Description
Strength training exercise where you push a weight away from your body using one leg at a time on a leg press machine. It helps to improve leg strength, balance, and muscular symmetry by isolating each leg individually. This exercise is particularly useful for identifying and correcting muscle imbalances between your legs.
Muscles
Primary muscles
- Hamstrings
- Calves (gastrocnemius)
- Glutes
- Quads
Secondary muscles
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Description and images from the open wger exercise database, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (authors: qoxivi). Translations by Calix are shared under the same license. Muscle diagrams: wger project (AGPL-3.0).