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I have never done them personally, I just stick to Front Squats etc. Would this be OK to do every now and then like I wouldn’t go heavy on them or anything what do you guys think?

I use extensions and ham curls to warm up before Leg press, squats, deadlifts, etc.

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I don’t use them as my primary workout though. Originally Posted by Fitnessquestion. Their purpose is to add work to the quads and just the quads.

There is nothing inherently wrong with leg extensions.

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Doing more front squats would yield the same effect, except you’d be training the other muscle groups involved too. There’s nothing special about leg extensions, theyre a tool used to add volume to just the quads.

If you need more volume overall, doing more front squats could potentially be a better option. They mess up my knee. Just do more front squats.

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I’m not I read the study and it was based on BS. I think if you actually read the study on extensions you may find the same thing I haven’t read it; I’m just guessing.

I will say that if you do them slow and controlled for high reps just like other isos I think you’ll be fine. Actually read the whole study and you tell me.

Experience, not just theory. Everytime I look at the leg extention machine I cringe at it and walk away from it. They use to bother my knees because I was doing them in a “not so smart” manner.

Most people teach it incorrectly. Once I started putting the lower pad high on my shins, I could squeeze the weight up using the quads. I progress slowly and basically use them for quad hypertrophy work in rep sets after compounds and very lightweight for warming up.

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When thelower pad was down toward the top of my feet as in the thumbnail of the video belowI had no choice but to hinge the weight up using my knees, basically as if I’m trying to rip the joint apart every rep.

Not so smart, but that’s typically how people do them. At the mark the guy teaches the foot position. When I did it the way he explains my knees stayed hurting.

Once I actually start putting the lower pad at the highest setting on my shins, they started to be very beneficial to my knee health and quad development.

I tried leg extension once but never did it again. It is not for me. I guarantee it will Never work, if you Never try it. It’s a great finishing exercise.

Try it and see. It makes my knees feel like garbage, but you may love them. You can’t help the hopeless. I have shotty knees and these do not hurt me as much as squats.

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I still do both, without to much worries. I like them more than the leg press I am weird like that. I’ll do leg extensions after squats or leg press.

They’re good as a finishing movement for the quads. Do them slow and with higher reps and you’ll get a good pump. I do leg extensions towards the end of my workout, but I make sure not to over extend on the exercise.

What i like is you can feel and contract your quads pretty well and get a pump started. This is where it can be an issue if you do it over and over again and use heavy weights you could open yourself up to knee issues.

Thats what happen to me. If you use them for a warm up or with light to moderate weight and maybe in super set style with a compound quad movement they can be quite effective.

If you work on squeezing every rep at the top and do them in a controlled manner the leg extension can be effective. Stop them if you are feeling knee pain of any kind.

If you just want to hit your quads harder then front squats or leg press is probably a better choice.

22.01.2020 – Another option is to replace one of those hamstring-heavy quad exercises with leg extensions e. Awesome article! If you use them for a warm up or with light to moderate weight and maybe in super set style with a compound quad movement they can be quite effective. You see, the leg extension machine is a basic isolation exercise just like every other isolation exercise.

They’re ok as an isolation exercise and I do them from time to time but usually there are better things to do with a limited amount of training space.

I like to do these for warm up before i start squatting and at low weights after squatting.

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Ok, thanks everyone for all the post above greatly appreciated! I will give them a try and just see what happens really.

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I reckon I will just stick to Front Squats though since they seem to be working fine anyway. Thanks again. Tommy W. View Profile View Forum Posts.

This is a pump exercise. The knee issues come with too much weight on quads that are underdeveloped. If you don’t get what you want you didn’t want it bad enough.

Originally Posted by Tommy W. Just try them and see how you feel. There is differing opinions on everything when it comes to gym, diet etc.

Im a big believer in just trying sht and making your own mind up. Ignore what what the cool kids tell you and see what works for you.

Of course getting other peoples opinions is great but you have to find what works for you at the end of the day. Originally Posted by Get-n-fit.

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Ok thanks I will try them. Love them, do a negative at the end of each set and then a drop set at the end of the exercise.

Originally Posted by Squid FMH crew’s T-Rex. I use them to warmup as well for sets of at minimum I do use the hammer strength plate-loaded unilateral extension machine later in the routine for sets ofbut never too heavy.

Change the inside, and the physique will follow. The muscles i value most are the ones directly surrounding the spine, the hips, the scapula, the femur and the tibia Basically the whole body minus chest and biceps I feel discomfort in leg extensions, even I tried it out for two to three times in different intervals.

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