If you want to build huge leg muscles I suggest you closely follow the advice and example of Jason Ferruggia who was young and painfully skinny. Jason studied the leg workout routines of Tom Platz who thighs measured a huge 35 inches. Tom's signature leg exercise was the barbell squat. This exercise has been touted by the experts as the best leg exercise for adding size and definition to your legs.
The quad muscle is one of the largest muscles in your body (the largest is the gluteus maximus) it is made up of extremely dense muscle fibers. Because of this, you will really need to rev up your workout with multiple reps or heavy sets to exhaustion in order to fatigue the leg muscles to the point where muscle growth is stimulated.
Tom Platz, the man with the nickname of "The Golden Eagle", was a legend amongst the bodybuilding community he would do 50 rep leg squat sets. Jason has taken this lesson to heart and advocates this strategy and gives it credit for the huge improvement in his legs. He described himself as being a skinny kid and once he progressed to the point that he could crank out sets of 20 squats, he then started seeing huge developments in his legs. Jason has used this philosophy for over 15 years to increase the size and strength of hundreds of clients that he has trained. Some of the clients over the years have included many athletes from the NCAA, NFL, NHL, and MLB organizations.
Jason feels the key to stimulating your leg muscles to the point that will cause leg growth is to start with a few heavy squat sets. Heavy sets of 4 to 8 reps to start the leg portion of your workout, then add a set of 10 to 15 reps, and to finish with a killer set of 20. And if you really feel motivated, and really want to progress even further, push that killer set to somewhere from 30 to 50 reps.
It must be noted that you should concentrate first on mastering your leg squat form for several months to ensure that you build the necessary strength, coordination, endurance before attempting the heavy weight, or high reps squat sets.
If you are starting to concentrate more on your leg squats, it is recommended that you squat three times per week, if you are an intermediate twice per week, and advanced lifters only need to train once every 5- 10 days.
When your goal is to build leg muscles you really need to make the barbell leg squat the major focus of your leg and lower body training. If you want to add serious muscle mass to your legs you should really get familiar with this exercise in a hurry. It is truly the one exercise that builds the leg muscles the fastest. From there you can add in lunges, step ups and glute ham raises.
Lee H Dinkins is a health and fitness advocate with a passion for the continuous learning and sharing of healthy lifestyle advice and information, You can check out his latest website at Muscle Gaining Help, where he provides unbiased fitness information including Build Calf Muscles, and other fitness tips and help.
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