Single LEG Press – Get Twice The Workout With Half The Weight!

The Leg Press is an awesome mass building compound leg exercise. While most bodybuilders will ranks barbell squats as the number # 1 Leg Exercise – the Leg Press is a close second because it’s a heavy compound exercise that works all the major muscles of the lower body – quadriceps, hamstrings, hips, and glutes.

In fact, there are a lot of bodybuilders who have used the leg press as their primary mass building leg exercise to build big legs without squats.

Now most folks will use the leg press in the traditional fashion with 2 legs at the same time, but an even harder variation that you can perform is the Single Leg Press – this one has some unique benefits.

Watch the video below to see a demo of the Single Leg Press…

Greater Range Of Motion…
When you do the leg press with one leg at a time you’ll work the quadriceps, hamstrings, hips, and glutes with a greater range of motion and help to generate more muscle activation. Even though the actual movement may look similar to normal leg presses, it feels totally different.

Develop Balance & Proportion Between Both Legs…
Chances are you may have an imbalance between your left and right sides, where one side is bigger or stronger than the other. This is pretty common, but by doing single limb exercises – such as the Single Leg Press – you’ll force each side to perform an equal workload and this will help to develop balance and proportion between the left and right legs.

More Core Stimulation…
You’ll also get some core work in your abs and obliques from having to stabilize your body. Even though your back is supported on the back rest – you will still feel your abs working during this exercise.

Twice The Workout With Half The Weights…
Another great benefit to this leg press variation is that you won’t have to be a weight plate hog at the gym. Most guys (and some gals) will have to round up at least 10 x 45 pound plates in order to get enough weight to perform the leg press. And the really strong dudes are using 20 or more plates. But with the single leg press you’ll be able to get more muscle stimulation with less than half of the weight plates that you normally use.

Not having to load as many weight plates makes it a lot more convenient to perform leg presses in your leg workout. Normally it takes more time to load the weight plates on and off the machine than it does to perform the actual exercise. But with the Single Leg Press variation even the strongest guys will only need to use a few 45 pound plates per side to get a killer leg workout.

I encourage you to give the Single Leg Press a try for yourself and leave me a comment below letting me know how it works for you.