Leg Extension
Sit on the machine with your ankles behind the pad. Extend your legs until they are straight, pause briefly, then lower slowly. Don’t lock your knees at the top.
QUADRICEPS · LOWER BODY
How it is executed
- Sit on the machine with your ankles behind the pad.
- Extend your legs until they are straight, pause briefly, then lower slowly.
- Don’t lock your knees at the top.
- Muscles worked
- Quadriceps
- Primary muscle
- Rectus femoris
- Equipment
- Machine
- Movement pattern
- Lower body
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- What it is for
- StrengthHypertrophy
Variations and substitutions
Routines that program it
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