Best exercises/weight training for thighs?

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MamaOfThree88
MamaOfThree88 Posts: 54 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Besides squats.

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  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
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    Lunges, Burpees, Leg lifts, Side leg lifts

    Leg Extension
    One-at-a-Time Leg Extension
    Seated Leg Curl
    Prone Leg Curl
    One-at-a-Time Prone Leg Curl
    Leg Press
    Incline Leg Press
    Squat
    Seated Hip Adduction
    Standing Hip Adduction
    Standing Hip Adduction using Low Pulley
    Seated Hip Abduction
    Standing Hip Abduction
    Standing Hip Abduction using Low Pulley
    Calf Raise on Calf Bench
    Calf Raise on Leg Press
    High Calf Raise on Universal Leg Machine
    Low Calf Raise on Universal Leg Machine
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
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    For your quads, other than back or front squats - Bulgarian Split Squats, lunges, leg press, leg extensions, deadlifts (more posterior chain but they hit quads, hammies and adductors as well as a bunch of other muscles), hip thrusts (although they are more glutes), step ups.
  • dinerroll
    dinerroll Posts: 12 Member
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    TL/DR--Leg Press

    The best exercise for "thighs", if that's all you care about, is the leg press (at any angle, although 90 degree is hard on a lot of people's backs). Squats are a better overall exercise as you develop more than just legs, but a leg press with a full ROM is actually better for overall leg/glute development. Doing leg press unilaterally (i.e., one legged) emphasizes glutes a bit more to the expense of hams.

    Lunges and step-ups are also good overall thigh developers that in my mind are not "like" squats (split-squats are too similar). Finally, deadlifts (and moreso sumo-deadlifts) do have some quad involvement, and therefore somewhat approximate a full-thigh exercise, but they're really more about glutes/hams, and if done properly, a lot of lats.
  • DeterminedFee201426
    DeterminedFee201426 Posts: 859 Member
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    MamaOfTwo20 wrote: »
    Besides squats.

    i was gonna say squats too haha
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,627 Member
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    i like the leg press for the definition on the outer, upper thigh

    my squater is broken. i dont do those. LOOLOL ;)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
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    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Sex

    Aaaaand immediately flagged. Wtf.

    I think that was a great suggestion.
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
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    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Sex

    Aaaaand immediately flagged. Wtf.

    I think that was a great suggestion.

    Indeed. Especially standing up :wink:
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    It's also a good reason for squatting

    Bwahahahaaa
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
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    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Sex

    Aaaaand immediately flagged. Wtf.

    I think that was a great suggestion.

    Indeed. Especially standing up :wink:

    Yes! And it also works your calves!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Sex

    Aaaaand immediately flagged. Wtf.

    I think that was a great suggestion.

    It was flagged as spam ....I'd like to know what kind of sites that flagger is going on tbh....giggity
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
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    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Sex

    Aaaaand immediately flagged. Wtf.

    I think that was a great suggestion.

    Indeed. Especially standing up :wink:

    Yes! And it also works your calves!

    Quite right!

    But yeah, weighed squats are great. I haven’t done the leg press in ages.
  • dbienz
    dbienz Posts: 188 Member
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    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Sex

    Why is this flagged?! Its one word and a natural human action... how does that person think they got here? The stork?!

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