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Correct Squatting technique or form is often a topic of debate between powerlifters and bodybuilders but there is one thing both muscle groups agree upon - that 1/2 squats aren’t going to help anyone.

Read this email I recieved from Tyranez the other day

Read your post on leg training on your picturethread and it helped me a great deal, as I have been stuck in that heavy weight, short dip thing for years.

When I read that you keep yours up with doing slowreps, 3 sets of 15 I figured  I would give that a try,and “holy cow!!!”, I went from doing short 4 rep sets of 400lbs with a crap range of movement, to finding out I start to black out at 12 deep reps with only 200 pounds. I was shocked as to how much my heavy weight with bad form was killing my gains. So I put the weight down even lower, to the point I could hit 15 reps for solid 3 sets, and now I can hardly walk. I know I can make good gains doing this.

This is the same feeling that I experienced when I first started using a correct squatting technique with good form…
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Big calves - often the missing ingredient in an otherwise top bodybuilbing physique.

Look around your gym, how many guys have skinny, small calves? Ask them why it is and I bet you’ll get the same answer most times - bad genetics. Wrong.

Blaming your genetics for small calves is mostly an excuse.

Guys will say they have bad genetics and practically give up on training their calves. Imagine if you did that for your chest - “Oh I have bad genetics in my chest so I don’t train it”. Ridiculous, yet it is what many people do when ‘training’ calves.

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Many years ago I was reading a very old muscle magazine that had an interview with Arnold Swartzenneger when he was competing in bodybuilding competitions.

What Arnold revealed in that article I still remember to this day, it has influlenced the way I train, and in particular to the way I train my legs.

I can in fact say tht it is mainly due to this piece of advice that my legs have achieved the shape and definition that I currently have and am currently very happy with.

So what is the advice….

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This is an age old debate with many people taking sides on either side of the camp - often citing well known professional bodybuilders with big legs as the reason that they are right.

Well with 20 years of training, and personal friendships with many National and International bodybuilding champions I have my own views.

First before we even go into it we need to address the initial question - which is better? Better for what exactly? What is your definition of big legs?

Some people think Iron Men (Australian Surf Lifesavers) have big legs, others would only consider Tom Platz as having big legs. So at this point I will ignore this and concentrate on what gets bigger legs over a time period, ie what will give you better muscle gains.

Next thing we need to consider is the exercise. OK a squat is a squat is a squat as long as it is free standing, but Leg Presses are a completely different kettle of fish.

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I used to get massive pains in my knees after training either squats or leg press until it got to the point I would only train legs once a month.

In my case I had some previous problems with my knees during the time that I played Basketball and started Bodybuilding at the same time. Yes, a bodybuuilding basketballer, not an intelligent combination. I put in 20kg in the first three months and this is when my knees started to hurt.

Removed from that now though my knees were hurting after training legs for the following reasons that I was able to fix…

There were several reasons for the knee pain but they could all be put down to the same original factor, see if you can spot it.

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Again bodybuilders tend to skip over good training practises for their Hamstrings, the basics like a decent hard workout, consistently performed every week - no excuses.

To be 100% honest most of your Hamstring training should come from your squatting to the ground and from deadlifts. These are the growth exercises - nothing else even comes close.

Stiff legged Deadlifts and Leg Curls have always factored into my training as well.
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Many people are searching for ways to grow their legs, for so reason they are getting good gains in their upper bodies but their legs lag behind, there is usually only one outstanding reason for this.

In this article we are going to discover the cause and more importantly the remedy for skinny legs.

At 7′ tall and starting my bodybuilding from a long distance runner background, this is one area that I have had to battle with personally until I was shown how to overcome this weakness in my own body

Here’s how I did it….

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The MOST neglected body parts in weight training by lazy people. Get and and do them. It doesd not take long to develop nice sweeping thighs, rounded hamstrings and bulging calves - in short bigger legs are easy to achieve. Big legs are just a function of the time and effort you put in - and believe me they are some of the fastest responding muscle groups you have.

We need to get back to basics. In this site we will concentrate on the different exercise you NEED to do, the correct way to do them the number of sets and reps and the food you need to eat to help maximise group.

Big legs look good. I have very good shape arms which makes them look bigger than they are, but in private girlfriends often comment that I have big legs - it is something that gains positive attention.

Skinny legs will get you all sorts of negative comments from girls and guys alike, it is a sign of pure laziness. 1 hour a week for 6 months will get you nice legs, continue this for 3 years then you can back off into a nice relaxed maintenance program that is not strenous and you can keep you gains for life. A small price to pay for a balanced, strong physique.

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