Seriously, why shouldn't I skip leg day?
Most people - including fit and athletic people - never directly train their quads and hamstrings with heavy weights and they turn out fine. On the other hand, bodybuilders' legs look weird and don't fit into jeans.
Is there any reason why I should train my legs if they're already naturally thick (ie no birdlegs) and I still want to wear off-the-rack pants from nordstrom? Is leg day just a meme?
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HGH
is that it?
>hey fit, I like training muscles
>why should I train over half of them?
I like training muscles too, but I also like being proportional and being able to fit into clothes for normal people. My legs already get exercise from cycling and sports, so is there any point to a dedicated leg day at the gym? Or is it just really about gaining muscle for its own sake?
so you can body kick a nigga through a wall
>I like being proportional
do you people actually think you will get freakish legs natty? cmon, after a cut your legs will always be nice looking natty. if your a fat fuck you'll look nasty no matter what. if your legs are "naturally thick" you just have a higher bf then you actually think. the moment you cut fat your legs will look tiny compared to the rest of you.
Squats doesn't just train legs. It trains upper back/traps/lats, lower back, abs, spinal erectors, abs, and I swear to god, I always get a chest pump after squats, idk why
When you join in the many muscles, you have a sort of effect where you tell your hormone system to release a whole bunch of testosterone, because it thinks it needs it to survive
You can do the same with deadlifts too. Or any compound movement, but the less total muscle it works, the less you'll have an effect
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Why do people go this far? I literally thought those were thanksgiving turkeys.
I used to train legs a lot when i wrestled and did taekwondo but now i just dont give a shit. My legs are already really big and ill train them maybe once a month as a way to burn some calories since training legs is usually way more taxing on the body. Good way to build work capacity as well.
If you just wanna look good it doesnt fucking matter. Its just leg day warriors pushing the "dont skip leg day" meme to make themselves feel better.
Dedicating every workout to legs is a meme (SS).
"Yeah broseph once after squats i had a sick chest pump i swear its the best pec builder"
Go fuck yourself. All squats are good for are legs, ass and maybe lower back. No one is gonna develop their upperbody by squats and deadlifts. The perfect example is that programs that specialize in squats and deadlifts always develop lifters with huge legs and underdeveloped core, arms, chest and back.
So you can carry a girl on your shoulder's
> someone that can't even squat 135
Seriously. Have you ever squatted before? I remember my first time squatting, and the day after my abs were sore as fuck. Now that I haven't gotten doms since two years ago, I stopped getting them. But that doesn't mean it's not activated
And if you choose high bar, in order to keep a tight upper back for optimal performance, everything at and above your lats have to be activated. Think I'm wrong? Hold the bar with your one rep max for as long as you can. It'll be a few seconds into you have to rack the weight back
Tfw squat 2 plates and agree that squats work your abs, and lower back, but it's leg focused.
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Of course it's leg focused. But to say it only trains legs is wrong. And again does not disprove squats increase testosterone and is literally the exercise version of /fraud/
Also, two plate squat is nothing to be proud of. Two plate squat was my warm up, today
>Most people - including fit and athletic people - never directly train their quads and hamstrings with heavy weights and they turn out fine
It doesn't take much to be considered "fit" by normie standards. If this is your metric for your training, then do what the fuck you want. Just know you'll be weak as fuck in the long run since the legs generate a fuck ton of strength and power overall.
Athletes are a totally different story because their training is usually highly specific, and may or may not need to take and advantage of lower body power generation. If you're asking this, you're not an athlete, so this methodology is irrelevant to you and shouldn't even be in your thoughts
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I bet I lift more than you, scrub
dont overtrain legs. just do kettlebell goblet squats with every workout. you dont want them to get too big, just strong for athletics. big legs are actually a detriment. you ever see those dudes with thighs rubbing? it's fucking sad
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>Seriously, why shouldn't I skip leg day?
You should skip legs, it's a waste of time if you care about aesthetics. I just do full upper body 3 days a week (and run 2 days a week) and have made mad gains over the last 6 months.
OK satan
Jimmy and Charlie are both noobs. They both decide to start working to get chicks. Both of them are skinny-fat and haven't done sports because playing WoW and CS;Go was "better".
Jimmy takes his advice from the brahs and Bodybuilding.com. He gets on a bodypart split, recomps for 4 months, runs a clean bulk for 4 and cuts for 2. Jimmy has put on weight in all of the right places but his legs are a bit lagging.
