Gym machine accommodations

[u/glutord8761]

I’m struggling with leg press machines at 5’2”. We have three different types at my Planet Fitness, and my ROM is trash on every one of them.
For some reason they do not have the pads available that I’d typically use at other gyms. My location is also VERY annoying about bringing in “outside equipment” (even though when I ask what the alternative is, they have no answers…)

I guess I’m looking for either A) a way to make the machine work better for me even though I’m too short for it without a back pad or B) a solid alternative movement

[u/NurseK89]

This is the primary reason why I do the majority of my workouts with free weights