building my own leg press

[NEXTVICTIM]

Does anyone know where i can find plans to build my own leg press?? I've looked every where, so I thought for some kind of plans on building it and came up empty handed.. Any help my brothers in steel can give me would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks
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[prowrestler]

Does anyone know where i can find plans to build my own leg press?? I've looked every where, so I thought for some kind of plans on building it and came up empty handed.. Any help my brothers in steel can give me would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks
NEXTVICTIM

try e bay if you have yet too. look up wor a welder in your area.

our join a gym for the same price as buyin the material for a leg press.

[NEXTVICTIM]

Thanks For The Info Bro.. I Hate To Have To Join A Local Gym Due To All The Money I Have In My Own.. I Was Just Taking A Shot In The Dark At Attempting Building One Ya Know... Looks Like I Just Might As Well Face The Hard Truth That I'm Gonna Have To Come Up With The Scratch To Buy One.. Again Thanks For The Info And Advice..

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[Fury317]

Man, I would say dish out the cash and buy one. Building one could be dangerous. I dont know if you work in steel or anything but that doesnt sound like something that I would want mal functioning on me. I dont want to hear about a man being crushed by his homemade leg press....

[ionacht]

Man, I would say dish out the cash and buy one. Building one could be dangerous. I dont know if you work in steel or anything but that doesnt sound like something that I would want mal functioning on me. I dont want to hear about a man being crushed by his homemade leg press....

Apart from that with steel prices what they are, by the time you factor in all the materials to do it right, it would probably be cheaper to buy a used one. I know there are several web-sites out there that sell used gym equipment. I actually considered at one time building my own power cage but it was going to be easier and just as cheap to buy one.

[gjn5002]

maybe im crazy but I think it would be a great project trying ot build your own leg press. Imagine putting all that hard work into it then being able to utilize it in your training. it would be satisyfing. Id say go to a gym and study one, take pics to examine, measure the angles, write down all the bolts etc used. Maybe call an equipment company and tell them you need a diagram to put one together, make up some bullshit about being a gym owner and you are trying to fix it or something to that effect.

[JMC]

maybe im crazy but I think it would be a great project trying ot build your own leg press. Imagine putting all that hard work into it then being able to utilize it in your training. it would be satisyfing. Id say go to a gym and study one, take pics to examine, measure the angles, write down all the bolts etc used. Maybe call an equipment company and tell them you need a diagram to put one together, make up some bullshit about being a gym owner and you are trying to fix it or something to that effect.

Yeah sounds cool at first, but then I imagine 1000 lbs folding me in half and smashing my kneecaps when one of my crappy welds goes bad or something. Then I don't get sue anyone... I'd rather buy a pre-fabbed one myself.

[krazyassmexican]

if you have a squat rack
why worry about leg press?

[ChandlerXJ]

if you have a smith machine, you have every piece of equipment you can ever need.

You can train absolutly everything on a smith...

Arms

Legs ( lay under the bar for presses, also you can do squats, and stiff deads)

Delts

Back (deads)

Traps

[MassMan]

if you have a squat rack
why worry about leg press?

X2 on this one.... leg press will NEVER stand up to the classic back BB squat..... Don't waste your money on a leg press machine until you have a squat rack or powerrack...

Just my 2 cents... Good Luck!!

[NEXTVICTIM]

Thanks Fella's For All Your Feed Back.. I Do Have A Power Rack.. I Just Figured That Having The Leg Press As Well Would Help Move My Numbers Up And Be Alittle Easier On The Lower Back.. As Far As A Smith Machine, I Never Considered That.. I May Look Into That.. Thanks Again To All My Brothers In Iron For Your Great Advice..

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[BrotherInArms]

I'm just echoing everyone's thoughts here, but why build a leg press machine when you can buy a power/squat rack and use that?

Now if I could just build a time machine and start lifting in elementary school..