Brad Castleberry...... 1,260 pound leg press

[kreator]

I would have to quit that gym if I went there w/ douches like this, shirtless, jumping around.

Retarded new gym culture of piss...

we had a rule at my old gym that u couldn't train shirtless. Not a bad rule at all.

and yes, i agree, these SM attention whores are a menace

[Rusty Trombone]

Didn’t ronnie do 2300 for 5 or 6?

Quarter reps though.

[robcguns]

Quarter reps though.

Just looked it up,looks the same as castleberry but different angle so hard to confirm.

[Hypertrophy]

I cringe whenever anybody does a deep rep on the leg press machine. Might as well kiss your spine goodbye eventually. Quarter Reps are far better for you.

Stuart McGill, a famous spine researcher says this:

    “the leg press sometimes causes the pelvis to rotate away from the back rest when the weight is lowered. The resultant lumbar flexion produces herniating conditions for the disc!”

[SF1900]

BC is an absolute beast.

[Dave D]

I cringe whenever anybody does a deep rep on the leg press machine. Might as well kiss your spine goodbye eventually. Quarter Reps are far better for you.

Stuart McGill, a famous spine researcher says this:

    “the leg press sometimes causes the pelvis to rotate away from the back rest when the weight is lowered. The resultant lumbar flexion produces herniating conditions for the disc!”

Thank you.

Gentlemen you should be prepared for me setting some new world records in the leg press.

I'll be keeping you posted.

[obsidian]

Quarter reps though.

Ronnie did more reps at almost double the weight! Way more impressive than Castleberry - who is not weak either. Castleberry did it raw though without wraps which is crazy if you ask me. The guy is just asking for an injury.

[ratherbebig]

we had a rule at my old gym that u couldn't train shirtless. Not a bad rule at all.

shitty rule, i'd love for women to train shirtless.

[Hypertrophy]

Ronnie did more reps at almost double the weight! Way more impressive than Castleberry - who is not weak either. Castleberry did it raw though without wraps which is crazy if you ask me. The guy is just asking for an injury.

I know- saw a vid of that- and Ronnie is a cripple now. Coincidence ?

[Bevo]

I cringe whenever anybody does a deep rep on the leg press machine. Might as well kiss your spine goodbye eventually. Quarter Reps are far better for you.

Stuart McGill, a famous spine researcher says this:

    “the leg press sometimes causes the pelvis to rotate away from the back rest when the weight is lowered. The resultant lumbar flexion produces herniating conditions for the disc!”

Quarter reps didn’t help Ronnie in the spine/back situation

Quarter pounders didn’t help pellius’s situation either

[Hypertrophy]

Quarter reps didn’t help Ronnie in the spine/back situation

Quarter pounders didn’t help pellius’s situation either

Let's get that protractor out, lol.  Sure isn't a quarter rep there.

By the way, McGill said that if you look at the starting position of a leg press it is the equivalent of starting a squat essentially doubled over. Talk about bad physics for your vertebrae!

[Ronnie Rep]

I have done right around that weight for 20 reps with no wraps and just knee sleeves. No gear either.

[tres_taco_combo]

if Ronnie retired.... then cleaned up his diet, health, cut weights etc.... he could have been pretty healthy like dorian.

dorian looks pretty solid today - he is also a big yogi i know

[ratherbebig]

seems every leg exercise is bad for you... im left with uphill walking!

[Humble Narcissist]

Let's get that protractor out, lol.  Sure isn't a quarter rep there.

By the way, McGill said that if you look at the starting position of a leg press it is the equivalent of starting a squat essentially doubled over. Talk about bad physics for your vertebrae!

I wonder if anyone has ever died leg pressing?  It seems the blood pressure must be sky high using that much weight especially for reps.  I know Jon Pall Sigmarsson died deadlifting.

[Dave D]

I wonder if anyone has ever died leg pressing?  It seems the blood pressure must be sky high using that much weight especially for reps.  I know Jon Pall Sigmarsson died deadlifting.

If anything I know a lot of spirits were crushed at the metro flex when Ronnie dominated that machine.

[Humble Narcissist]

If anything I know a lot of spirits were crushed at the metro flex when Ronnie dominated that machine.

Having a crushed spirit is a fate worse than death!

[Powerlift66]

With my herniated disc's, I put 2 plates on the leg press yesterday.
Beast mode baby, going to war, doing battle, killing shit.  

[Rusty Trombone]

Just looked it up,looks the same as castleberry but different angle so hard to confirm.

Yeah,I stand corrected....not quarter reps with Ronnie,but not full reps either.


Very rarely does anyone go the full reps with a load of weight,it is difficult.

Yates is an example.

[denarii]

I did 530kgs last week as second leg exercise after squats. this pic is 500kgs.  I'm natural and it's not that big a weight.

[Royalty]

Let’s be real, the crap posted up to this point is a joke.

Markus Ruhl leg pressed 2000LBS during contest prep (and “much heavier” in the off-season)

[denarii]

does anyone else hold their knees on the heavier weights?

also that weight really shoves your waist and lower back into the seat. even clothing seams become uncomfortable. you can see how pale Brad's back is when he stands up from the blood being squeezed out.

[njflex]

Let’s be real, the crap posted up to this point is a joke.

Markus Ruhl leg pressed 2000LBS during contest prep (and “much heavier” in the off-season)

Listen to him breathe just loading the plates on and wrapping knees,good lawd

[ratherbebig]

so in order for brad castleberrys leg press lift to be impressive it has to be DOUBLE the weight he pressed.

why can not somebod inform him of this and tell him to shut the fuck up until he press twice as much?

[oldtimer1]

Every leg press I have used is built different. Some machines because of the angles and foot platform either cuts the weight you can use or increases it.

Brad had a pretty good range of motion. I like the way Yates did them. Low back board and he really bent his legs.  I have a cheap home unit. It's a parabody serious steel version. It would never survive commercial gym use but it's still the best leg press machine I have ever used. It almost seems the guy who designed it made it custom for me. Perfect in every way. Now the hack part of the machine isn't optimal because the the stoppers cuts the range of motion before I hit rock bottom. 

One thing for sure. Make sure the leg press machine has safety stoppers. Ultimately if they are adjustable is a big plus. The gym I work out in has a leg press machine with zero stoppers. The carriage can ride all the way down crushing a guy if he blows out a knee.