For skiing & snowboarding
For skiing & snowboarding, Cossack squat and leg press score the same on every criterion.
Both are good choices that build different things for skiing & snowboarding, so a plan can use both.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
For quad growth, leg press rates well ahead on our research criteria: more of the work on the quads, easier to progress.
For skiing & snowboarding, Cossack squat and leg press score the same on every criterion. Both are good choices that build different things for skiing & snowboarding, so a plan can use both.
Leg press is easier: it’s easy to learn, while Cossack squat takes some practice.
Cossack squat needs no equipment, so you can do it anywhere. Leg press needs a machine, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
About the same: both rate Good for injury protection in our research rubric.