Lever Angled Leg Press

1. Load the sled evenly on both sides and sit in the machine with your back and hips pressed flat against the pads.
2. Place your feet on the platform about shoulder width apart, roughly mid platform, with toes pointed slightly out.
3. Press the sled up just enough to release the safety handles, then grip the side handles to lock your hips down.
4. Inhale and lower the sled under control until your knees reach about a 90 degree bend, or as deep as you can without your lower back rounding off the pad.
5. Drive through your whole foot to press the sled back up, exhaling through the sticking point.
6. Stop just short of locking your knees out completely at the top to keep tension on the legs.
7. After your final rep, press to the top, re-engage the safety handles, and let the sled settle before climbing out.

Common Mistakes

• Lowering too deep: letting the hips and lower back curl off the pad at the bottom shifts load onto the spine instead of the legs.
• Locking the knees hard: slamming into full lockout under heavy load stresses the knee joint and unloads the muscles.
• Half repping with excessive weight: loading the sled beyond what allows a 90 degree knee bend turns the exercise into an ego lift with little training effect.
• Knees caving inward: letting the knees drift toward each other during the press strains the knee ligaments; track them over the toes.