The part of the body most people pay attention to is your upper body. You see
most of the guys in the gym walking around in their muscle shirts to show off
their huge arms and then they are wearing wind pants or whatever to cover up
their chicken legs.
They are in the gym all the time working their upper body, but you never see
them working their legs except maybe a few sets of leg press. Here is the
reason why they are wearing pants.
They don't do squats. Either they are just lazy little retards who don't want
to do any work, or they can't handle the pain that comes with leg training in
order to achieve those tree trunks. Because most of those guys would like to
have huge legs if it wasn't so hard.
In order to build huge legs there are 5 exercise you should do:
- #1- Squats... These should be the center of your leg routine, and should be
done first. If your not doing them then you will never reach your full
potential for your legs.
- #2- Leg press... These should be done after you squats and with very heavy
weight. Remember, these are not a replacement for squats.
- #3- Hack squats... I also like to do these right after my squats and switch
them with leg press every 6 weeks.
- #4-Front squats... Good exercise to build outer sweep of thighs. Also can be
used if you have a problem bending over too far when squatting.
- #5- Leg curls... A good finish to your routine, and very important to help
build up your hamstrings.
Here Is a good example of a leg routine that will help pack on some size:
| Squats- | 4 sets: 12,10,8,6 |
Front squats- | 3 sets: 10,8,6 |
Leg press- | 2 sets: 8,6 |
Leg curls- | 3 sets: 10,8,6 |
You can switch it around a little. Like put hack squats in place of front
squats etc. But make sure you always start with squats.
Remember it takes a lot of hard work to build huge legs, but you're on your way
to getting rid of those pants.
Keep on growing!
Nathan Underhill
NSTYNC03@aol.com
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