Great video, coach. I struggled getting good knee flexion for quad-bias compound movements, and knee pain, for a few years before pointing my toes outward slightly more and it solved both. Also, some leg presses just SUCK
Absolutely some machines are just less than ideal - but plenty of people find that playing with toe placement and foot positioning can get rid of knee pain. Another good test for this as well is to lay flat on the floor, and bring your legs back as though you're squatting. If your natural knee/leg path is to the outer edge of your torso rather than more in line with a direct path backwards, more rotation will probably help you vs. less. Stems from variability in the hip joint.
AWESOME information. Thank you Erik for going into such detail on a mysterious machine to me.
1:58 not to mention a better stretch which is more stimulus to the muscle
Great video, coach. I struggled getting good knee flexion for quad-bias compound movements, and knee pain, for a few years before pointing my toes outward slightly more and it solved both.
Also, some leg presses just SUCK
Absolutely some machines are just less than ideal - but plenty of people find that playing with toe placement and foot positioning can get rid of knee pain.
Another good test for this as well is to lay flat on the floor, and bring your legs back as though you're squatting. If your natural knee/leg path is to the outer edge of your torso rather than more in line with a direct path backwards, more rotation will probably help you vs. less. Stems from variability in the hip joint.