Charlie goes on Veeky Forums and reddit and does SS. He eats big for 8 months and puts on a lot more weight than needed. The bulk (pun intended) of Charlie's muscle gain was in his legs, even after a very hard cut. His upper-body is lagging.
Now both of our boys have lagging muscle groups. However, Jimmy will have an easier time because developing your lower body to be in proportion with your upper body is easy. Jimmy also gets the girls to pay attention him because he has a big back, big boobs/shoulders and good arms. Charlie on the other hand can troll people about 1/2/3/4 and how he is a "dedicated strength athlete who doesn't care about vain bodybuilders".
Moral of the story, be like Jimmy.
"Yeah bro my abs were so sore when i first squatted its crazy bro sickest ab exercise"
I was squatting 185 atg my first session so yeah i squat far above 135 but thats irrelevant.
No shit you are gonna be sore in your abs when you first squat. Its a fullbody exercise. Its still garbage for developing the upperbody in the long term.
I never denied that its a full body exercise but the fact is that it will only significantly develop your legs, ass and lower back. If you deny this you are an idiot.
You use your legs to stabilize your body while curling, doesnt mean you can develop your legs by fucking barbell curls.
bigger legs = more test faster = better body
>Most people - including fit and athletic people
are you fucking retarded?
sprinters
cyclists
bobsledders
high jumpers
long jumpers
basketball
football
i could go own but you're too retarded.
Insulin not hgh
why not both
Veeky Forums fell for all the trolls on Bodybuilding.com and various other places that habitual roid users dwell and believe squats and deadlifts will fix all their problems while all those dudebro splitfags are the ones making visible gains above the waistline; where it matters.
>big boobs
how about you go to the gym and fucking work out, lift heavy, not like those pansies coming here once a week just to rid themselves of guilt and get your own set of abs you fucking cookie-cutter
>I want to fit in clothes made for normal people
fuck off clothes made for normal people are made for people with atrophied legs from watching porn and working at a desk all day
you can't compete with the Tom Platz of abs
>above the waistline; where it matters
>posts a great ass
do you see the irony
you're gonna waste a bunch of time on some shitty brosplit and never get anywhere because you're ALREADY looking for any excuse not to lift heavy
if you still want an answer
squatting and deadlifting heavy (1.5 - 2 times your bodyweight), stressing your CNS with that kinda weight increases your testosterone levels significantly and, in turn, makes your abs and arms grow faster and more significantly, you know all those muscles that you think will get you laid but won't because you're a pussy
>Veeky Forums once again complaining about T-Rex mode
THEN WHY
AREN'T YOU
SQUATTING LOW BAR?
This is such fucking bullshit. I lifted for 2 years and only put up 225 on the benchpress. Started squatting and almost immediately my upper body started getting stronger. In three months, I was bench pressing 275. I don't what it is about squats but the damn things will make your entire body stronger.
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It still doesnt train chest you mong
Not really. It's on a woman and it's not a product of lifting. Ass proportions are nearly all genetic.
This is the kind of question that if you need to ask it, I automatically know that you're a retard.
A better question, why not skip back day?
Do you like being strong and getting the optimal hormone release from your workout? Then do legs. The legs and ass have the most muscles in the entire body and also the strongest. When they get hit the body releases the most testosterone and growth hormone in response, which is beneficial for overall muscle growth.
>implying training legs doesnt get you a joocy ass
If you want to train legs then do it. If not, don't.
As someone who "trains for strength" and squats 455 lbs, I honestly don't think this shit matters one bit. I don't even know why I bother.
p big knob
>squat 200kg
>squat 3-4 times a week
>my legs are completly normal sized
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OP here. I squat only 115kg but I'm a 1.73m manlet so my legs are a lot thicker compared to the rest of my body.
>le "squats for more test" meme
Cool "source" m8, but the "hormone increase" is so insignificant that it makes zero difference.
Literally get complimented on my ass everywhere i go, by gays and women and straight men alike. Glutes for the sloots user. I skipped leg day for 2years, never again.
Get Thicc, bitches love it if youre about looks only, its highly recommended. And its awesome to have new found leg stability, dancing has become insanely easier now. Even walking up steps doesnt hurt my knees anymore.
go for high reps. i was in your boat and did the super squats program, where the only thing you do for legs is a 1x20 linear progression on squats and i gained intense size