love this series! Would love to see a breakdown of overhead pressing. I’m having a hard time connecting with my delts

[@youngbear8927]

This is the most thorough video I’ve seen regarding how to get more quad activation on the leg press. You answered all the questions. Thank you.

[@jason2174]

Really great info and instruction.

[@jamescooper4390]

Tried these tips today and certainly feeling the quads a lot more an hour after finishing. Thank you

[@eskerur1591]

Amazing series this is going to be, please more!!!

[@craybarmanhorn]

Dr. Mike entertains the hell out of me. His delivery is unparalleled.

[@BigBelgianBoy]

Hands down the best fitness channel. I’ve learned so much from Dr Mike, forever grateful

[@darrellhurst438]

Awesome video. I actually started doing deep pauses on all my leg press a few weeks ago an damn it's a killer. Huge difference. Love all your videos

[@jordanjenewein3168]

Hey Dr. Mike. I watched this video last night and applied the tips today and wow I really felt my quads activating so much better. Always quality content thanks so much.

[@jeanpenus]

Would love to see this breakdown for upper back. I find gauging lat engagement is easy but really feeling an upper back pump is not something that I’ve been consistently able to achieve, especially factoring in the different muscle groups and their functions.

[@isavalla1935]

Had a similar issue, doing chest supported rows with the wide grip with lots of thoracic movement helped me

[@Yeahhoee]

Yes, i also dont feel much in my upper back it seems to tolerate alot of volume

[@likemy]

do seal rows

[@claytonlanehart8409]

@@likemy thats for lats

[@TrollPductions]

@@claytonlanehart8409 depends on the elbow angle...

[@edithramos720]

LOVE this TY! Can you please make a video for hamstrings please.

[@rodorigus2259]

Great video as always!! I would like to see a biceps barbell curl video, I tend to feel too much forearm work doing it. Thanks Mike!!

[@SW-hk6up]

Absolutely excellent. I’ve been doing at least three things wrong on the leg press. Thank you.

[@Yochrons]

Dr Mike! Loved the video, weighted dips are my bread and butter and I have trouble with the chest variation. Would kill for a good break down on technique!

[@lukekent9687]

As someone still fairly new to lifting who once had huge legs from cycling these videos are awesome. Thankyou!

[@deytonthepoolguy]

Thank you so much for this video. Just saw the video, doing the technique now. Amazing just Amazing

[@mamtaksamo3682]

Thanks for the tidbit regarding the yoga pad, I was using a rolled up matt (trick that I picked up from one of your older videos), but this seems much better

[@deidreking4472]

Thanks this helps soooo much !!!

[@dimitris90schild92]

REALLY AWESOME SERIES!!THANKS

[@hereisdamm]

Great video as always!

[@ajayi82]

GAME CHANGER!! Tried this today and felt so much better!! Thanks

[@AlexRFitness]

Phenomenal video Mike - the lower back rounding and heel drive were the biggest issues I had when leg pressing specifically for the quads. Those pads are a great idea. Some slow, controlled negatives and explosive presses are a great way to dial in the quads. Would recommend to anyone.

[@alan8857]

Great tips Mike thank you.. A demo on the hamstrings would be awesome too. 💪😎💪.. Thanx Alan UK🇬🇧

[@Youthereogre]

Love this series dude keep it up.

[@oifvet207]

I was literally in the gym yesterday looking for a video on the leg press because I'm just not feeling my quads like I do with lunges. All the stupid videos talk about the BS with "toes in, toes out". I said screw it and had another crappy leg press session. Then you post this and it's exactly what I was looking for, I hate this exercise because I just don't feel it where I want like other exercises and now I can't wait for my next leg day. Can't wait for the next video in this series. I love you videos because you don't just stand there rambling on, you have a clear and concise outline of what your talking about and stay on topic. Sorry I sound like I have a man crush but your videos on everything exercise, fitness, and training are hands down the best on YT.

[@PaulSteere]

I’m glad you finally demonstrated how you sit relative to the added padding and how much you’re using. We have the AS leg press at my gym despite my best efforts if I had the seat low enough for crazy ROM I’d start sliding up the seat over a set unless I gassed myself pulling on the handles for dear life.

