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Old September 24th, 2020, 03:29   #82
tjw1971
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Is she actively lifting weights now or anything, or was that just a one time thing to see what she could leg press?

I've known a few women like that, who were naturally strong enough to just start right out leg pressing 450lbs. or so. And all of them were able to double those lifts in under a year of at least somewhat regular workouts. I know most people seriously into weightlifting want to use the sleds you put free weights on for leg presses. But to encourage a woman to feel strong and like she's making real progress, those Universal machines where you stick a key in the weight stack are great too. Depending on the machine, some of them only have a total of 750lbs. or so of plates on them, so someone as strong as your girlfriend could pretty quickly hit a goal of pressing the whole stack.

(And depending on the machine and the situation, you might be able to stand on the weight stack and take a ride too. A long time ago, I used to use the weight room in a local YMCA on Saturdays and a few of the female swim instructors would come in there to lift weights and use the exercise bike and so forth. One of them was a black gal with really thick, strong legs, and I saw her leg pressing about half of the weight stack like it was nothing. So one time, I just jokingly climbed up on it and told her to give me a ride, and she pressed me for about 10 reps. She laughed about it, saying "That's easier than getting up to move the key!" But it depends on the design of the machine because some have the weight stack all enclosed in kind of a frame, where you'd have no way to stand up on the top plate. This was an older one with just a pole in the center so you could just stand with one foot on each side of the plate and hold onto the pole if you wanted to make sure you didn't fall off!)

Making the piggyback ride up the stairs a regular thing would be a great idea too. I know when my ex used to give them to me, it was pretty cool watching her progress from struggling a bit on the last few steps to getting strong enough to just go right to the top like it was no big deal!

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Originally Posted by AssMaster197 View Post
My gf is 5?9.5? - 5?10? and 185lbs, and she had naturally strong legs where when she started leg pressing she was doing 450-500lbs (380lbs of plates) for up to 8 reps. Her calves are like marble upside down coke bottles, she has actually sitter me on her lap on just one leg for up to 10 minutes at a time, has cradled me, front straddled me etc. She even piggybacked me up the stairs a couple weeks ago.
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