Vertical Leg Press
Muscles worked: Quads, Glutes.
How to do it
- Lie flat on your back under the platform with your hips and lower back down.
- Place your feet on the platform above you, about shoulder-width.
- Release the safeties and take the weight with your legs.
- Lower until you feel a hard stretch, keeping your lower back on the pad.
- Press straight up. The range is short and the stretch is brutal - go lighter than the 45 degree sled.
Coaching cues
The two cues IronPack shows on this exercise's card mid-workout:
- Lying flat, pressing straight up - hips and lower back stay down
- Short range and a hard stretch; go lighter than the 45° sled
Logging it
IronPack suggests working in the 8 to 12 rep range, progressing in 10 kg jumps when you own the top of the range. Records are tracked automatically at every rep count from 1 to 12. Check your estimated 1RM from any hard set.
Related exercises
- Deadlift - back, glutes
- Sumo Deadlift - glutes, quads
- Trap Bar Deadlift - quads, glutes
- Back Extension - glutes
Track the vertical leg press properly
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Steps, cues, muscle weighting and logging guidance are IronPack's own app data. Last generated 2026-08-16.