Squats or Leg extension

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Squats for overall power and development of the entire leg and posterior chain.

Leg extensions should be done carefully, not with a weight you struggle with, as it causes some pretty harsh unnatural shearing forces on your knees, which your legs aren't very well adapted to dealing with.

If you have to choose one, squats win every time.

squat. Because glutes.

or both, using leg extension as an accessory lift.

is there anything that looks less aesthetically pleasing than ripped thighs?

Squats is the obvious answer; however, extensions are good for what they do.

Light weight, high reps and you will get a quad burn like nothing else.

you, probably

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>Leg extension

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Gotta go with squats for overall leg/glute development. With that being said, I hate doing squats and LOVE doing leg extensions. Being at the bottom of a squat on my 5th or 6th set is fucking misery. The pump/burn I get from the quad isolation that leg extensions provide feels amazing.