45° leg press

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To use the Manhattan collection angled leg press, position yourself seated on the machine, lying against the back pad and placing your feet about shoulder-width apart on the footplate. Inhale and rotate the safety bars at the sides of your hips to release the footplate for your set and then exhale and press the footplate all the way up until your legs are fully extended but do not lock your knees. This is the starting position for the exercise. In this position, your torso and legs should make a perfect 90-degree angle. From the starting position, bend your legs as much as possible while making sure your knees travel to the sides of your chest and then return to the starting position, exhaling as you complete the movement.

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By placing your feet in different positions on the footplate of this GymWorks machine, you can stress different muscles groups of your lower body. Placing your feet lower on the footplate and or close together stresses the front of your thighs while placing your feet on the top of the footplate shifts the emphasis to your glutes and the back of your thighs. Spreading your legs places more emphasis on your inner thighs. This is also a great way to perform the leg press if you have back problems.

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