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Title: Leg press beats the squat!
Post by: Xerxes on June 19, 2007, 04:00:08 AM
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Post by: MONSTER_TRICEPS on June 19, 2007, 04:15:18 AM
You are quite the monster yourself, "xexers".
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Post by: MONSTER_TRICEPS on June 19, 2007, 04:21:18 AM
Actually I'm not "him", stud.
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Post by: Get Rowdy on June 19, 2007, 04:28:54 AM
Jaejonna is monster_everything, not monster_triceps
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Post by: Samourai Pizzacat on June 19, 2007, 04:49:49 AM
monster_confusion
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Post by: benchthis on June 19, 2007, 10:34:23 AM
monster waist of thread space
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Post by: Monster_Everything on June 19, 2007, 10:53:03 AM
I am just praising the all mighty king of getbig. All hail adonis. Jaejonna why are you not sleeping its 4 AM in the states, right? Hows your pic morphing going?
hahaha i dont morph pics....i shop them
Title: Re: Leg press beats the squat!
Post by: The_Leafy_Bug on June 19, 2007, 10:55:59 AM
The legendary TA has said this

Obviously this must be true, you can see it in his leg development:
(http://www.flashrob.com/ta/AbBig.jpg)


I just want to thank you TA, you have opened my eyes.
Actually id agree... I may not have the leg size to back it up but i feel squats and leg extensions are best for peak contraction of the quads and getting a good pump in them.
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Post by: dzulboy on June 19, 2007, 11:03:06 AM
try squatting ass to floor with pauses (at the bottom)  moderately heavy  and you will see the diffrence
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Post by: The_Leafy_Bug on June 19, 2007, 11:05:02 AM
try squatting ass to floor with pauses (at the bottom)  moderately heavy  and you will see the diffrence
I have done that. I used to do 275 butt to heels and then explode up. I noticed the best results from going down really slow on the negative and then resting 2 seconds and exploding up with light weight at the end of a work out but i no longer do that. I like my current leg program. Sometimes i add some light front squats in towards then end.
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Post by: noc on June 19, 2007, 11:06:40 AM
I have done that. I used to do 275 butt to heels and then explode up. I noticed the best results from going down really slow on the negative and then resting 2 seconds and exploding up with light weight at the end of a work out but i no longer do that. I like my current leg program. Sometimes i add some light front squats in towards then end.

Enlighten us with your current leg program
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Post by: SquatAss on June 19, 2007, 11:08:37 AM
Enlighten us with your current leg program

Anything but heavy squats by the looks of it.
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Post by: The_Leafy_Bug on June 19, 2007, 11:10:44 AM
Enlighten us with your current leg program
10 sets of 12 of leg press, 6 sets of 12 of single legged leg press, 10 sets of 12 of leg extensions and sometimes if i feel like it i do some front squats towards the end. Total of about 26 sets, 30 seconds rest between sets.
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Post by: The_Leafy_Bug on June 19, 2007, 11:11:38 AM
Anything but heavy squats by the looks of it.
Yes pretty much... Im not capable of squatting heavy since i lost all the weight and i feel it uses more muscles then the ones i want to isolate.
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Post by: BEAST 8692 on June 19, 2007, 11:14:40 AM
Yes pretty much... Im not capable of squatting heavy since i lost all the weight and i feel it uses more muscles then the ones i want to isolate.

haven't heard that excuse before. i'll give you that.
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Post by: SquatAss on June 19, 2007, 11:14:48 AM
Yes pretty much... Im not capable of squatting heavy since i lost all the weight and i feel it uses more muscles then the ones i want to isolate.

Hey to each his own.. heavy compound lifting isn't for everyone.
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Post by: garraeth on June 19, 2007, 11:15:28 AM
Yes pretty much... Im not capable of squatting heavy since i lost all the weight and i feel it uses more muscles then the ones i want to isolate.
Such as the ones in your legs?
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Post by: The_Leafy_Bug on June 19, 2007, 11:17:18 AM
Such as the ones in your legs?
Such as lower bacl, abdominals, glutes, etc... With extensions i can isolate all quad and when i do leg press i feel i can go heavier and deeper and rep it out with out compromising my safety.
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Post by: garraeth on June 19, 2007, 11:20:59 AM
Such as lower bacl, abdominals, glutes, etc... With extensions i can isolate all quad and when i do leg press i feel i can go heavier and deeper and rep it out with out compromising my safety.
Seriously, at your stage of bbing, imo, you aught to be doing compound lifts specifically to hit as many muscles as possible.

