why train legs???

**dumblucky** · 07-24-2003, 11:49 AM

Me and my buddy train hard religiously and always train legs ..now we see guys in the gym that have built upper bodies and no legs ...
Im guessing they just dont train legs . I always see the same guys doing chest and back.. Im sure they dont even know where the squat rack is..
It seems these folks are from the sacred tribe

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same guys same sweat pants so basically I want to know who trains legs ...am I alone here???

**BDTR** · 07-24-2003, 11:53 AM

I train legs once a week, never missing a workout. I've been known to puke after a set of heavy squats or have my body pretty much shutdown for ten minutes after squatting. With all that... I still love working legs. I hate those beach muscle fucks who walk around in pants in 100 degree weather cus of their twig legs.

**TheMudMan** · 07-24-2003, 11:56 AM

I love leg day. My training partner hates me on leg day

***Pheedno*** · 07-24-2003, 11:57 AM

Legs are essential for continous growth. The body is a symetrical organism. The upper body will only grow so much before it has to be compensated with a larger lower body.

Besides, a 50 inch chest and 19 inch arms would look pretty funny sittin on top of 20 inch quads and 12 inch calves

**pumpseeker** · 07-24-2003, 12:00 PM

I also hit legs about every 5-6 days....I would hope the majority of AR members do too. It will be interesting to see how many "top heavy" chicken legged BBs are on here though.

**palme** · 07-24-2003, 12:01 PM

Sure huge upper bodies and skinny legs/calves, great look!!! As soon as they hit the beach people will laugh at them!
Traning legs produces more natural hgh then traning any other body part (need i say more?).

I have a love/hate syndrome on leg day, it´s a good feeling but i dont like puking my brains out.

**popa** · 07-24-2003, 12:09 PM

ya big upper and small lowwer looks hilarious...lol, you'll never see them in shorts even if its super hot out side.....jeans and tank tops all year long, even in the winter

**Breetai** · 07-24-2003, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by palme

Sure huge upper bodies and skinny legs/calves, great look!!! As soon as they hit the beach people will laugh at them!
Traning legs produces more natural hgh then traning any other body part (need i say more?).

I have a love/hate syndrome on leg day, it´s a good feeling but i dont like puking my brains out.

thats true, and i agree 100%

**inadream** · 07-24-2003, 01:06 PM

Originally Posted by Breetai

thats true, and i agree 100%

Legs Are Essential. Everyone knows that a man having a huge upper body and a small lower earns the title of "PUS."

I have one question pertaining to legs, I heard from a friend that has done many cycles that if you do lower body injections doing legs helps to circulate the gear better. Is there any truth in this or can i call him a crock of S@#t.

**BigGreen** · 07-24-2003, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by SGFuryZ

People who don't train legs are lazy, and don't even deserve the title of "bodybuilder", simply because they don't want to experience the pain that's associated with blasting their legs in the gym. Pain isn't doing legs. It's when you leg press 20+ plates for 4 sets and then you gotta put all those plates away!!! That's what really sucks about legs!!!

Agreed....after heavy leg presses i just want to lay down, but you have to clear off all that damn weight when you are on the verge of passing out.

**BDTR** · 07-24-2003, 01:14 PM

Pshhhhhhhhhhh you kids should be squatting. Save the leg presses for the injured

**100571** · 07-24-2003, 01:43 PM

Squats do a number on my abs as well as my legs. I work legs just b/c it makes me run faster. The fact that they look awesome is just a perk!

**trimunex** · 07-24-2003, 02:43 PM

me likey Leg day!

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**t-rex** · 07-24-2003, 03:55 PM

I box squat 3 sets to failure( i mean i can't get the bar up it has me pinned on the safety bars)
then I do leg presses deep and slow to work both hams and quads. I then head to the straight leg dead lifts and do three heavy sets. This has been my leg routine for years, although I do change it up some. This routine combined with good genetics is why my legs are 27.5 inches and ripped

**TheNewSteel** · 07-24-2003, 05:55 PM

I love back and legs

**PurePower** · 07-24-2003, 09:38 PM

Bench is for show SQUAT IS FOR GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**someday** · 07-24-2003, 11:09 PM

Its not leg day i hate so much....Its the next morning when i can get out of be d .

**gundam675** · 07-25-2003, 07:11 AM

why wouldnt u train legs, it looks stupid not too. it looks worse than guys with huge arms and forearms the size of tooth pics

**AndroholiK** · 07-25-2003, 12:07 PM

My upper body is smaller than my legs, yet I still train my legs like there is no tomorrow.

Train Legs.

