[George A]

I would do hack + leg press variation in one session and pendulum + another leg press in the other lower. I find having hack and pendulum in one session a bit redundant while you can differentiate stimulus with leg press (high stance, low stance, single leg). Personally, once I’ll get my hands on a pendulum I would do the following (I need more quad work thus prioritizing it in my split):

Lower 1

Lying leg curl x2

Hack squat x2

Leg press high stance x2

SL leg press (low stance) x1

HPX focus ham/ glutes x3

Calf x3

Lower 2

Leg curl x2

Pendulum x2

Leg press low stance x2

Leg extension x3

Bb SLDL x2

SL seated curl x2

Thanks mate haven’t tried the pendulum in my gym I’ll give it a go next session 👍

[George A]

I train UL and train twice on hack and leg press but trying to differentiate stimulus. For hack both sessions I do top set + back off set but on one session I use reverse banded setup, the other session is without RB. For leg press I do a TP/ BO in one session + 1 set single leg. The other session is 1 cluster set/ muscle round (eg 5×5 4×6 with 20-30” rest). I’ve started with the weight of the back off set of the other session with objective to complete the cluster with one failure point, then add weight. Hopefully in the following months I’ll get a pendulum squat and will be able to sub the hack in one session

Thanks for the examples my gym has a hack and a pendulum squat would u suggest doing one on each leg day instead of any leg press variations ?

[George A]

Hello George.

I would stick to the leg press, but as said before, slow down the tempo or add one rep, or add 1,25kg plates

Or do single leg press

What is the brand of the leg press in your gym ?

I train in a jd gym I can’t quite remember the brand of leg press but there’s just something about it that I don’t get on with. I’ve trained on different leg presses in other gyms and got on fine but unfortunately the locations are too far

[George A]

Hiya George. I personally would stick to leg press and adjust to see how you can perform it without it feeling ‘off’. Might you be able to describe what you don’t like about it? Also in regards to progression, even just performing one more rep or putting on a 1.25kg plate is still making progress so while it’s not as jazzy as a 25KG plate, progress is progress. You could alternatively perform it as a single leg leg press.

In reality, anything can be done, so yes you CAN hack squat twice a week if needed but I would advise you think of performing it with some kind of variation if you must e.g to a tempo. Ultimately if your day 2 leg day is going well and you’re making progress, I wouldn’t want to mess with it.

Having it in twice a week performing it the same as day one and two would likely mean you hit a wall with making progressions faster. You may also not recover well from it but these are all ifs and buts

Thanks for the reply. I thought that would be the case with it being too much to recover from and impacting both leg sessions. i will try single leg as mentioned and see how it feels

[George A]

Thanks for the replies everyone, will give the above a go over next few months and see what’s best for me👍