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Leg extension
Legs · Machine
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 4
Reps8 to 12
RIR1 to 2
Machines and cables hold the path for you, so you can work closer to failure than with free weights.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Quads.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Beinextension
- Swedish Benspark
- Danish Leg extension
- German Beinstrecken (Maschine)
- Spanish Extensión de piernas
- Italian Leg extension
- Portuguese Cadeira extensora
- Russian Разгибания ног в тренажёре
- French Leg extension (machine)
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