My legs wont grow...
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Seefylol
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I've been weight training now for the last year and a half. I've come a long way from what I used to be. My upper body is definitely improving BUT
My legs are still the same size as they were before I started training. Maybe a tiny tiny tiny bit bigger, but not very noticable. I train them twice a week, deadlifts, squats and calf raises.
I don't want to be one of these guys with a huge upper bodies with chicken legs.
Any advice?
My legs are still the same size as they were before I started training. Maybe a tiny tiny tiny bit bigger, but not very noticable. I train them twice a week, deadlifts, squats and calf raises.
I don't want to be one of these guys with a huge upper bodies with chicken legs.
Any advice?
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Maybe take up trail biking. My hubby had tree trunks for legs when he was biking. Of course it's harder for him to gain weight in his upper body. Try out some body building forums???0
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Get off the leg extension machine and do some squats and deadlifts.0
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What protocol are you using? Have you tried working in multiple rep ranges? Have your big lower body lifts improved at all?0
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Implants or steriod.
Or implants and steroids.0 -
Get off the leg extension machine and do some squats and deadlifts.
Uh...he said he does squats and deadlifts.
That said, just keep working on them. How are you progressing with your lifts? Are you getting stronger?0 -
Eat more, is my guess.0
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Get off the leg extension machine and do some squats and deadlifts.
Can you not read?0 -
You do much long endurance running? Ive experienced the same thing over the past year - year and a half. I recently cut out my longer runs to see if that will help.0
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What protocol are you using? Have you tried working in multiple rep ranges? Have your big lower body lifts improved at all?
135x5
185x5
225x5
275x5
315x3-5
This is my deadlift routine.
And I do 5x5 with squats0 -
Get off the leg extension machine and do some squats and deadlifts.
Can you not read?
LOL!0 -
What protocol are you using? Have you tried working in multiple rep ranges? Have your big lower body lifts improved at all?
135x5
185x5
225x5
275x5
315x3-5
This is my deadlift routine.
And I do 5x5 with squats
Switch it up to a hypertrophy routine for awhile...less weight in the 8-12 rep range.0 -
Do you start with squats or alternate your first exercise? Also, just my opinion but seems like those are big jumps from 135 to 315. I dont think i would count the 135 as a set, only a warmup set. i would consider using 5x175 as 1st set, 2nd Set 5x200, 3rd Set 5x225, 4th Set 5x260, 5th Set 5x300lbs. I'd do squats the same way. I used a 5x5 calculator on BB.com to start and get me close and tweaked my wt after i saw how that went. I try to get 5 reps except for last set, and like you, aim for 3-5 reps. Once i get 5 reps on set 5, i bump up the wt on each set my next w/out. Again, i'm not speaking from self experience from this but based on researching etc.. to grow my legs this seemed to be the way to go. I started this program 1Oct and have seen some strength gains already. Too early to tell about size yet. I will see come 31Dec!0
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Get off the leg extension machine and do some squats and deadlifts.
Can you not read?
Doing the squat movement, and doing a squat are two entirely different things. Muscles respond to stress, if your upper body is growing and your lower body is not it, you are not stressing your lower body enough. Get off the message boards and put some weight on the bar.
(Quarter squats on the Smith Machine don't count)0 -
Get off the leg extension machine and do some squats and deadlifts.
Can you not read?
Doing the squat movement, and doing a squat are two entirely different things. Muscles respond to stress, if your upper body is growing and your lower body is not it, you are not stressing your lower body enough. Get off the message boards and put some weight on the bar.
(Quarter squats on the Smith Machine don't count)
I don't use machines! Are you completely stupid?0 -
What protocol are you using? Have you tried working in multiple rep ranges? Have your big lower body lifts improved at all?
135x5
185x5
225x5
275x5
315x3-5
This is my deadlift routine.
And I do 5x5 with squats
Where are those weights in relation to a percentage of your 1RM? It's possible your volume is either not enough or too much; either situation can be counter-productive.
Also, how much are you eating each day?
Lastly, what are your exact goals? Leg hypertrophy? Increase 1RM of the Squat? Increase 1RM on the Deadlift?I don't use machines! Are you completely stupid?
It's MFP, you're setting your expectations for intelligent and result-based responses a little too high. LOL!0 -
Some people's leg just don't grow....they have calf implants fortunately.0
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How tall are you, what is your weight, and how much are you eating--with macro breakdown? How much have your squat and deadlift weights increased in the past month?0
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Vibrams + 40lb backpack+ hiking0
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What protocol are you using? Have you tried working in multiple rep ranges? Have your big lower body lifts improved at all?
135x5
185x5
225x5
275x5
315x3-5
This is my deadlift routine.
And I do 5x5 with squats
Switch it up to a hypertrophy routine for awhile...less weight in the 8-12 rep range.0 -
Get off the leg extension machine and do some squats and deadlifts.
Can you not read?
Doing the squat movement, and doing a squat are two entirely different things. Muscles respond to stress, if your upper body is growing and your lower body is not it, you are not stressing your lower body enough. Get off the message boards and put some weight on the bar.
(Quarter squats on the Smith Machine don't count)
I don't use machines! Are you completely stupid?
You obviously don't lift free weights either or you wouldn't be asking this question. When you program 20 sets of biceps curls a week and 5 sets of squats it's not hard to figure out why your legs are lagging behind.0
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