Dorian's leg exercise of choice - THE LEGPRESS!

[Bluto]

Dorian speaks in the latest issue of Flex:

"Bodybuilders have gone to war over which is better - leg presses or squats. In my opinion, the choice is determined by one's structure. I have tried both and discoverd that I get a better overall quad workout from leg presses, so I've settled on that as my primary leg exercise"

[IceCold]

another guy who never squatted.

[Bluto]

Yes! The truth needs to come out! LONG LIVE THE LEGPRESS!

[Saxon]

Yes! The truth needs to come out! LONG LIVE THE LEGPRESS!

Both are good exercises. Both will help you build bigger legs. Choose which one works best for you.  Don't be a sheep.

[haider]

Both have probably used some sort of squatting variation, and I know for a fact that dorian used hack squats in his routine. Don't know about dillet for sure but I'm not willing to believe he used the leg press exclusively for his quad development.

[TheAnimal]

Both are good exercises. Both will help you build bigger legs. Choose which one works best for you.  Don't be a sheep.

or just use both 

P.S I only find leg presses with full range of motion worthwhile

[NarcissisticDeity]

Both have probably used some sort of squatting variation, and I know for a fact that dorian used hack squats in his routine. Don't know about dillet for sure but I'm not willing to believe he used the leg press exclusively for his quad development.

Dorian used to do squats on the smith machine as well

[IceCold]

Both have probably used some sort of squatting variation, and I know for a fact that dorian used hack squats in his routine. Don't know about dillet for sure but I'm not willing to believe he used the leg press exclusively for his quad development.

every article i've read about dillet legs, he did do hacks.

also, branch or gustavo in the new MD said you have to squat - whether on a barbell, smith, or hack. 

[Bluto]

the you have to squat-stuff is bullshit
they should follow their own advice and shut up and squat
or at least shut up 

[suckmymuscle]

Dorian speaks in the latest issue of Flex:

"Bodybuilders have gone to war over which is better - leg presses or squats. In my opinion, the choice is determined by one's structure. I have tried both and discoverd that I get a better overall quad workout from leg presses, so I've settled on that as my primary leg exercise"

  He did very heavy barbell squats for the first six years of his bodybuilding career, but he eventually realized that it put too much stress on his knees and that he wasted so much energy on neuromuscular coordination, for this exercise, that his quadriceps weren't properly exhausted by the end. He realized that past a certain level of development, pre-exhaustion of the quadriceps followed by very heavy leg presses to failure stimulated overral more fibers than squats.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

[Bluto]

  He did very heavy barbell squats for the first six years of his bodybuilding career, but he eventually realized that it put too much stress on his knees and that he wasted so much energy on neuromuscular coordination, for this exercise, that his quadriceps weren't properly exhausted by the end. He realized that past a certain level of development, pre-exhaustion of the quadriceps followed by very heavy leg presses to failure stimulated overral more fibers than squats.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

yeah he left the ego at the door and started using his brain

[The Squadfather]

 He did very heavy barbell squats for the first six years of his bodybuilding career, but he eventually realized that it put too much stress on his knees and that he wasted so much energy on neuromuscular coordination, for this exercise, that his quadriceps weren't properly exhausted by the end. He realized that past a certain level of development, pre-exhaustion of the quadriceps followed by very heavy leg presses to failure stimulated overral more fibers than squats.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

Dorian had a hip injury and that's why he stopped them, he said he was at 385 for 10 when he stopped doing them.

[Bluto]

Dorian had a hip injury and that's why he stopped them, he said he was at 385 for 10 when he stopped doing them.

he prefer legpresses.

[The Squadfather]

he prefer legpresses.

yes, leg presses and hacks, i will gaurantee you that there isn't one pro who has relied on leg presses as their ONLY pressing movement for quads, not even Dillett, even Dillett did hacks.

[suckmymuscle]

Dorian had a hip injury and that's why he stopped them, he said he was at 385 for 10 when he stopped doing them.

  But way back in 1996, he stated in the "Ask Mr.Olympia" segment of FLEX that the foremost reason why he stopped squating was that he believed it didn't work his quads as well as the leg press past a certain point of development, and that it put too much stress on his knees. I don't think a hip injury would be reason for him to have stopped squatting forever, since injuries eventually heal.

SUCKMYMUSCLE

[Bluto]

maybe if sarcasm did legpresses instead of squats and stopped being into this bullshit macho thing he wouldnt wake up in pain at night

[pobrecito]

Dorian had a hip injury and that's why he stopped them, he said he was at 385 for 10 when he stopped doing them.

That's not even remotely true regarding the poundages.

In his first book Dorian mentions doing over 600lbs free squats (...He also mentions a bench press over 500lbs, mind you this is in 92 before he blew up).

He eventually changed out the free squats for smith squats so he could isolate the quads better.

Dorian was one strong mother f*cker

[jwb]

He had pretty major surgery on his hip back in 1987 i think...

[The Squadfather]

That's not even remotely true.

In his first book Dorian mentions doing over 600lbs free squats (...He also mentions a bench press over 500lbs, mind you this is in 92 before he blew up).

He eventually changed out the free squats for smith squats so he could isolate the quads better.

Dorian was one strong mother f*cker

this is true pobrecito, now remember i'm not saying that he couldn't have free squatted 600 but he said himself in an old issue of Flex that he switched over when he had the hip injury, now in Blood and Guts he said that he SMITH MACHINE SQUATTED 600 PLUS FOR 10 which i think is 95 percent as hard as free squatting the same weight.

[pobrecito]

this is true pobrecito, now remember i'm not saying that he couldn't have free squatted 600 but he said himself in an old issue of Flex that he switched over when he had the hip injury, now in Blood and Guts he said that he SMITH MACHINE SQUATTED 600 PLUS FOR 10 which i think is 95 percent as hard as free squatting the same weight.

Well, the guy obviously knew what he was doing.....6x Mr. Olympia.

I never knew about the hip injury though.....I do remember reading something about that though.

[Bluto]

this just in:

dorian yates, prefered legpresses!


he says so

in

the latest issue
of
FLEX

[shiftedShapes]

pistols are better than either.

hope this helps

[The Squadfather]

Well, the guy obviously knew what he was doing.....6x Mr. Olympia.

I never knew about the hip injury though.....I do remember reading something about that though.

believe me Pobrecito i know Dorian was BRUTALLY STRONG, i'm just telling you what i read that the man wrote himself, like i said people who believe that 600 pound Smith Squats are easy don't know what they're talking about, 600 pounds is 600 pounds no matter how you slice it.

[Bluto]

anyone else of the pros doing a lot of legpresses that you can remember ??

[The Squadfather]

anyone else of the pros doing a lot of legpresses that you can remember ??

most pros do a lot of presses, it's an awesome movement, Cutler and Coleman do a lot of them.