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Can't Get Big Quads? Just Do THIS!

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t seem to get them to grow, I have good news for you. In this video, I am going to give you a simple tip that you can implement into your leg training immediately that will help to finally grow those chicken legs. I-m bringing Jesse in to show how incorporating this change to his squat has helped him to get bigger legs. First off, if you want to build big legs, you need to be squatting. It-s called the king of leg exercises for a reason! One major problem that many people have during the squat, however, is that they fail to actually load the quads. It-s been repeated ad nauseam that you need to break parallel when you hit the hit the bottom of the squat. Why? Because the femur are perpendicular to the force of gravity, the quads are receiving maximum tension. By stopping the rep short of parallel, you are sacrificing the potential to overload the muscles, which is necessary if you want you-re quads to grow. Remember, if you want to build big legs, you need to be squatting to the proper depth! Continuing with the idea of loading the quads-for a number of reasons, people often believe that you should be squatting with an extra wide stance. The problem with this method is that with the knees so far out, the adductors are doing the most work instead of the quads. As I mentioned previously, to get bigger legs, you need to load the quads with maximum tension. Jesse shows the difference between an extra wide stance versus a stance that is just outside shoulder width. With that wide stance, Jesse, like many others, felt a great amount of strain on his adductors when coming out of the hole on the squat. When he narrowed his stance, he noticed an immediate difference in the amount of tension placed in his quads as compared to the adductors. Narrow up your stance and load those quads if you plan on building bigger legs. Next, introducing a box can make all the difference in the world when it comes to squatting. You will want to make sure that you find a box that is the right height for you to be reaching parallel when you hit the bottom of the squat. Don-t worry if the box is too short, you can add a plate on top of it to make sure you are hitting a comfortable depth at or below parallel. This will not only give you a good target of how deep you need to squat, but it also provides a sort of safety net. If there is fear of not being able to get up out of the hole, the box allows for a reassurance that you will not come crashing down to the ground. Lastly, when you squat down, don-t sit on the box. You want to just barely reach the surface, almost -kissing- the box with your butt. The rep doesn-t stop there, though. I have talked about the importance of pause squats before when it comes to building strength and size of the legs and it doesn-t change here. Once you reach that target, hold the rep (with maximum tension on the quads) for 2-3 seconds before ascending. By pausing the rep, you are trying to -convince your quads- to do the work necessary to get you up and complete the repetition. By utilizing these simple steps the next time you squat, you will be on your way to growing bigger legs. If Jesse could grow his quads in a relatively short amount of time by doing making these changes, then you can build big legs by doing the same. Remember, it-s not just what exercises we do, but it-s how we do them that matters. If you want to build bigger legs along with the rest of your body, be sure to click the link below and use the program selector to help you find the program that matches your current training goals. By putting the science back in strength, I-m going to help you achieve your best results ever over the next 90 days
Date: 2022-04-22

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Comments and reviews: 10

sgperformer
At 56 and having had a long history of knee injuries (8 yrs old as a catcher on my little league team, then football, then some unfortunate poor heavy squat technique) I can hardly do squats at all without pain and that good old creaking and cracking. I do my anterior knee pain exercises, but I don-t think arthritis is going to be solved by that; so, are there any replacements for squats? My goal is long term mobility, like getting up from a chair and out of bed on my own.
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Cayenne
Hey Jeff! I don't know if you'll see this comment, but. how do I train legs with a herniated disc? I do plenty of core exercises, but am not sure how to approach legs without firing off my sciatica- are deadlifts and squats out completely? what else can I do besides extensions and curls? Any help would be awesome! Thanks.
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sport
Thank god for the inclusion of Jesse in the last few years. Smallish quads have been part of my life and so working hard in the past few years without great results. The inclusion of box squats seem to help, and also, in the last month, these seem to help my knees recover much faster. Great video, cheers.
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sport
I did this when I was a teen and my chicken legs blew up. Now as a mid 20s guy I incorporated BFR with my leg curls and leg extensions, legs blew up even more. Was looking at my last ig story, them shyts really grew like a mf. Do box squats and bfr on your leg assessory work, you won't regret it
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John
At first it was fun for Jesse to be the bafoon, But he has worked hard. If you keep using him as the whipping boy it only gives a message that no matter what a person tries to do they will always be the put down guy. You need to get Jesse a skinny kid to work with.
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The problem is that I have an extreme external rotation of my hip so I can-t narrow my stance( 80 degrees external 20 internal. In fact, I don-t think I feel that awful stretch you and Jesse were talking about.
What are you suggesting?
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Russ
Hey Jeff I love the attention to detail in performing this squat correctly to have maximum results!
Could you do a video targeting the hamstrings as I-ve always had a hell of time getting them to react and grow properly. Thanks!
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peggy
I don't like the box to me it is dangerous specially with heavy weights. Its very hard not to get it wrong one day and the commpression when using a heavy weight as some people do can and will lead to big trouble
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Bianca
We love Jesse he is a Natural and I only watch the videos because of the viable realistic progress I have seen in his posture, gains and over all fitness and strength. Thank you Jesse you inspire me
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Blaine
Hey guys great video, but I have a question. I-m 61 year old male and had double hip replacements. My quads need to be stronger so what exercises can I do? Any suggestions appreciated.
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