Leg Press (45° Sled) vs Cable Glute Bridge Strength Standards

Leg Press vs Cable Glute Bridge Strength Standards

Use these tables to compare the estimated one-rep max required for the 45-degree leg press and cable glute bridge to reach the same strength level at each listed bodyweight. The numbers are calculator targets, not a required gap between the two lifts.

Choose the men’s or women’s table, find the closest bodyweight row, and read across to Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, or Elite. Each entry shows Leg Press / Cable Glute Bridge, with pounds above kilograms. Use the calculator for your exact bodyweight and recent sets.

Men’s Leg Press vs Cable Glute Bridge Standards

How to read the table: Find the closest bodyweight, then use the labeled exercise row. Every strength-level entry shows one target with pounds first and kilograms beneath it.

Women’s Leg Press vs Cable Glute Bridge Standards

How to read the table: Find the closest bodyweight, then use the labeled exercise row. Every strength-level entry shows one target with pounds first and kilograms beneath it.

How Your Leg Press vs Cable Glute Bridge Result Is Calculated

The comparison starts by estimating each max separately. It then rates both lifts against their own standards before identifying the lower result.

1. Estimate a one-rep max from each set

A one-rep set uses the entered weight. For 2–12 reps, both formulas are calculated and the lower estimate is retained.

• Epley: weight × (1 + reps ÷ 30)
• Brzycki: weight × 36 ÷ (37 − reps)

Set quality matters for this Leg Press vs Cable Glute Bridge comparison. Enter technically consistent, challenging sets, and prefer lower-rep results when practical because the estimate extends less far beyond the performed set.

2. Find the 45-degree leg press strength level

For 45-degree leg press, the individual exercise thresholds start from reference bodyweights of 190 lb for men and 150 lb for women. Exact-bodyweight targets use reference target × (user bodyweight ÷ reference bodyweight) to the two-thirds power.

This adjustment expects larger lifters to move more weight, but it does not increase the target pound for pound with bodyweight.

3. Find the cable glute bridge strength level

For cable glute bridge, the individual exercise thresholds start from reference bodyweights of 190 lb for men and 150 lb for women. Exact-bodyweight targets use reference target × (user bodyweight ÷ reference bodyweight) to the two-thirds power.

Two-thirds scaling raises the target as bodyweight rises while limiting the size advantage that a direct one-to-one adjustment would create.

4. Compare the two results

Strength level decides the comparison first. Matching levels remain Balanced unless progress toward the next target differs by at least 10 points.

Treat the result as a training comparison rather than an explanation of why one lift trails. Set quality, fatigue, skill, and training exposure all matter. Age range is recorded anonymously but does not change these standards.

Enter both sets above to see the estimated maxes, assigned levels, next-level targets, and comparison result.

How Men’s Leg Press and Cable Glute Bridge Standards Differ

How to read this chart: Choose a strength level and follow its line across bodyweight. Values show the Cable Glute Bridge standard minus the Leg Press standard: zero means equal, above zero means the Cable Glute Bridge standard is higher, and below zero means the Leg Press standard is higher. Swipe horizontally on mobile. Use the standards table for exact lb/kg targets.

How Women’s Leg Press and Cable Glute Bridge Standards Differ

How to read this chart: Choose a strength level and follow its line across bodyweight. Values show the Cable Glute Bridge standard minus the Leg Press standard: zero means equal, above zero means the Cable Glute Bridge standard is higher, and below zero means the Leg Press standard is higher. Swipe horizontally on mobile. Use the standards table for exact lb/kg targets.

Leg Press and Cable Glute Bridge Exercises Used by This Calculator

The calculator expects repeatable 45-degree leg press and cable glute bridge results. Follow each exercise definition below so the two ratings are based on valid tests. Use strict, repeatable Leg Press and Cable Glute Bridge tests that follow each exercise’s setup, range of motion, equipment, and load rules. Do not mix variations, assistance, partial range, momentum, or different load conventions.

Use a 45-degree plate-loaded sled leg press

Keep both feet flat and approximately shoulder-width, descend until the thighs reach at least parallel to the platform without lifting the hips or rounding the lower back, and press to controlled full knee extension. Do not enter a horizontal, vertical, selectorized, single-leg, high-foot, partial, bounced, or assisted press.

Use the Cable Glute Bridge setup and load convention

The selected cable resistance applied to the hips for the floor-supported bridge setup. Valid Cable Glute Bridge reps. Bridge from the same floor-supported start to a controlled hip-extension finish without bench-supported hip-thrust drift, bounce, or shortened lockout. Consistent setup, range, and finish quality across the entered set. No substituted exercise or assisted reps.

Enter one recent Leg Press result and one recent Cable Glute Bridge result

First lift: total plates loaded on the 45-degree sled and 1–12 strict reps. Second lift: weight used and 1–12 strict reps. Pounds or kilograms.

Related Tools

• Leg Press (45° Sled) — View the individual Leg Press standards and next strength-level target.
• Cable Glute Bridge — View the individual Cable Glute Bridge standards and next strength-level target.
• Glute Bridge Strength Standards — Use this related standards tool to examine a closely related exercise without mixing its result into this comparison.
• Barbell Glute Bridge — Use this related standards tool to examine a closely related exercise without mixing its result into this comparison.
• Cable Hip Thrust — Use this related standards tool to examine a closely related exercise without mixing its result into this comparison.
• Hip Thrust Machine — Use this related standards tool to examine a closely related exercise without mixing its result into this comparison.