# Leg press?

**URL:** <https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/leg-press/8047>\
**Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\
**Created:** [January 31, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/leg-press/8047 "2020-01-31T17:10:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Salmon-ella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Salmon-ella](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Salmon-ella)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/leg-press/8047/1 "2020-01-31T17:10:00Z")

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Good morning,

I am currently doing the Hypertrophy program and see that it requires the leg press as a required exercise. What substitutions do you recommend for those of us who do not have access to this machine in our home gym? I attempted to utilize the search feature but only found threads associated with individual training logs.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/leg-press/8047/2 "2020-01-31T18:04:49Z")

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> [@Salmon-ella](#):
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> Good morning,
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> I am currently doing the Hypertrophy program and see that it requires the leg press as a required exercise. What substitutions do you recommend for those of us who do not have access to this machine in our home gym? I attempted to utilize the search feature but only found threads associated with individual training logs.
> 
> Thanks!

The newest hypertrophy templates in our store have a number of potential options if you don’t have a leg press:

Split squat  
Bulgarian split squat  
step ups  
lunges  
belt squat using a dip belt

Hope that helps!

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**Author:** ![Ghostrider](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/ghostrider/32/847_2.png) [@Ghostrider](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Ghostrider)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/leg-press/8047/3 "2020-01-31T18:37:10Z")

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Would trap bar DL’s (high or low handle) fit in with that group as a quad exercise?

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**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/leg-press/8047/4 "2020-02-02T16:24:16Z")

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> [@Ghostrider](#):
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> Would trap bar DL’s (high or low handle) fit in with that group as a quad exercise?

It wouldn’t be in my top 5 choices, as the ROM is quite a bit lower.