@qpmomma13 I would really like someone else’s opinion on if this is equivalent to a leg press at all, but I sub a leg press for standing on a slant board and holding weights while squating that way. For me, it really hits the quads and takes a lot of other muscles out of it. Instead of having your torso angled as in a leg press, your heels are elevated by the slant board, kind of mimicking the angle of a leg press, hence why I sub it out since I also train in a garage gym with limited equipment.
Split squats are good, but I have shit balance, so I have to hold onto something and I’m not their biggest fan. And people will recommend front squats, but that doesn’t make sense to do right after squats if your already not feeling squats in your quads, you want a bit more isolation work.
Lastly, I would highly recommend either buying or making a pulley system that attaches to your rack and adding a low pulley that ties to the bottom leg of your rack and doing cable sissy squats with the slant board. I got the idea from Doug Brignole and I’ve never felt by quads quite like that before. It sounds kind of weird, but you have to find a video to see them in action.
Split squats are good, but I have shit balance, so I have to hold onto something and I’m not their biggest fan. And people will recommend front squats, but that doesn’t make sense to do right after squats if your already not feeling squats in your quads, you want a bit more isolation work.
Lastly, I would highly recommend either buying or making a pulley system that attaches to your rack and adding a low pulley that ties to the bottom leg of your rack and doing cable sissy squats with the slant board. I got the idea from Doug Brignole and I’ve never felt by quads quite like that before. It sounds kind of weird, but you have to find a video to see them in action.