Comments on: Awesome Quads for Dummies

By: James Hunt

James Hunt — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:55:47 +0000

Sorry to burst some peoples bubbles but wall squats are biomechanically stressful to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament. All the weight of the body from the knees up travels sagitally through the femur and the only thing holding it in place is your ACL!!!

So if you want to damage that ligament, and get a surgeon to do a full knee re-construction, then wall squats are a great idea.

Everything else is tops though!

Good luck.

By: Dave | The Intelligent Workout

Dave | The Intelligent Workout — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:22:11 +0000

Great tips! Have you ever tried sissy squats or squatting on your tippy toes? It’s a deep burn…

By: Huw Waters

Huw Waters — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:03:21 +0000

I would personally suggest front squats and jump squats if you’re at the gym.

Otherwise doing some sprinting drills has given myself some definition, notably the ‘tear-drop’, or the bulging parts of Lance Armstrong’s thighs in the above picture.

By: Trish (girlatgym)

Trish (girlatgym) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:38:23 +0000

Love the ideas!

By: Nate - Fit-Life Online

Nate - Fit-Life Online — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:18:46 +0000

All great exercises here. A great way to mix up bodyweight squats is to do them in Tabata format (20 seconds hard, 10 sec rest). I guarantee you’ll “feel the burn.” Or try going for squat jumps, enough of these done with high intensity will destroy some legs…in a good way though.

By: Bonnie | free biorhythm

Bonnie | free biorhythm — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:03:45 +0000

Great tips!

My husband has great legs with good muscle definition and firmness (thighs and calfs) and all he’s ever done to get these is sporadic mountain biking and long walks, so these activities definitely do work. The thing that amazes me is that he can have a few lazy weeks were he does no exercise at all but still keeps his leg muscles, and when he gets back into cycling he’s just as strong, weird

By: Son of Grok

Son of Grok — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:17:32 +0000

I like how you point out that us athletic style trainees can have great legs too! You dont have to leg press 1500# to have good looking legs. Look at soccer players!

The SoG

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By: Jeremiah Bell (Digital Trainer)

Jeremiah Bell (Digital Trainer) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:01:39 +0000

Great suggestions! I have my clients pull off 50 squats as part of their warm up before we get started with the workout.

I believe that the more you practice this exercise, the better form you will have for your weighted squats and deadlifts.