**popa** · 07-25-2003, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by someday

Its not leg day i hate so much....Its the next morning when i can get out of be d .

wish I still get that feeling, I rarely get sore anymore and my training is still very intence

**chicamahomico** · 07-26-2003, 11:24 AM

Pshhhhhhhhhhh you kids should be squatting. Save the leg presses for the injured

Hey, finally someone who understands. I've been doing this for sometime due to a knee injury, and it's ok. I just can't get the same lower body pump without doing squats, there really is no way to work your whole lower body at once like squats or deads.

**Devourer** · 07-26-2003, 12:25 PM

i train legs it just doesnt look like it.

**LittleNate** · 07-27-2003, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by anadrol devourer

i train legs it just doesnt look like it.

A skinny lower body makes ur upper body look bigger....didnt u guys know that?

j/k

**clockworks** · 07-27-2003, 11:28 PM

i workout every bodypart twice a week, and legs once a week. they stay sore for so long is why...well, that and i hate training them...=)

-- cb

**bigol'legs** · 07-29-2003, 10:14 PM

I barely work my legs out.

Did you know platz only worked legs out ever 14-18 days. I guess it was just the INSANE way he did it

**jucyj** · 07-29-2003, 10:47 PM

u dont squat u aint squat

**Ironweb** · 08-02-2003, 02:38 AM

I hit legs once a week. Bodybuilding is about balance. If you do not hit your legs you are not balanced.

**Xavier_4446** · 08-10-2003, 08:43 PM

I think leg day is hell. I train them once a week, but damn do I dread it. I always get dizzy.

**harl** · 08-20-2003, 07:50 PM

Some people are born with bird legs (like myself) I do everything i can but they just dont grow. I do them first in the week. I kinda look top heavy i have chest, back, sholders but no legs.......... help!

**slobberknocker** · 08-24-2003, 10:59 PM

Why train anything?

**TheGame826** · 08-31-2003, 01:12 AM

i hate when it rains on leg day cuz then I have to bring an extra pair of shoes or else my feet will slip on the the left press and i might slip in the squat rack

**Dude-Man** · 08-31-2003, 07:37 PM

It's all about dumbell squat jumps, and squats.

**DBarcelo** · 09-03-2003, 03:19 PM

I don't work out my legs very often because of an knee injury. I can't squat more than about 80 Lbs before I start to feel a strain in my knees. Working them once a month is good enough to keep my legs tones, but not enough to build them up. I've pushed myself and ended up having to walk with a cane for a month. I do worm up, I do start off very light and work myself up, and I do maintain good form. Just bad knees.

**ItalianMuscle** · 09-03-2003, 03:39 PM

Hate doing Legs but you know what they have to be trained too !!!

**WiLLpOwEr** · 09-03-2003, 07:41 PM

Just a quick question.

Have you EVER SEEN someone with a big upper body and skinny legs?

I haven't!

What does that tell you!

**Tuggy** · 09-04-2003, 02:44 AM

I do quads and hams once every 6 days. I do calves every 3 to 4 days.

**DBarcelo** · 09-04-2003, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by WiLLpOwEr

Just a quick question.

Have you EVER SEEN someone with a big upper body and skinny legs?

I haven't!

What does that tell you!

Of course not a professional, but a friend of mine was like that. He had a very large upper body, wide shoulders, a deep chest, big arms, the whole nine. I even knew women that thought he was just too big. But he had little ity bity bird legs. People that knew him, thought he was on steroids , because his upper body got so big, but from the waist down, he was exactly the same. He did eventually start to work out his legs when he went into the Marines.

I've also seen a couple wheelchair bound men that had big upper boddies, but of course that's because they couldn't work out their legs.

I guess my point is, it can be done. It just looks stupid and if you're focus is the scale, you're crazy not to work out your legs, because those are the muscles that can get the largest and weight the most.

**bigol'legs** · 09-04-2003, 04:24 PM

Dbarcelo I totally agree. There are LOTS of guys out there like this. My friend is like this. His arms are frikkin 20" and his quads only measure 22". LOL "you bi's are supposed to measure the same as your calves not your quads" LOL

**kilroy** · 09-05-2003, 11:48 AM

I would rather have a big ass and legs over a nice set of arms anyday. That is were the power is.

**Warrior** · 09-06-2003, 03:05 AM

Originally Posted by Pheedno

Legs are essential for continous growth. The body is a symetrical organism. The upper body will only grow so much before it has to be compensated with a larger lower body.

That about sums it up! If you don't train legs - it effects you everywhere.

Unless you're jacked to the gills (but then they'll wonder why they easily lost their gains too - the got themselves so out of balance) or have some funky genetics, the upper body will stop responding if the lower body gets no attention...

In addition to that, the lower body hold the largest muscle groups - Quads, Hamstrings, and Glutes. The sheer intensity of leg days causes a natural hormonal cocktail (GH, testosterone , ...) that fuels growth everywhere.