I was not a huge fan of leg extensions to be honest. After doing some research I found they were probably causing knee pain that I was experiencing while squatting. However now I never do a leg workout without them.

Yes the knee pain was caused by leg extensions, but it was because I was young and stupid and using to much weight. The fact that I was lifting up out of the seat trying to heave the weight should of had the alarm bells ringing!

Brad got me doing leg extensions with light weight up to 30 reps per set. I only ever go as low as 20 reps. I perform the exercise nice and slowly and really concentrate on lowering the weight slowly - this is one great feature of using a leverage leg extension as opposed to the cable variety.

I do these before and sometimes after squats or presses on the Powertec Leg Sled. I have found they have really been good for my left knee which is pretty dodgy.

This video was filmed on the Powertec Multi System. The leg extension on the Powertec Leverage Gym has the same functionality.

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