minimize glute involvement

[buckjoey]

I constantly hear that you must do squats to really get you legs to grow. Is there some way to do squats that will minimize glute involvement? I need to catch my ham and quad development up with my big ass!
thanks for any input.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

EMG shows that glutes are more active the lower you go... so do parallels or partials.

 

[gymtime]

This thread might help.

 

[buckjoey]

gt
Thanks for pointing me to that thread, I didn't find it when I searched.

 

[bignate73]

leg press.

 

[gymtime]

gt
Thanks for pointing me to that thread, I didn't find it when I searched.

You did a search first??

Bless you m'boy.

 

[Vortexx]

I know a guy with crazy big outlandish legs and a medium sized compact butt, but it is only he had absolutely NO butt when he began with heavy squats.... So go figure, you squat the ass will grow, he was lucky in a sense that he needed to build some butt in the first place...

It's mostly genetic , if you are lucky than you have a different fibre makeup between ass and legs so that you can train in a reprange that predoninantly causes hypertrophy in the legs, also if you inherit your mothers genetics, it can happen that you store fat/water round the hips instead of the belly etc.. which will offcouse contribute to ass-size...

Personally I find that SLOW legpresses with a heavy weight for 9 reps mostly terrorises the quads while keeping the tension on the glutes below peak levels. What you lack in brutal intensity compared to a heavy squat, you make up by doing
DOUBLE DROP SETS(!!!) on the leg-press, you need to take 30 seconds between each drop to allow your heart and lungs to recuperate just a little...

Take 2-3 minutes between sets

 

[argent]

Do extensions first, followed by a squat or pressing movement.

 

[buckjoey]

Are the extensions used to pre-exhaust the quads, or actually to build mass?

 

[coolcolj]

stay upright when squatting

it will still grow, the body likes to keep things in certain proportions.