For skiing & snowboarding
For skiing & snowboarding, single-leg RDL rates well ahead on our research criteria: more injury protection, easier to learn and fit in.
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
Single-Leg RDL. Single-leg balance and hamstring strength, which help protect the knee.
For running, single-leg RDL rates well ahead on our research criteria: more carry-over to running, more injury protection.
For skiing & snowboarding, single-leg RDL rates well ahead on our research criteria: more injury protection, easier to learn and fit in. 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 single-leg RDL takes some practice.
Leg press needs a machine, so for most people it’s a gym exercise. Single-leg RDL needs dumbbells, so a home gym covers it.
Single-leg RDL: it rates Strong for injury protection in our research rubric, against Good for leg press.