article_snippet: A leg press is a machine used in strength or resistance training.
article_snippet: A leg press requires a person to push weight away therefore engaging weight leg muscles.
article_snippet: Fitness experts today warned of the dangers of carrying out exercises such as a leg press without the proper training or supervision.
article_snippet: Some said that resistance machines such as the leg press are dangerous because resistance machines such as the leg press isolate muscles in a way that does not mimic 'real life' movement, while others warned a person should always concentrate when carrying out such exercise.
article_snippet: Helle Hammonds, founder of GymClass, London, said machines such as a leg press can be dangerous as machines such as a leg press isolate muscles in a way that does not mimic how a person would normally move.
article_snippet: the woman said: ‘The problem with leg press machines and many other weight machines is that instead create a way of moving weights whilst isolating certain muscles and joints.
article_snippet: I have seen many injuries to people's lower backs from leg press machines in particular, as they lift weights that are too heavy.
article_snippet: Golden rules for the leg press or any other strength based exercises would be: focus, brace then contract.'
highlights_snippet: Expert today told MailOnline people should never use machines like leg presses without appropriate training or supervision .