[@Jennylifts]

Wish I’d seen this video sooner! I learned through trial & error that a slight wider stance & toes out gave me that full stretch on the way down & I could finally feel it! Still, happy to see it confirmed that I’m not doing it wrong, thank you for this! 🙏😊

[@panamaworldwideinvestments]

Man great vid, I always had a problem setting the seat back because i couldnt reach the handles, cant wait to try this

[@mirandalee733]

This video changed the leg press game for me, love it!

[@rafaleon199937]

This Is amazing! We need one of these for Squats I never feel my quads on Squats

[@xabierazpiazu2679]

I got a couple of good pieces of advice to try out on my next leg day. Thanks!

[@fanoir9030]

I’m so ready for this new series. Fuck yeah Dr. Mike. Thanks for the dope content.

[@RobertGallifrey]

Mike! Please do more in this series

[@neilbeech4093]

Thanks for your advice

[@charliehaskell1926]

Already love the new series.

[@karinamoreno1412]

Love this series!

[@gioiazucchero]

Thx for the tips!

[@sircdrom]

Great idea for a series and great start (I literally just tried doing exactly this in the same machine after having watched your legday workout. Thanks Dr Mike! Would love to see this for Rope Face Pulls to hit the rear delt! I often do them, but never feel confident it's hitting right.

[@jacobverdugo37]

Would love to see something for barbell rows. Thanks for the tremendous content!

[@pakicombis9956]

Thank you for explaining it very well. I’ll give it a go tomorrow. -ur new follower

[@grizzlymanverneteil4443]

Hell yeah! Keep the series goin!

[@AntiFreeze202]

Thanks for this vid, it's always nice to hear Dr Mike reaffirm what I've already been doing. Can get an awesome stimulus with less weight, less joint fatigue, and still feel like I'm gonna throw up after! Doing this for sets of 20 is absolutely bonkers. One thing I also really like about wider foot position with toes pointed out is that in addition to a really deep range of motion, I also get great stimulus for the adductors!

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Yessss. Folks, normal full-ROM quad training usually FRIES your adductors too! - Dr. Mike

[@shawnyeo2734]

oh my goodness, i've been having lower back pain for a long time and I couldn't hit depth anymore for leg press. Learning to tweak my stance from this video has given me, for the first time in a year, no back pain during a leg press. TY sir.

[@MrSockk]

Great video and great tips! I personally don't have trouble feeling my quads on the leg press, but I do have trouble feeling them when I do a barbell back squat. When I squat low bar, my quads rarely ever get sore. When I squat high bar I get sore in my quads sometimes, but I don't feel them much during the movement. The biggest issue for me though by far is my chest. When I do a flat barbell bench press or flat/incline dumbbell flyes, I hardly feel my chest at all. I only feel my chest doing incline dumbbell press or a chest flye machine.. So I'd love to see videos covering the low/high bar squat, barbell bench press, and dumbbell flyes! Also, do these tips matter much for people who are more "intermediate" and not extremely jacked / advanced lifters yet? Thanks for the quality information!

[@ksheep]

Dr. Mike, I was finally able to grab a foam pad and try this on leg press. Game changer! Full ROM and ZERO lower back rounding. My quads, and lumbar spine, thank you.

[@jasonlawson5778]

Absolutely love your page! Can you do one on the belt squat? I just got one. I really like it but any tips would be much appreciated! Thanks!

[@antonben]

This series is something that's needed....great work Dr. Mike... looking forward to all the videos in this series

[@joshuafaustus421]

Yes!! Awesome idea for a bodybuilding series

[@kyleinwisc]

As a newbie to the leg press after soccer injuries have derailed me from squatting, this is a very reassuring video

[@chyreneharms4966]

Very clear thank you so much

[@yushy5816]

insanely comprehensive. more of these would be perfect.

[@grannysmith2924]

YES ! I was waiting for something like this . PLEASE do a video about how to engage your back muscles . I really do watch my form in the gym , no ego lifting BUT I can’t feel my back muscles working when lifting, I watched many many videos about this subject, but nothing works ! It doesn’t matter what kind of exercise i do , or how perfect my form is , it doesn’t matter that I go to failure on each set , my back is just not feeling it!

