Favorite leg bulker?
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Reptile8030
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Back Squat, Lunges and Ham/Glute Raises, 3 of my favorites
as heavy as you can possibly go deadlifts being very strict to get your knees low and body straight try to use your legs to pick up the weight all the way to your upper thighs then just lock out. I love it plus kills every other muscle i have i space out my legs and back day by at least 2 days min. though.
bigbaldbulldog
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Heavy deadlifts and Front squats.. followed with high reps leg extensions and standing leg curls..
yeah i dont know if i believe that personally either. There was a guy at my old gym that would load up the leg press machine with like 1800 pounds and im serious when i say this he was about a bill 55 or so goofy lookin pale white with a cutoff and a ball cap on. He would go down literally i mean litterally 3 to 4 inches and go back up for about 8 reps get off and walk around like he was worn out and was big as shit i would just walk away lol.
winneevee
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Found a link but not the one I was looking for..
http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/magazine/power partials.htm
For instance, take a man who can parallel squat 250 pounds for 6-10 repetitions. If he becomes strong enough to lift 300 for 10 repetitions, he will without a doubt have larger legs. Its that simple. A quicker way to adapt to these greater poundage's is to actually lift with them. Unfortunately, it is obvious that this man could probably only lift 300 for perhaps 1-2 reps before hitting failure. However if he uses the partial repetition principle and performs a 45 degree squat rather than a parallel one, he can easily handle this kind of weight for 10-12 repetitions. This will train his neural system to be more efficient at lifting heavier poundage's and it will also stimulate a tremendous amount of fast twitch muscle fiber growth! In short, by doing this, his body will be able to handle this weight at a parallel range, at an extremely faster rate!
http://www.abcbodybuilding.com/magazine/power partials.htm
For instance, take a man who can parallel squat 250 pounds for 6-10 repetitions. If he becomes strong enough to lift 300 for 10 repetitions, he will without a doubt have larger legs. Its that simple. A quicker way to adapt to these greater poundage's is to actually lift with them. Unfortunately, it is obvious that this man could probably only lift 300 for perhaps 1-2 reps before hitting failure. However if he uses the partial repetition principle and performs a 45 degree squat rather than a parallel one, he can easily handle this kind of weight for 10-12 repetitions. This will train his neural system to be more efficient at lifting heavier poundage's and it will also stimulate a tremendous amount of fast twitch muscle fiber growth! In short, by doing this, his body will be able to handle this weight at a parallel range, at an extremely faster rate!
NAIR
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I don't know, common sense says if your arn't going down far enough you won't be activating all them muscle fibers you would be if you were doing a real rep. Furthermore, if for some crazy ass reason a half-assed squat was actually a good idea, you wouldn't be seing pro powerlifets going to their ass. Just doesnt make a damn bit of sense.
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saudades
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winneevee said:
This sounds very similar to what is called the x-rep system, only you are using heavier weight. It seems logically sound. Since I am trying to build up my legs, I'm going to give this a try.
this is the same system used for trying to increase bench reps and they're called lock-outs when you just take the bar off the rack and start the bench movement but only come down 3 or so inches and back up. I used to do them at the end of my lifts to get my body used to the feel of the heavier weight. Once your nervous system adapts to the feel of the weight and your supporting muscles do it helps get the real work muscles ready to bang out the reps. It's a tried and true proven system.
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