Develop the leg strength needed to squat

USING THE LEG PRESS TO BUILD STRENGTH TO SQUAT

Oct 5, 2025

Health, Injuries and rehabilitation, Weight training

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Hugo Noya Enríquez

In this post I´m going to explain how the leg press can be used to incrementally load a new trainee to develop the leg strength needed to squat. A leg press machine is one of the most constant features of commercial gyms all over the world. Everybody’s got a leg press machine because it allows…