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High-foot leg press

A compound exercise for the glutes and hamstrings, with help from the quads, adductors. Equipment: leg press.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Feet high on the platform, shoulder width.
  2. Lower until the hips are about to lift off
  3. Press through the heels

Muscles worked

High-foot leg press: 3D figure mid-rep with the glutes and hamstrings highlighted

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