Half Leg Press or Full Leg Press?
Q: Following on from your superb Hypertrophy Training for the Ectomorph (HTE) programme , I've also purchased and read with great interest, your Strength and Physique Volume 1 & 2 books; Neo-Classical Bodybuilding and The Articles . They supplement High Tension Exercises for Muscular Growth well and I can see how your vast knowledge has grown over time. Following your advice regarding front squats for better quadriceps development, when leg pressing I have now changed my feet positioning from the middle of the plate to as low down on the plate as possible, feet about 20cm apart, pressing more through the ball of my foot as opposed to my heel. It has definitely hit my quadriceps a lot more, the next day I felt a soreness in the muscles closer to my knees that I hadn't felt before and I've been leg pressing for years. Naturally, I couldn't press as much weight, but within weeks, I could see that my quadriceps were bigger. As a result, I've a few questions: (a)
