Nancy Cole, Personal Trainer: Plie squat on the leg press
Posted on Tue, Mar. 25, 2008
PATRICK FARRELL / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Position yourself comfortably in the seat of the leg press, back flush against the seat. Place your feet, with toes turned out, shoulder width apart on the platform.
Here's an exercise that will help you get your butt in gear: the plié squat on the leg press. It simultaneously works your glutes, quadriceps and adductors (muscles of the inner thighs).
Place the pin in a weight that you can move safely but is challenging. Then, position yourself comfortably in the seat of the leg press, back flush against the seat back. Place your feet, toes turned out, shoulder width apart on the platform.
With your abdominals contracted, push out on the platform just until the point where your legs are not fully extended, then slowly control the weight of the platform back to the starting position. Do not allow your knees to track out of position during the exercise. Try three sets of 12 to 15 repetitions.
-- nancyfitness@bellsouth.net
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