Strength, body composition, and functional outcomes in the squat versus leg press exercises.

@article{Rossi2018StrengthBC,
  title={Strength, body composition, and functional outcomes in the squat versus leg press exercises.},
  author={Fabr{\'i}cio Eduardo Rossi and Brad Jon Schoenfeld and Skyler Ocetnik and Jonathan S. Young and Andrew David Vigotsky and Bret Contreras and James W. Krieger and Michael G. Miller and Jason Michael Cholewa},
  journal={The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness},
  year={2018},
  volume={58 3},
  pages={
          263-270
        }
}
BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to compare strength, body composition, and functional outcome measures following performance of the back squat, leg press, or a combination of the two exercises. METHODS Subjects were pair-matched based on initial strength levels and then randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups: a squat-only group (SQ) that solely performed squats for the lower body; a leg press-only group (LP) that solely performed leg presses for the lower body, or a combined squat and… 
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