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

[Maximum Intensity]

Veni -- great legs man.

I think the hormone release that occurs while doing intense squats alone is worth all the pain and agony that we experience while going through legs. Nothing gives me more satisfaction than lying on the ground after and intense leg workout and having one of the regulars from the gym come up to me and say -- "You are fucking nuts man." Legs will test your ability, legs will test your courage, and intense leg days will change your view on life forever.

Tom Platz once said -- "Big chest, big shoulders, big arms . . . don't mean shit unless you got the wheels to carry them on."

Words to live by.

 

[Liberator]

Yeah! I second both Robboe and Max Intensity

Ya cant beat the look of having shorts on with big, well proportioned and cut quads, not huge freaky ones, just well cut and as I said proportioned, like that Veni guys

How many people have that look? Not many, barely any

It is another awesome part of liftin that makes it so worthwhile

You have to go for the whole package or your just another time waster with a weak mind who will fall off the end of the treadmil like most of the others

 

[Belial]

Besides all that.... (And some very good points made)

Big legs make you STRONG! As in, real life strong. That's part of this whole thing, isn't it?

Anyway, on leg day, if you do my routine, that means you get to deadlift! What more could you ask for?

 

[curling]

Boy, you just post something slightly out of the norm and WHAMO!



Anyway thanks for all the replies and even some of the flames were funny. Especially the being 15 years old boy I wish. Anyway I "DO" work legs once a week and I usually do them after back which really makes me sick by the time I leave the gym. I call it "Hell" day but I still do it.

My whole point of the post was that it sux that no chicks can see the work that you put out on legs because of the long baggy shorts that are in style now. Maybe in retrospect I should have attacked those(long shorts) instead of attacking doing legs. Maybe the guy that started the long short style didn't like working legs either.

I do sometimes like working them but sometimes there is such a burn when I do them that I can hardly walk afterwards.

Veni those are some big ass sticks you have bro good work! How long have you been working them?

 

[Veni-Vidi-Vici]

Veni those are some big ass sticks you have bro good work! How long have you been working them?

I've been working them for about two weeks. LOL Seriously I have always worked my legs ever since I first started lifting for sports in high school, I'm 30 now.....you can't be successful in athletics without powerful legs. I look forward to leg day...kinda fun having people stare at you in the gym when you are doing deep squats with 425 for sets of 6-8. V3

 

[wrlord]

I hate leg day. I hate it I hate it I hate it. When I go up to that squat rack I know fear. I'm afraid I won't make it up from my last rep. And then I'll be hurt -- in a bad way. And I know dread. I dread the intense pain my legs are gonna feel for the next 36 hours. And I dread that yet again I'm going to have to suck up every last ounce of my resolve to do those last few reps. That I'm going to have to tap into something very deep inside myself; something I don't let many people see. And that I'm going to be not only physically but emotionally exhausted when I come out the other side of it. And I know that I'm going to wobble around like a drunk for the next day and a half, unable to steady myself, unable to get out of a chair without a concerted effort.
I know I'm going to sweat. I know blood vessels are gonna burst. I know I may puke. I know I'm gonna bounce from fury to exaltation and back again.
You wanna know yourself? You fucking do legs.

 

[MaGilicuti]

i personally look down upon people that don't legs. legs are the largest part muscles in your body man. the body is made to grow equally, you will help your upper body if you work your legs as well. i don't think you are working your legs hard enough... if you were you'd understand

 

[Rex]

Nothing like the day after leg day when you're walking all funny from the pain. It is pain, but I like it b/c I know I'm going to benefit from it in the long run.

3V: You're absolutely right about leg training and being successful in athletics. When I was a freshmen, just getting into lifting, I didn't train legs very much and wasn't much competition for anyone on the ice physically. Sophomore year I trained them more often and as the pounds got higher on the rack, so did my ability to hit opponents by the end of the year. Junior year I really piled on the weights and my legs are the strongest they've ever been (and getting stronger). Not only can I hit good, but I have the ability to knock down guys that come to hit me.

Going from not being able to hit, dishing out some good ones, to standing up people and hitting them is a big leap in my sport. I like hitting hard so I think I'll stay under that squat rack.

 

[femmuscles23]

i am happy to see that the majority of the posts are training their legs. i love it! by the way, venti veni you have a beautiful body. believe me men, women love well developed legs and ass on a man. curling, most of the time, we can tell what you are hiding under there no matter how baggy your pants are. remember we are women, and most of us specialize in the art of hiding our flawed body parts, so we can understand how clothes fit and what you probably look like underneath, and be advised when we get the clothes off in the bedroom we are dying inside of laughter when their are two sets of arms instead of one. love all guys that train legs!!!

 

[manny78]

yes it does unless you wanna look like a "V" man lol