high or low reps?

[crazle43764]

ok just wonderin what some of you use to gain mass on your legs high or low reps, personally i have gained great size in my thighs from doin high rep squats like 20 or above but some gain in low reps. Just wondering what some of you do?

[damiongage]

squat 5x5

[crazle43764]

see before i was doing parallel squats with 405 for 20 reps and i didnt feel like my legs were growin much...so i dropped weight to 225 and i do sets of 20 to 40 reps going below parallel and my legs are so engorged with blood its hard for me to walk but i feel they are lookin better than they ever have...i have tried heavy weight low reps before but didnt work very well

[bubbathegut]

i guess your body type likes high reps then, most people i have been around do heavy weight for mass and it seems to work for them, u can try alternating month to month and see which one gives u the best gains....high reps dont do much for me...

[znak]

I squat 6 x 10 at 330,
then do 6 x 10 at 330 haack,
then do single leg extensions max weight (no idea what the weight is since its on a machine) x 10 and drop a plate off x 10 and so on until my legs feel like a weenie ready to pop.

Legs take a lot of reps to make grow and define. When you find the right number for you, they really do take off like weeds.

[crazle43764]

this is my current leg routine...
leg press 3 plates x 25 reps
6 plates x 25 reps
9 plates 25-30 reps then i do a drop set of 4 plates for 50 reps

squat 135x20, 225x20, 225x20,225x20,225x50
inner thigh machine 120x30, 150x30, 150x30-40
leg extension.....just rep out sets with medium/heavy weight and throw in some drop sets to burn my quads to failure

ham's
romanian deads 135x15, 135x15, 225x15,225x15,275x15,315x12
seated leg curl 100x20,140x20,160x20,200x15-20
single standing leg curl 40x15, 50x15, 70x15 then drop set to 30 for as many reps as i can do and thats it for me

[Gear]

squat heavy

[Bouncer1982]

I Have had great strength and size gains in my Quad's with only using 2 excersises, Leg Press and Hack squat. The results speak for themselves,
4 sets of 8 reps per excersise and heavy. I'm only a begginer in weight training and never used juice (yet) And I'm doing 1730lb Leg presses for 8 reps and 12 months ago I would have been lucky to do 900lb leg press. Everybody is different so just find what you think works and stick with it I guess.

[Gear]

Yeah I agree, squats and leg press, heavy exercises

[HardcoreGymWARRIOR04]

My legs really like the 10-12 rep range, esp 11-12. When i do 11-12, my legs seem to get 5-15 lbs stronger every week. It took me like 3 years to realize this though. I was doin lower reps like 4-6 for months and wasnt gettin anything. At one point i was squating 325 for only 6. I then started using around 11-12 somtimes 10 reps, and in several months, eventually 350 for 9 reps.

[HardcoreGymWARRIOR04]

My legs really like the 10-12 rep range, esp 11-12. When i do 11-12, my legs seem to get 5-15 lbs stronger every week. It took me like 3 years to realize this though. I was doin lower reps like 4-6 for months and wasnt gettin anything. At one point i was squating 325 for only 6. I then started using around 11-12 somtimes 10 reps, and in several months, eventually 350 for 9 reps.

On the other hand, my chest doesnt get di*k out of 10-12 reps. It seems like 1-7 reps is the only range my chest gets anything out of. Even when i do 3 reps, i notice hypertrophy

[whiteyk]

it just depends on your ratio of muscle fibers.....fast twitch or slow....you have both but you will most likely have more of one then the other

[spywizard]

static training............... heavy weights.........

[sooners04]

What is a Hack squat?