Key to bigger thighs?

[Dipadidu]

all nachural, hard work! Seems to be a clean sport... 

[Disgusted]

are you joking?

no

[Disgusted]

speedskaters and sprinters always have huge thighs, due to the certain muscle twitch fibers used in their sports?

i'm wonder if using the stairclimber at the gym would have the same affect? i used to use it awhile ago and besides being a kick ass cardio workout ( i would be drenched in sweat!) it seemed to give my legs more definition and shape, however...

i'm not sure if my legs actually increased in size and mass though?

used to go for 20 minutes 3 times a week.

Explosive movement, casually riding a bike thru town or doing the same on a starmaster will not work.

[Tom]

well said JP_RC! now that i think about it when i see black and white clips of sprinters from the olympics of the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's your right none of them had huge legs!

i think though speedskaters always have though, at least from what i vaguely remember of eric heiden for example in was it 1980 olympics?

disgusted: so i should can the stair climber as another tool for increased leg size and mass? instead of going 20 minutes which to me is like double regular cardio 3 times a week, ....

 i was thinking perhaps after a leg workout for example, maybe just 5 minutes would do the trick of destroying my legs even further and helping then gain size and mass besides and after the usual squats, leg presses, excetera.?

[Disgusted]

Sprinters and these cyclist guys have big legs only because they incorporate weight training into their regimenes. When steroids are added then its no surprise.

Has anyone seen sprinters/cyclists of the 50s, 60s, 70s, etc? They all look like a normal average person with no muscle.

What changed? Weights were added and of course steroids.

Plus these guys are the elite at what they do, ever seen the normal high school/college athlete? far from these guys.

You are wrong on so many levels. These guys don't lift to any serious degree if at all and even if they did how does it explain why almost all of them have these freaky huge thighs? Wouldn't their thighs be smallest of all due to the extreme over training?  No matter what way you look at it cycling has everything to do with how their legs have developed. I'm sure these guys are taking drugs which would explain the increase in size over the years, but thats not the issue here. Bottom line is their legs are responding to the extreme high rep movement under explosive conditions. Oh and as far as the high kids you mention, I didn't realize that cycling and speed skating was a high school sport.

[Parker]

You are wrong on so many levels. These guys don't lift to any serious degree if at all and even if they did how does it explain why almost all of them have these freaky huge thighs? Wouldn't their thighs be smallest of all due to the extreme over training?  No matter what way you look at it cycling has everything to do with how their legs have developed. I'm sure these guys are taking drugs which would explain the increase in size over the years, but thats not the issue here. Bottom line is their legs are responding to the extreme high rep movement under explosive conditions. Oh and as far as the high kids you mention, I didn't realize that cycling and speed skating was a high school sport.

Actually, you are wrong, many sprinters do incorporate weight training, and if Milos wasn't so "busy", he'd tell you of Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones lifting weights. There was even a show that had Gay (the sprinter) doing reps with squats...although, it wasn't until the 90s that it was widespread to incorporate weights with track...my track coach looked at me like I had 4 heads when I said I wanted to go to the squat rack, he said weights were for shotputters.

The only Am speedskater that I know that doesn't have huge quads is Apollo.

[Disgusted]

Actually, you are wrong, many sprinters do incorporate weight training, and if Milos wasn't so "busy", he'd tell you of Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones lifting weights. There was even a show that had Gay (the sprinter) doing reps with squats...although, it wasn't until the 90s that it was widespread to incorporate weights with track...my track coach looked at me like I had 4 heads when I said I wanted to go to the squat rack, he said weights were for shotputters.

The only Am speedskater that I know that doesn't have huge quads is Apollo.

"many" "incorporate" ?? Gee that explains it then. 

[Van_Bilderass]

  Fucking insane thighs on the guy in the middle. Like almost pro bb level.

[Schmoff]

who's this?

[Parker]

"many" "incorporate" ?? Gee that explains it then. 

Yes, as in almost all. In the infamous Flex article that featured Milos, Marion, Tim, and Balco-man, they talked about the weight training regime. And squats were part of it. In college, the sprinters where I was, had weight training programs, now imagine what the elite Olympic hopefuls do...
fact is, just plain sprinting is going to get you quads like that, otherwise, you'd see everybody on a high school track after hours, doing nothing but sprint work...and the manufacturers of track shoes, and track blocks would make a killing...
You should know this, unless you are playing coy, I know you've probably seen studies or have seen the weigt training regimes of track athletes...I mean they are no Cara Heads-Lane (that goddess)

[JP_RC]

You are wrong on so many levels. These guys don't lift to any serious degree if at all and even if they did how does it explain why almost all of them have these freaky huge thighs? Wouldn't their thighs be smallest of all due to the extreme over training?  No matter what way you look at it cycling has everything to do with how their legs have developed. I'm sure these guys are taking drugs which would explain the increase in size over the years, but thats not the issue here. Bottom line is their legs are responding to the extreme high rep movement under explosive conditions. Oh and as far as the high kids you mention, I didn't realize that cycling and speed skating was a high school sport.

Maybe cycling has something to do with, but I doubt it. Almost every serious athlete of almost every sport in the world incorporates weight training into their regimen, serious or not they do. Hell, even circe du soleil acrobats do weights.
Tell me then why do all of these athletes weren't even close to as muscular as today back in the 40s, 50s etc? What changed?

There is a good case made for explosive high rep movement being conducive for leg muscle gain, a lot of bbs have used this in the past I think.