Not so much to build the muscle as to build your lungs and heart...and get more natural test flowing.

'course not all compounds, but some at each workout.
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Post by: dr.chimps on June 19, 2007, 11:22:40 AM
Such as lower bacl, abdominals, glutes, etc... With extensions i can isolate all quad and when i do leg press i feel i can go heavier and deeper and rep it out with out compromising my safetydignity.
:D
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Post by: Andre Nickatina on June 19, 2007, 11:32:50 AM
I have done that. I used to do 275 butt to heels and then explode up. I noticed the best results from going down really slow on the negative and then resting 2 seconds and exploding up with light weight at the end of a work out but i no longer do that. I like my current leg program. Sometimes i add some light front squats in towards then end.
This is the same thing I do.
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Post by: Voice of Doom on June 19, 2007, 11:49:46 AM
I moved to leg presses because I had two hernias and they allow me to go "heavy" without too much pressure on my abdominable wall.
Also, 10 years of soccer have taken their toll on my knees, blew side tendon on my left side.
So the presses give me the limited range of motion, protection and isolation I just can't get with squats.   As long as you keep the intensity up you can get a great workout.

I've done whole leg workouts on the presses when I was short of time.  I had a press with two angles for feet placement, so I would do Giant sets, 12 reps of feet apart, feet together, lfeet angled forward and then lockout the press and do 25-30 reps of calf raises.  Take two minute break and do it again.  In 30 minutes you can move some serious weight and really feel it the next day...or at least I can.
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Post by: Camel Jockey on June 19, 2007, 12:36:24 PM
Squats are king!
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Post by: shiftedShapes on June 19, 2007, 12:39:22 PM
Pistols (one legged squats) are probably the best overall leg exercise.
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Post by: The Squadfather on June 19, 2007, 12:43:18 PM
10 sets of 12 of leg press, 6 sets of 12 of single legged leg press, 10 sets of 12 of leg extensions and sometimes if i feel like it i do some front squats towards the end. Total of about 26 sets, 30 seconds rest between sets.
damn man that's a lot of sets, you have a lot of endurance, no way i could do 26 sets of barbell squats and leg presses.
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Post by: CRIS on June 19, 2007, 01:10:23 PM
damn man that's a lot of sets, you have a lot of endurance, no way i could do 26 sets of barbell squats and leg presses.

He doesn't do that, shit for brains. Read it carefully, he said he DOESN'T DO squats. He only perform leg presses, 2 legs and then one leg as his pressing movements for the lower body. Eventually he will end up his workout with LIGHT FORNT SQUATS.
Even withou the squats, still a hell of a lot of work. Very respectable. Heavy leg training covers only one end of the equation. The endurance part is what really exausts the tougher to grow leg muscles. You can meet this criteria by uping the reps, or the overall volume of sets and reducing resting time between them.
Title: Re: Leg press beats the squat!
Post by: The Squadfather on June 19, 2007, 01:17:24 PM
He doesn't do that, shit for brains. Read it carefully, he said he DOESN'T DO squats. He only perform leg presses, 2 legs and then one leg as his pressing movements for the lower body. Eventually he will end up his workout with LIGHT FORNT SQUATS.
Even withou the squats, still a hell of a lot of work. Very respectable. Heavy leg training covers only one end of the equation. The endurance part is what really exausts the tougher to grow leg muscles. You can meet this criteria by uping the reps, or the overall volume of sets and reducing resting time between them.
hahahaha, ok "cris", i'll stick to my 15-18 sets. ;D
Title: Re: Leg press beats the squat!
Post by: CRIS on June 19, 2007, 01:20:31 PM
That's still a very good/respectable overall volume of work, fatty. Good job. My own overall volume for quads stays around the same as yours, minimum of 18, maximum of 22 sets.
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Post by: garraeth on June 19, 2007, 01:20:46 PM
Pistols (one legged squats) are probably the best overall leg exercise.
Sounds insane (balance-wise). But I really do like one legged hack-squats. Nice finishing movement, imo.
Title: Re: Leg press beats the squat!
Post by: CRIS on June 19, 2007, 01:25:50 PM
IMO, the most difficult, fucked up movement for legs is the smith machine front squat. That shit locks you into place, and the safety of the smith applies tremenduous pressure solely on the quads. It beats the shit out of your legs ina mercilessly manner.