I’ve got skinny legs vs. upper body

[Qemxlo]

I’m not one of those guys who goes to the gym and just trains my upper body
I do everything and it’s disappointing that I still have chicken legs and people give me a hard time about it
I’m six foot two and I’m 218 pounds.
I’ve been training my legs at least an hour at least once or twice a week and I just haven’t seen any growth.
Do you have any advice as to which exercises are going to be mandatory to force growth?

 

[Noah Wixx]

Could come down into a few things.

How many reps and sets are you doing for legs ?

Have heavy or lite are the weights ?

Are the reps being performed quality on each rep ?

What kind of movements are you doing for legs ?

Lay it out for us give us a fully picture.

 

[RickRock13]

Go heavy and stay in hypertrophy range. Do more sets and maybe train them twice a week

 

[stevesmi]

also comes down to genetics unfortunately
I've seen some really strong dudes who have really skinny legs no matter what they do

 

[the_alcatraz]

I’m not one of those guys who goes to the gym and just trains my upper body
I do everything and it’s disappointing that I still have chicken legs and people give me a hard time about it
I’m six foot two and I’m 218 pounds.
I’ve been training my legs at least an hour at least once or twice a week and I just haven’t seen any growth.
Do you have any advice as to which exercises are going to be mandatory to force growth?

do more squats and deadlifts that will resolve issue

 

[SteveMobsterG]

I’m not one of those guys who goes to the gym and just trains my upper body
I do everything and it’s disappointing that I still have chicken legs and people give me a hard time about it
I’m six foot two and I’m 218 pounds.
I’ve been training my legs at least an hour at least once or twice a week and I just haven’t seen any growth.
Do you have any advice as to which exercises are going to be mandatory to force growth?

Post what you do now

 

[Quadsweep]

I don't over-train your legs it's a common mistake people make

 

[BodyMonster34]

bro you need to hit that legs hot and heavy every day

 

[JasonPriest]

some people will do a couple sets of squats a few times a week and that helps growth

 

[Monstro]

monstro says get stronger and they will grow

 

[Vadim Fedorov]

if you have lankier limbs your muscles may never look big

 

[2Thick]

I like that you're identifying your weak spots and working on them

 

[e2]

some people just don't have big muscles it's nothing to be ashamed over

 

[StevenDarwinMD]

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[Ulter]

I would work on squats and don't forget your hamstrings

 

[chesty]

do some box squats in front squats and really try to go heavy

 

[ROIDDERS]

if you're gonna squat it's more important to use proper form in my opinion

 

[ceo]

Bros were very impressed that you are being hard on yourself keep grinding the games will come

 

[25homes]

I’m not one of those guys who goes to the gym and just trains my upper body
I do everything and it’s disappointing that I still have chicken legs and people give me a hard time about it
I’m six foot two and I’m 218 pounds.
I’ve been training my legs at least an hour at least once or twice a week and I just haven’t seen any growth.
Do you have any advice as to which exercises are going to be mandatory to force growth?

heavy squats and presses they will grow

 

[RoySimpson]

Its likely genetics bro...

 

[ballin2504]

Train heavy compound leg lifts

 

[Tiger Salman Khan]

genetics can play a role but still keep your work on buddy.....results will be there let people say nonsense just ignore them..........

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

Post up your current routine and we can make some suggestions. Are you seeing growth in your upper body? Also, remember that genetics play a big part.

 

[Slyderkt]

I have chicken legs also.
I am just now trying to fix it.
I will give a little advise that I was given.

It is not about the weight at the beginning.
Make sure you are doing each set with good mind muscle connection.
Example leg extension, are moving the weight? Or are you squeezing the quad.
Slow down and feel each rep and each muscle. Squeeze the muscle and slow down the retraction.
Your muscle will burn doing this. That’s when you are doing it right. Once you have this figured out. Then start increasing weight.