Are leg extensions good enough

My gated community gym doesn’t have a squat rack or barbells. When I do weighted lunges or BSS, I think my left leg is longer because it just doesn’t have the same mobility as my right one so the ROM is all fricked and don’t feel it being worked at all.
Are heavy leg extensions and leg curls good enough substitute.

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No
    >When I do weighted lunges or BSS, I think my left leg is longer because it just doesn’t have the same mobility as my right one so the ROM is all fricked and don’t feel it being worked at all.
    What the frick are you talking about

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      I’m saying that when I do lunges or split squats in my left leg, the range of motion is bad compared to my right which I do go all the way down. It happens even if unweighted.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        A left-right imbalance can have many different causes. You need to find out which muscle is the culprit that's holding tension on one side, because it pulls all the other muscles towards it and limits your body mechanics on that side.
        Certain yoga poses such as Warrior 1 can help isolate & stretch that one muscle that's not doing its job. For me it was the right oblique, I could twist to the left but not to the right, and grounding through my feet in helped me form new neurological adaptations so I can figure out how to sequentially activate my muscles so I can finally twist to the right a little more

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Leg press is the only real machine substitue for squats.
    Why do they have leg extensions but no leg press?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      don't mind me, just here to observe the digits

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      LEg press is a shit substitute for squats. It's closer to deadlift form. Wasted digits

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        >It's closer to deadlift form
        what in the actual frick are you talking about

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          it's closer to a trap bar deadlift but he is still wrong

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Waste of a get. Frick the leg press. And no, Leg extensions aren't enough. They're like that extra 10% that you get after squatting. Be it a front squat, a back squat, a BSS, a lunge, a hack squat, you need more. Pick 2 of those and do them heavy mid to high rep and high intensity WITH leg extensions and then watch your legs blow up.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        which squats hit quads and hamstrings more than anything?

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Do something else entirely for hamstrings. But some lunge variations I guess or a deep squat can kinda hit the hamstrings if you need an answer.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            Single-leg deadlift

            • 1 year ago
              Anonymous

              What about hamstring curls?

              Sure. But he asked which squat is best for hammies.

          • 1 year ago
            Anonymous

            What about hamstring curls?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        So leg press sucks? I’ll do sissy squats then

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      waste of digits

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    They're excellent for the vastus medialis but aren't great for the other muscles. The opposite of squats

    You probably have some muscular imbalance. Stretch

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Your legs will be totally unacceptable and will never get into a prestigious leg school.

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    how do people come up with these shit questions. If you mobility is tight on your left leg IMPROVE IT.
    Leg extensions are great, especially with a hold at the top. However you need a squatting motion, or at least a lunging motion.
    Also do single leg rdl's with dumbbells.
    Please do hamstring curls too.

    If your gym doesn't even have dumbbells..... at least try a smith machine.

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