Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / legs
Leg press
Seat locked, feet mid-platform, knees track with toes.
Muscles
- Primary
- quads
- Supporting
- glutes
Mechanics
- Pattern
- machine squat
- Equipment
- machine
- Geometry
- 90° Alignment
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Quads load deeply without hips lifting from the pad.
- Progression
- Add reps before plates; keep the same seat and foot setup.
- Regression
- Reduce depth if pelvis lifts or knees feel crowded.
Watch for
- Cutting depth short
- Letting hips curl off the seat
Substitutions
- Hack squat
- Belt squat
- Goblet squat