Single Leg Press
How to do it step by step, and the muscles it works.
- Body part
- Legs
- Equipment
- Machine
- Type
- Compound · One side at a time
How to do it
- Sit with your back flat against the pad and both feet on the platform, then release the safety handles.
- Take one foot off and rest it on the frame, leaving the working foot in the middle of the platform.
- Bend your knee to lower the platform under control, keeping the knee in line with your toes and hips on the seat.
- Press through your whole foot to extend the leg without locking the knee, and put both feet back on the platform before you switch sides.
- Re-engage the safety handles before you take your feet off the platform.
Warm up first and pick a weight you can control through the whole movement. Stop if something hurts.
Muscles worked
Also known as
Single Leg Leg Press · Unilateral Leg Press · One Leg Press · Single Leg Press (Machine)