[@danlee9049]

Yeah thanks for the tip on the pads. I could feel something weird in my vertebrae Monday. Today is Wednesday and my lower back is sore and not right. Never disappointed from your videos Dr Mike!

[@lealgibson]

Love this video! I’m recovering from knee reconstruction and as a result I have a fixed knee flexion. I also suffer permanent muscle and nerve damage in the same leg and fixed dorsal flexion as well. Your tips and techniques have helped me hit really nice, deep squats without compromising technique. Even my Physio is impressed. Thank you! 🔥

[@senem1769]

Thanks coach Mike👍

[@annielasway2026]

Great video! I have a hard time feeling my outer quads. The vastus lateralis. I have been trying to get that quad sweep for years. It would be awesome to see a video on that. Thank you!

[@MarlleBoa]

Looking forward to these series

[@PerformanceComputing]

EXCELLENT video!

[@PineroTheGhost]

Tried these the other day. I can confirm 100% my quads have never felt so sore in a very long time. The tension on quads, the depth I can hit. Amazing. I do have yoga blocks at my gym and I used one block as they are quite thick, however my lower back hurts a fair bit. Admittedly my back did come off the pad at times. May need to work with two blocks or adjust something. Either way thanks for this Dr Mike

[@JOATau]

Hey Mike can you do a video on the upright row for lateral delts. I saw your previous videos on it, but a video with tips like this I feel would really help me establish a good mind muscle connection when I’m doing the movement. Thank you in advance!! 😎💪 Also fantastic video on leg press!! Will definitely be implementing these in my training!!

[@MDCigan]

48 years old, been lifting since 22, consider myself an advanced lifter. Just did leg press incorporating these suggestions. Incredible. Thank you so much for your incredible content. I am on week 10 of 12 week cut and best cut ever utilizing your "preventing muscle loss on a cut" protocol. Great info!

[@Itzrock01]

Glad I found this. I always had trouble with my calf tendons cause my form was wrong making me shyish when ever I jumped on leg press as it’s my favourite machine

[@lansingmanor]

Awesome video. I'd love a Bicept video. They're so difficult for me. Some days, I'll go ham with cable pulls and feel a lot of stimulation, but the following day, not a peep of muscle pain.

[@itguy13]

Yes I re learned this movement thanks dr.

[@mr.chilll5179]

At first, i didnt gave your videos much notice, nothing personal but there is so much content on KZbin, your vids seemed too long but now i can listen to you all day, this channel is gold and filtered out 80 procent of other channels i followed. Keep up the good job!

[@SerratusAnterior]

I would love to see OHP version. My delts are what causes the failure but not what I feel the most during the set

[@TheJipino]

If they are the cause of failure, you're already succeeding though.

[@asketillus8679]

I don’t understand how they can be the cause of your failure, but not be felt.

[@YaStarz]

I can't wait to try that tip with the yoga pads! Thx.

[@cgeorge]

Good tip on the pads. I get the butt wink on the deep leg press and depending at which point in my routine I leg press (how well I haven't warmed up or how tired my back is from other movements), the feeling in my lower back can sometimes prevent me from really pushing it. Gonna give this a try.

[@ILikeVideos62]

Hip Thrust would be great Thanks for the vid and the series!

[@adambeatty8939]

So hilarious, love Mike’s vids

[@Turboy65]

When I was a teenager I built MASSIVE legs by skateboarding a few hours literally every day for a few years straight. My thighs were busting the seams of my jeans. I did it without ever doing more than skating. BODY WEIGHT exercises and THOUSANDS of reps a day. My legs would hurt so bad by bedtime I'd almost cry. Oddly enough at the time I didn't connect the fun I was having to the pain I'd have later. If you'd told me that by skating I was getting EXERCISE I would have probably STOPPED. Since my knees aren't what they used to be I'm now doing body weight high reps workouts on the leg press to try to get the quad volume back. Not going to get back on the skateboard, not at the age of 58.

[@eXtra_Baconz]

Great video! I want to see hip hinge in this series.

[@Ukri1]

Bro you are a legend giving these special tips for free. Leg press is my to go exercise since I have knee pain with squats.

[@danialtootian6385]

Wow loved the video.