Just be sure to maintain proper form, which includes keeping a neutral back, shoulder -
width leg stance and toes pointed slightly out.
Not exact matches
Stand with your torso straight and your
legs spaced using a shoulder
width or narrower
stance.
The weight lifter can use a split
leg stance at the top of the Olympic jerk, with one
leg forward and the other back, or they can use both
legs together a shoulder
width apart as in a regular push press
stance.
Performing the
leg press with a low foot placement appears beneficial to gastrocnemius muscle activity, while
stance width appears to make little difference.
Sit on the
leg press with a shoulder -
width stance.
Studies have investigated the effects of
stance width and bar speed during back squats as well as squeezing a medicine ball between the
legs during
leg presses on adductor longus EMG amplitude (McCaw & Melrose, 1999; Manabe et al. 2007; Peng et al. 2013).