Oh and as far as the high kids you mention, I didn't realize that cycling and speed skating was a high school sport.

I meant sprinting......

[Disgusted]

Yes, as in almost all. In the infamous Flex article that featured Milos, Marion, Tim, and Balco-man, they talked about the weight training regime. And squats were part of it. In college, the sprinters where I was, had weight training programs, now imagine what the elite Olympic hopefuls do...
fact is, just plain sprinting is going to get you quads like that, otherwise, you'd see everybody on a high school track after hours, doing nothing but sprint work...and the manufacturers of track shoes, and track blocks would make a killing...
You should know this, unless you are playing coy, I know you've probably seen studies or have seen the weigt training regimes of track athletes...I mean they are no Cara Heads-Lane (that goddess)

Then tell me why these guys legs are bigger than 99.9% of the guys on here who are "trying" to get their legs to grow and are on a shit load of drugs? The leg growth these guys have are on after thought to theml. Also, I don't give a flying fuck what anyone said in Flex magazine.

[JP_RC]

Actually, you are wrong, many sprinters do incorporate weight training, and if Milos wasn't so "busy", he'd tell you of Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones lifting weights. There was even a show that had Gay (the sprinter) doing reps with squats...although, it wasn't until the 90s that it was widespread to incorporate weights with track...my track coach looked at me like I had 4 heads when I said I wanted to go to the squat rack, he said weights were for shotputters.

The only Am speedskater that I know that doesn't have huge quads is Apollo.

I also remember reading that Ben Johnson used to squat pretty hard back in his glory days and do hard weight training. That plus his steroid usage is what got him his muscular physique in my opinion.

But I guess I'm wrong according to some.....sprinting must've done it.

[Rami]

they must be immune to lactic acid buildup.

[JP_RC]

Then tell me why these guys legs are bigger than 99.9% of the guys on here who are "trying" to get their legs to grow and are on a shit load of drugs? The leg growth these guys have are on after thought to theml. Also, I don't give a flying fuck what anyone said in Flex magazine.

Because they are the elite at what they do...now compare them to 90% of the rest of the athletes doing the same sport...they won't have the same development.

Genetics.

[Parker]

Then tell me why these guys legs are bigger than 99.9% of the guys on here who are "trying" to get their legs to grow and are on a shit load of drugs? The leg growth these guys have are on after thought to theml. Also, I don't give a flying fuck what anyone said in Flex magazine.

Because 99.9 % of people on the G/O board either don't lift or don't train legs...
You've seen cyclists, on the road, and their quads look nothing like sprint cyclists do...plus, running is harder to do than cycling, that's why people go further on a bike---it's faster than running. A bike is a gyro that covers more land, with minimal effort, try running up a hill full speed versus riding a geared bike...sprint cycling is like track sprinting, so they would incorporate similar training.

Now, I know that Flex ain't the Bible of bbing, but just because you don't care for what is written in there, even Sports Illustrated commented and referenced the Flex article, in the Balco scandal...and I know you have your differences with Milos, but he WAS training Tim Montgomery and Marion Jones.

Colleges incorporate high rep squats for explosiveness for sprinters. As I said, if doing sprint work would give you huge quads, then there would be tons of HS sprinters w/no weight training who had huge quads for their size. There are none.

[tom joad]

that's not the Arvilla triplets.

[Soul Crusher]

Love that ass and thighs. 

[JOHN MATRIX]

there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for a cyclist to 'weight train'...i could see MAYBE some leg strengthening stuff maybe...but lifting weights for upperbody and arms would be totally pointless and actually counterproductive .

the guy's arms are huge because like i said, hes on a racehorse-like drug stack.

[Meso_z]

there is absolutely no reason whatsoever for a cyclist to 'weight train'...i could see MAYBE some leg strengthening stuff maybe...but lifting weights for upperbody and arms would be totally pointless and actually counterproductive .

the guy's arms are huge because like i said, hes on a racehorse-like drug stack.

you mean his arms "just grew" from drugs?

no training at all? youre delusional.

[TommyBoy]

Genetic disposition for strong thighs is good lead in to being a strong cyclists. Not surprising, stack or no stack, that these guys at this level would have well developed quads in their sport. And yes, top level sprinters do incorporate weights for their training. If you have ever done all-outs sprints for a pro-longed period of time your body will tell you very fast like what body parts are lagging in development. When I incorporate sprints in my routine my bis, traps, and hams just stay sore while my overall development also improves.

[Soul Crusher]

[JOHN MATRIX]

you mean his arms "just grew" from drugs?

no training at all? youre delusional.

again, why would a cyclist need to weight train his arms? thats like saying a sprinter would be weight training his arms. having huge arms as either of those is a liability if anything.

that particular dude probably has great arm genetics to begin with, and the constant gripping/clenching of the bars coupled with his genetics and steroid regime is enough to give him impressive arms.

there is absolutely no reason for this guy to be in the gym doing curls  

[Rami]

you mean his arms "just grew" from drugs?

no training at all? youre delusional.

With drugs it's enough with the activation the arms get when doing sprint training on the bike.

 You never rode a bike before?  It can involve a lot of back and arms when you accelerate all out on low gears.

I snapped a handle bar off this way. Suddenly had it in my hand and was sort of running on the bike to not fall. It was pretty embarrassing.

[~UN_$ung~]

no

then why dont any other cyclists have big arms?>