leg muscles?

hb18 · Post by **hb18** » Feb 08, 2006 19:21

whats the best exercise for devoloping upper leg muscles? ive been doing kick boxing or a few months and loads of cycling befor that, as a result my legs have become a lot stronger and more define, but how can i improve on this further more?

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Feb 09, 2006 06:32

Squats.If i could only ever do one exercise i would pick the squat.

Dragon.

hb18 · Post by **hb18** » Feb 09, 2006 11:21

squat ok, thats like wher you go to sit, but stop before touching the ground and stand back up again right? how often a day, and how many should i do do you think?

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Feb 10, 2006 06:58

There are lots of variations of the squat but i prefer conventional squats(like you describe).
If you want to increase strength,heavy weight/low reps are the way to go.
I only squat once per week.

Dragon.

mmeloon · Post by **mmeloon** » Feb 24, 2006 17:08

hb18 wrote:squat ok, thats like wher you go to sit, but stop before touching the ground and stand back up again right? how often a day, and how many should i do do you think?

Hey guys, sorry I've been away from the forum so much. The last 4-5 months have been pretty hectic.

hb18, given that you aren't very familiar with squats I would recommend that you take a look at Mr. Kurz's explanation of the squat. Dragon is correct that squats are an incredible (probably the single best) exercise you can do. But there are plenty of details in performing the exercise that can go wrong and expose yourself to injury. Don't let my comments scare you from doing squats; just make sure you know what you are doing. I would go even further and suggest that you purchase Stuart McRobert's Insider's Guide to Weight Training Technique to get a much more detailed description of good squatting technique.

-Mark