i'm 16 male, i play basketball and run each day...what is considered a lot of weight to do sitting leg presses with? a can do 330 pounds, 5 repsis that a decent amount of weight?
5 reps? Whats the point? Muscle only start tearing and rebuilding after 8. I can do 280 pounds, 12 reps, 3 sets quite successfully. 5 reps, 1 set I can probably push that bout to 400. Stamina and sustainability is more important and quick burst strength. -------------------------- forthelifeof_me did you pull that right out of your ar$e? And squatting is SOOOO much more functional and less likely to injure yourself What are you talking about?? They work the EXACT same muscles, the only difference is squatting uses your back as a stabilizer and core as an antagonist stabilizer. As for injury...how is putting less strain on your back going to INCREASE the likely hood of injury? Get your facts straight before spouting rubbish! ------------------------ sumnor I was refering to the 8 rep concept as a rule of thumb (more of a generalization). Doing 5 reps isn't going to develop muscle as effectively as 8 or 12. I was trying to convey that point as effectively as possible. Doing reps really slowly is a effective an legitimate technique (My roster swiches to super-slow for a week every 5 weeks), but it works the muscle in a different way and even then you should still be doing a minimum of 8 reps.
Nope, that's crap. And you probably have like a 2 inch range of motion. Edit: LOL AT DAVIDV. Omg. Some of you top contributors are seriously ridiculous. Muscle only starts tearing after eight reps? What if you do each rep so slow it lasts 20 seconds? Will the muscle go oh crap you did seven reps, I'm sure as hell not going to break down now. Dude, that's such nonsense.
tell you the truth its not that much on a leg press im 15 and do 550 10 times so but thats just me keep working hard though
