0:14 Opening remarks 0:40 Mistake #1 - Putting your feet too high 2:49 Mistake #2 - Pad angle too high 4:19 Mistake #3 - Depth being lacking 6:52 Mistake #4 - Feet too close or too wide 8:18 Mistake #5 - Letting your lower back round 10:38 Mistake #6 - Going too heavy or too light 12:24 Mistake #7 - Forcefully locking out the knees 15:47 Closing remarks - INDIVIDUALIZE

Can’t thank you enough for this. I’ve been going heavy on leg press for 10+ years and have never really felt my quads. Took 2 plates off my working sets and my quads are cramping between sets haha

Confession time. I have never been a fan of the leg press, for myself or the people that I used to train. I always viewed it as a squat substitute. I watched this video because other videos from Dr. Mike helped me realize that I had a big blind spot in my knowledge. I love these tips and adjustments. The overall mindset he brings is huge too. I'm taking notes for myself and to help others. Thank you.

Wow. Literally followed these tips, went for depth and dialed my weight back, and now my quads are on fire! Awesome vid and tips!

Your explanations here are amazingly in depth as well as extremely reassuring and comforting if that makes sense. It's a sign of a wonderful coach.

One minute in and already fixed my biggest leg day issue. Feet too high, pelvis tucks a little too much at the bottom, lower back goes every time. Watching this 24hrs too late though haha laying here with ice on my back 24hrs after hurting my lower back on leg press. Great video!! My back thanks you

I was making every single one of those mistakes each time I performed leg presses but not anymore. Thanks, Dr. Mike.

Finishing with knees outside the chest instead of on the chest really lit up my quads, thanks Dr Mike

This guy makes more sense and covers more stuff.. Clearer than all other youtubers ive seen. Thank you

I love the way this trainer presents.. so informative and easy to understand. Thank you so much

Dr. Mike, man you present information so well. I really appreciate it.

Very thorough! Thank you! Most videos only cover a couple things about doing this properly and you pretty much touched on everything you need to know!

These videos are great. Other channels, programs, people charge for this kind of info and insight. Glad I found this, wish it was sooner.

Awesome stuff Brother!!! Breaking it down barney style, love it... I watch videos to refresh stay focused and you do an amazing job!!!! Great knowledge in simple terms!!!

Thank you so much dr.Mike & RP!! I really appreciate it!!

This is how I fucked up my back once. I had my feet and the pad too high. My lower back arched and the small stabalizer muscles of the lower back experienced too much force. I heard a really loud crack and a very sharp pain. Fortunately, I was using warm-up weight so I could still rack it, but when I got home I collapsed from the pain. It took 2 months to be able to go to the gym again and about 6 months to completely lose the pain in my lower back. Still when I perform exercises in an inproper manner my back quickly reminds me of what happened. It also makes you remind how unimportant it is to look "cool" by lifting heavier weight than the average person at your gym. Set aside your ego and first work on your technique before thinking of increasing the weight, because if you don't it could scar you for life.

Thank your for fixing my leg press. I can actually feel the stimulus/quads fire up.

This is great I'd love a video explaining the mistakes people make when they do heavy standing overhead dumbell tricep extensions (What a mouth full!)

Fantastic tutorial/explanation. This is a quality video that should be recommended on YT.

Great video and great timing for me! Was really hammering leg press recently to build quads with good results. But going to try adjusting the back pad and hope to see better results. Thanks Doc!

Thanks Dr Mike. After watching this video I made those adjustments and definitely feel the difference doing this set the correct way.

Very good video! I like your presentation style... Good vibe and no silly attempts to be clever like so many youtube videos. Great instruction, thanks!

Super useful, thanks! Glad I found this channel, keep it up!

loved it! looking forward to more videos in this series

Subscribed because your videos are honestly perfect. Very well versed and informative videos!

Thank you for your training techniques. I’ve been doing this wrong for years and my goal is to increase leg strength and development. I will stay tuned in thank you.

Dr. Mike is extremely clear, wonderful content

Thanks Mike. You the man. Took a lot of fine tuning tips out of this.

Thanks for these tips, especially having the pad angle too high. Made some changes and could feel so much more tension in the quads and adductors. Back on the growth train...

wow, that's one of the most well explained videos I've ever seen, the guy avoids technical jargon and always focus on the main point with no digression. he's a good example of what every teacher should aim to be.

You can choose to focus more on quads which requires more knee flexion OR you can choose to focus more on glutes which doesn't require the knees to bend as much and the feet can be higher.

Genuinely the best gym tutorial i have ever seen on youtube. This instructor is absolutely amazing.

Never been lucky enough to go to a gym where you can adjust the pad angle on the leg press 😔

do MORE of these. amazing knowledge sharing!

Why are these videos not more popular? Best instruction series out.

I love this channel! Always great helpful advice with some humor!!! 🔥🔥

Dude your explanations is so thorough 💯Thanks alot

I heard a trick once to find the best foot position for the squat and legpress. Jump up as high as you can and when you land immediately jump again. Two or three times. Pause before jumping one of the times and look down at your feet. That's how your body generates power through your feet and pushes away. For me, it's a pretty narrow stance and one of my hip sockets must be shaped funny because my right foot turns out a smidge more than my left. Squatting was never comfortable for me, but when I mirror this it is.🙌

thank you dr. mike , exactly what i needed

Ouch just thinking about people who hyperextends gives me chills

Thank you Doctor, You helping people a lot, through your videos

Thank you for the informative videos! I personally think that rowing / BB, T bar, meadows, etc. would be very useful, as there seems to be a disconnect between typical instruction videos & biomechanical way to understand how the movement should be performed- especially with torso angle & bar path.

