gym crime - leg press plates

freehblee90
freehblee90 Posts: 6 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
so... i recently started doing leg presses and found out i need about 900 lbs for max reps...
which means i gotta take plates from other stations.... i feel terrible. i try my best to return the plates equally to every stations and i minimize grunting or dropping.
is over plating leg press machines a gym crime? im completely new to working out in a gym.

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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,049 Member
    Did you typo and mean 90lbs? Because 900 lbs is half a ton.
  • HeliumIsNoble
    HeliumIsNoble Posts: 1,213 Member
    edited May 2017
    Is it a seated horizontal leg-press machine that looks like this?

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  • Muscleflex79
    Muscleflex79 Posts: 1,917 Member
    as ninerbuff said, this sounds very suspicious...you just started working out and are leg pressing that?? full range of motion?? are you squatting as well or only doing leg press??
  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
    If not trolling...
    Why not pre exhaust with other leg exercises, and/or do more reps so you need less weight...?
    Leg press for sets of 20-30 after heavy squats and I doubt you'll need "900 lbs".... lol
    Gym crime averted.
  • Sloth2016
    Sloth2016 Posts: 838 Member
    edited May 2017
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  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    Lol, new to working out and you're leg pressing 900lbs? I smell a troll. Even the STRONGEST guys in the gym with gargantuan legs would find 900lbs with a full ROM leg press challenging.

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    OP made no mention of ROM though lol
    I can totally see some jabroni loading up all the plates for a 2'' ROM leg press and thinking they went beastmode >:)
    I see people trying to do that for squat all the time, leg press is even more of an ego stroke.
  • Lizarking
    Lizarking Posts: 507 Member
    deluxmary2000 wrote: »
    Lizarking wrote: »
    I have the same issue with the kegel machine.

    But do you wipe it down after you use it?

    pff, I never wipe equipment down, before or after.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Go to planet fitness and steal theirs.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,919 Member
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZee9RGDWYo

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    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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  • freehblee90
    freehblee90 Posts: 6 Member
    well thank you for your trollings.
    i only had one good answer so far.
    i havent tried squatting because i have terrible gout on my left big toe. thats why i tried leg press (45 degree i believe) after a month of gout medication.
    but once that gets better, ill try to switch to squating and high reps for leg pressing.
    i have watched many videos on youtube about people with bad forms and high egos. so i talked to a trainer there to watch my form/rom and i was approved.
    one thing for sure is to re-rack the plates. noted.

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