Does It Really Make Sense To Work On Legs? Let's Discuss really

[curling]

Everybody always tells people to work on legs from pics shown on the board. Why? What is such a big deal about legs? Who cares?

Face it with the shorts being long almost like pants now there really is no sense in doing legs. They are alot of work and take time away from other muscle groups you could be working on that show. I mean how does having big legs help you get chicks at the beach, pool or lake since the chicks can't see all your hard work.

Well curling you say what about when the clothes come off hmmm? Well by then I don't think a chick is going to look at you legs and say, "oohh those are skinny legs I am not going to do you now." I just don't think that would happen. If it did, its probably because the middle leg is skinny if you know what I mean.

You should work you calves however because you can see those or if you're in competition you should work legs. But if you are into bodybuilding to be buff(not to compete), why waste the time on your legs when you could focus on upper body instead where it can be noticed and not hidden by long ass shorts. Now of course if shorts actually become "short" again then you need to do the damn old hard ass squats but until then...Why?

Btw I do legs but I don't like it and I really personally think it's stupid but I still do them.

Well what do you dudes think? Are you saying, "Curling this is another one of your bizarre comments and you are full of it" or "maybe ole Curling has got a point on this" Hmmm?

 

[Nathan]

Here's why I was always told to suck it up and go all out on leg day. First, exercises like squats (especially), stiff-legged deads, etc. make your whole damn body grow. I've heard guys say that doing heavy all-out squats can actually transform your body type from a middle-weight to a heavy-weight.
Also, working your legs causes more testosterone secretion than working other body parts which = more growth.
I suspect that's just scratching the surface.
There are quite a few guys at my gym who never work legs and I assure you that they look ludicrous. There's also probably some health reasons involved which make striving for some degree of symmetry important (like how working your chest too much and back not enough causes slouching and terrible posture).

 

[Tigerparks]

Curling I don't know ya but you may have a point. I was shopping for some jeans today (Diesel) and when I tried them on, although they were my correct waist and leg size they were too damn tight around the thighs. As a result they made me look mincey. The only way around it is by buying jeans with a bigger waist, but then the side effect is longer legs, which will need tailoring, and the need to wear a belt (uncool this summer). And think how better our calves would be if we spent the extra time working them instead of those dangerous squats..... And when I squat HEAVY I need 2 full days off b4 I can train anything again.
I don't know I'm in a quandry now. But think how it looks to other lifters when you see a good upper body skinny legs in the shower, you think: c***! He'd never have that upper body if he done his legs too the wimp!
Damn it, I'm gonna carry on and squat 'til I drop.

 

[LCBUTLER]

If you just want beach muscles...don't work legs. If you want to look proportioned and symmetrical work legs. Personally I think the guys who don't work legs look fucking ridiculous. And in the back of their minds they know it.

LC

 

[curling]

Dad gum Nathan, those are some pretty good reasons.

But I take in enough test through the ole pin that the little my legs output probably don't matter much . The symmetry doesn't matter because like I said you can't ever see it.

As far as chest and back I do those equally so they stay symmetrical.

 

[femmuscles23]

what women want.

well, this post should actually be directed to the women. do not assume that we don't care, because we do. many times we discuss men having no asses and chicken legs. how attractive is a man with a well developed upper body, and the legs of a 13 year old boy? it's not! i have been looking at all of the pictures on this sight, and most are of just the upper body, who cares. any man can achieve a developed upper body, but a man that has developed his lower body too, well that is an achievement to be proud of. only men with no lower body would take the opinion of this post because it takes too much work and training, and the easier way out would be to screw it. isn't most of a human's muscle in the lower half of the body? i am just personally sick of having thicker, and better developed legs than most men in my gym, and i am just lucky to find a man that cares a great deal about his legs and they are huge, even the third one. just think, maybe if you do train your legs, the third one might grow too. who knows. anyway, train your legs please, it would just make your body more desireable whether you are wearing pants or not (believe me we can tell, you can't hide them).

 

[LCBUTLER]

femmuscles23

 

[curling]

Come on femmuscles,

How can you see legs through long board shorts. Naked sure but through long board shorts no way. And doing legs has nothing to do with the middle leg department and I know you know that.

Like I said I do legs I don't do squats but I do do legs even though I don't like it. But everytime I go to the pool or thelake I can see the results of my upper body and bothers me to no end that no chicks can see my legs though these long shorts. And before you even say it there is no WAY IN HELL I would wear speedos no WAY!!!

 

[rugger]

Joke?

I hope this is a joke!!!

 

[plifter]

HUH??? What happens when the clothes come off? It looks ridiculous. I've seen plenty of guys at powerlifting meets who only bench and some of them look horrible. I've seen guys that had arms that were thicker than their thighs.