This is the best channel to explain exercise techniques , great effort thnx alot Dr

Thank you for this video. I’ve just realised I’ve been doing the leg press wrongly. My feet are lower than the pad, but the back is as high as possible, . I have adjusted for back rounding, but my legs only come back to 90 degrees. Thank you. I’m changing my technique next workout. Michael

Just earned a sub. Cant wait till the gyms reopen to change my feet position. thank you.

Thanks for all this great info dr mike

Another great informative video, Thanks!!

Whoa, Whoa! Don't mess with my "Pad" bro! :) Thanks Mike was actually really helpful love these common machine use tutorials I actually wonder often if I'm using mechanics properly. Love to see "incline hammer press" , and Shoulder press machines.

Wow, what an absolutely awesome video! Concise but detailed enough and delivered in a straightforward, non-condescending manner. Everything you ever wanted to know about the leg press. Thank you so much, just subscribed and gave you a thumbs up 👊👍

Thanks for talking about full ROM in your videos, felt the muscles in my legs after a longtime on leg press using full rom👍

Great vide Dr Mike! Can we get a video going over common mistakes of chest flyes with both cables and machines? I feel that's a common one that people screw up

Seriously a great fitness video! Thanks!

This was a great video. I gotta focus on bringing my feet down lower on the leg press. Thank u

Someone mentioned you on Reddit and I’m glad I subscribed. Because WOW.

Sir you are really great . I think anyone out there Don't know so many mistakes that you told. You can also teach trainers who thinks they are trainers😊

Thank u so much for ur briefly description..

Love this guy and these videos 😍

Fantastic video, thank you for this.

Great video 👍 I've been asking several trainers about the best pad angle and they all said it didn't matter, and I always thought that it didn't make sense, why would you have the option to adjust the pad if at the end it wouldn't matter 🤷🏻‍♀️

Did my first day with these technique improvements and OMG what a difference. Much better pump and I could really feel my hips stretching with the iso at the bottom of the rep. I feel like I got a better pump than I did with twice as many sets previously

Love how people like this take time out to help and advise. Respec’

This is one of the best explanations of an exercise I've ever seen. Super well done, thanks.

This is by far the best explanation I got to improve my mistakes, Thank you!

Hello Dr.Mike- great, informative video. A similar video on squats would be great - questions like knees over toes, to squat straight down or to sit back, should squats be made predominantly a quad or a hip / posterior chain exercise, etc. All the best

Thanks for this Mike

Awesome tips - thanks so much!

This is just an excellent video. Before using the Leg Press machine in any gym, it should be mandatory to watch this.

Very insightful video, very helpful.

Yeah I definitely just put my feet high up on the pad and don’t think I really felt it in my quads so thank you for the explanation! Gotta redo leg day now.

i’ve been waiting for this for so lonnnng

Leg pressing like this burns my quads like crazy! I spent years without doing the leg press when I was super focused on powerlifting training. When I was low bar squatting I mostly was just focusing on moving the weight and staying alive. I think I missed out on some great quad gains by skipping leg press.

Hey guys, greatly appreciate your videos ! However, I've noticed you tend to let that intro song a bit longer than it should. I'd suggest you try to cut it shorter cause in many videos it still plays when Mike starts speaking. All the best and I am really grateful for all the info you're putting out there!

Great! Love it to listen to you 💪

Thank you, great information.

thanks doctor i stopped doing leg press due to lower back pain. I was missing crucial information. I'm already looking forward to leg day when I'll try the correct execution according to your advice.

Loving these vids

Thanks for the tips!!

Great video very informative!

Thanks, just what I needed.

I've only just started going to the gym & I didn't know any of this! Cool video bro, 👍

Great video thank you

This is perfect for me cause I was wondering why my depth was off thank you brother now next leg day I’m going to do this and drop weight thank you

Brilliant video!

Best video ever! Thank you

The best video on utube on how to use the Smith machine properly 👏

I was right doing not too low positioning my foot as I can't feel any force on my heels. This clears my head thanks

Awesome video. Thanks

Thank you I have been using the leg press "machine" but havent really felt enough resistance, and im repping at 220... at 12-15 rep 3 sets I should be feeling more resistance. I am excited for when I go tomorrow to see what issues I have. I know one is my legs are too high but I am definitely thinking the back could be adjusted along with spreading my feet. If not i'll be using this free weight variant. Definitely will reduce it quite a bit need to re-calibrate the weight for this exercise. Gonna do a rep or two naturally and rewatch this, saved to a play list. All these issues are incredibly simple and intuitive when you think about it from a physical stand point.

Thank you Mike!

On leg day too, perfect

Thanks for your advice!

Butt wink/lower back rounding is a good tip! I never noticed it since I was sitting. I then tweaked my back and couldn't walk right for a couple months, much less workout. My feet were high and weight heavy. It felt great until it didn't lol. Listen to this video! All good tips for LgPs!

Best leg press video I've seen

BB Bent over row would be great!

Very informative. Good tips. 🙂

This video and this series has been super helpful! Thank you! In the future would it be possible to breakdown the hack squat machine?

Thanks for this !

i have ehlers danlos so the leg press is a very trick machine for me. i used to over extend at the top and round my back… would round my back at the bottom … i stopped leg pressing entirely (on my chiros multiple suggestions) but some of the things i thought would fix it, were never explained by any trainer … however… mike addressed all of those in this video. i’m ready to try it again.

This advice has really fixed my leg press, noticed my gains already, what a burn

You the best Dr Mike!