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What is the best gym machine for gains in legs??

amytunbridge1
amytunbridge1 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
What is the best gym machine for gains in legs??

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    If you want something in addition to free weights, I like the leg curl machine.
  • KDar1988
    KDar1988 Posts: 648 Member
    I was using all the leg machines for quite a while and really didn't see my legs change that much. In May I started SL5x5..Hornsby & Sued0nim are right...the squats, DL, for me, have changed my legs considerably. I got some strong legs now and I can see muscle definition. I started doing Sumo DL's, they are cool B)
  • Cylphin60
    Cylphin60 Posts: 863 Member
    Another vote for squats. I also work in lots of lunges, front and rear.
  • kirkor
    kirkor Posts: 2,530 Member
    If you're specifying machine, then probably the leg press, especially if you do it one-legged.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
    Squat rack for quads, glute bridges for glutes, good mornings for hamstrings. All done with a barbell
  • VKetoV
    VKetoV Posts: 111 Member
    Barbell/dumbbell/hex bar Hack squats if by legs you mean quadriceps
    Do hack squats using a bench press station to piss off the bros for bonus points
  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
    depends what the word 'gains' means to you too. strength, muscle bulk, other . . . personally i think squats and deadlifts work my legs harder than anything else, but i don't go for a lot of diversity in my lifts so maybe there are other things.

    dimel deadlifts are a thing and a half for the upper hamstrings, i can certainly tell you that much.
  • Savagedistraction
    Savagedistraction Posts: 312 Member
    amytunbridge1 wrote: »
    What is the best gym machine for gains in legs??

    Squat rack
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    JoyMaillet wrote: »
    amytunbridge1 wrote: »
    What is the best gym machine for gains in legs??

    Squat rack

    Oh you mean bicep curls? B)

    The leg press machine would be my top pic. It eliminates non-leg muscles like abs & back, enabling you to push your legs farther. :+1:
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited December 2016
    squat variations, lunges, dead lift variations, split squats, leg press, etc...
  • thelovelyLIZ
    thelovelyLIZ Posts: 1,227 Member
    Squats, squats, squats, squats, squats.

    (Sing to the tune of "Shots").
  • jester13
    jester13 Posts: 408 Member
    amytunbridge1 wrote: »
    What is the best gym machine for gains in legs??

    Squats. That's the best period.
  • KDar1988
    KDar1988 Posts: 648 Member
    Cherimoose wrote: »
    JoyMaillet wrote: »
    amytunbridge1 wrote: »
    What is the best gym machine for gains in legs??

    Squat rack

    Oh you mean bicep curls? B)

    Had a girl last week doing landmines squats in the squat rack (there's a dedicated landmine in the corner) and pushups using a weighted ball. I was like really??
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    For overall leg work, you can't beat squats or heavy walking lunges.

    However for hypertrophy I think leg extensions and curls are the best exercises.
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