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Sports & Fitness vocabulary · Exercises & Technique

Leg press

Meaning in sports & fitness, with examples

nounCommon term

In sports & fitness, leg press means: An exercise in which the legs push a loaded platform away from the body on a machine.

In Turkish: bacak press

How it is used

Programmes use leg press for the exercise; gym talk also uses it for the machine.

Example sentences

  1. The leg press was busy, so I changed the exercise order.

    Here the exercise name also refers to its machine.

  2. She recorded the leg press load in her training diary.

    The record tracks resistance for this particular exercise.

Common collocations

  • leg press machine
  • leg press load
  • quadricepsThe large group of four muscles at the front of the thigh that straighten the knee; often shortened to quads.
  • strength trainingExercise in which muscles work against resistance, such as weights, machines, bands or body weight, in order to become stronger.

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