The truth about leg presses

How many of you have gone into the gym and seen some guy that is not much larger than big top pee wee and he thinks he is king of the world because he has like 400 lbs on the leg press? It seems to be a pretty common occurrence and most people don't really know the reasoning behind it. Well here it goes this is the reason are you ready for it. Simple physics. See almost all leg style leg presses are designed to be at a 45 degree angle of motion. Or to put it in simply you are pushing the weight up a wedge of sorts. What does the wedge do? It takes some of the load of weight. How much of the load? Approximately %50 for a 45 degree sled. So if big top pee wee is doing 400 lbs on the leg press that means he is squatting 200lbs. I had a girlfriend that could do more than that on a real squat I mean seriously. Does this mean that the leg press is useless in the gym then? Absolutely not and here is why. If you really do say have like a 500 lb or 600 lb free weight squat for a heavy set and don't like the idea of getting injured all the time the leg press is actually a useful tool. Load that baby up with 1200 lbs or so and enjoy your 600 lbs squat equivalent movement with less risk of injury or failure. It is safer because it is more controlled. I however do both on my leg days to really blast my legs and reap the benefits of both movements. Is it harder that way? Oh yeah but nothing worth anything is ever easy. So now that you know the truth use it to your advantage blast those quads.