Hi,
I have always wanted to get a personal trainer but it's too expensive and today I starting searching on the web trying to find a forum where I could get some advice and I thing I found the right one.
One of the things I always wanted to improve are my legs, I have skinny legs so I don't usually wear shorts because that embarrass me and I always wonder if I could do some exercise to gain leg muscles or it's simply the way my body is and there is nothing that can be done?
Can someone help me with some routine exercises that could help me grow my legs?
I'm currently going to the GYM, so these can be exercises with typical equipment.
Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated, I would love to be able to show my legs and wear shorts, help please!
Thanks a lot!
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Thread: How can I grow my skinny legs
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02-22-2011, 06:13 PM #1
How can I grow my skinny legs
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02-22-2011, 06:19 PM #2
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02-22-2011, 06:22 PM #3
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02-22-2011, 06:37 PM #4
Starting strength.
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02-22-2011, 06:45 PM #5
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02-22-2011, 06:56 PM #6
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02-23-2011, 05:33 AM #7
Ok, so far it looks like squatting is the way to go so, I will try to follow some techniques found in this forum to do it right.
As far as eating a lot, I usually eat a lot but the thing is that it goes to the wrong parts of my body, belly and cheeks and nothing to my legs. Is there some sort of food that could help to gain leg volume?
Thank you all very much for your help!
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02-23-2011, 05:35 AM #8
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02-23-2011, 07:01 AM #9
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Is it your upper leggs or like your ankles/calves.. you say u dont wanna wear shorts so im assuming its your lower extremities. Im in the same boat with not wanting to wear shorts.. i have very above average quads and hams but the skinniest calves and ankles in existence.. It drives me insane because no matter how much i squat/deadlift/calf raise,press,etc. my upper legs keeps growing and my lower legs dont budge.. Dont really have any advice in that department unfortunatly nothing seems to work for me, maybe it really is genetics but i just dotn belive that sh*t.. IF its your upper legs (quads/hams) then squat and deadlift your heart out, they will grow fast.
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02-23-2011, 07:09 AM #10
Squat/DL you will hear repeatedly. Do some more reading here because you have indeed found the right place for information.
However, don't just go in and start squatting. Get on a program and after reading you'll learn that if your weight is going to your belly/cheeks etc., what you are eating is probably not the right nutrition. So, sort out your nutrition as well. You won't grow muscle if you don't eat enough and eat right.
Check these out. Figure out what your caloric intake should be and research what your diet should be composed of.
Routines
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=115643271
Nutrition
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=121703981
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02-23-2011, 07:12 AM #11
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02-23-2011, 07:15 AM #12
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02-23-2011, 07:39 AM #13
I have skinny legs as well...VERY skinny legs and I just started a a leg routine 2 weeks ago...i cant explain how mad I am at myself not incoorperating legs from the get go. Be forewarned that 2 days after you do squats you will be barely be able to walk. loves it!
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02-23-2011, 09:06 AM #14
Its funny, b/c i just started my leg rehab b/c i had tendinitis. I just started like 2 weeks ago, and have already seen some pretty good gains. For me, the big thing is using my own body weight, before using external resistance. I can do at least 100 weightless squats now, and I feel I am ready to start getting into resistance trainging. Dont get me wrong, 100 weightless squats is not a pre-req for anything, but that just what I did. First day back in the gym doing weight squats, i was repping 225 for 20, after starting off with 95lbs for 10x, 115lbs for 10x, 135lbs for 10x, 185 lbs for 10x, then 225 for as many as possible, but i stop at 21, b/c my knees started to feel a little weird. I went on to leg press, hack squats, leg extensions, leg curls, hip adductors, and hip abductors, and calfs.
idk if it will work for you, but thats how im doing it. hope that helped any
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02-23-2011, 09:51 AM #15
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02-23-2011, 10:29 AM #16
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That's a TON of volume regardless of who you are, but for someone who's just getting into training, such high volume is going to be counterproductive. Start with your core lifts that target large groups of muscle (squats, deads, rows, etc.) and focus on building a foundation (check out routines for beginners here as well as doing some investigating into PROVEN training methods). You can never go wrong with basic lifts and methods that have proven track records.
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02-23-2011, 05:21 PM #17
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02-23-2011, 05:31 PM #18
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02-23-2011, 09:41 PM #19
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02-23-2011, 09:43 PM #20
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02-23-2011, 10:26 PM #21
I have the same exact problem. I've been lifting for about a year now taking breaks every now and then for wrestling; every part of my body grows over time as i continue to lift but i still have chicken legs! I squat, deadlift, leg press, calf raise, etc but they dont seem to respond. One thing i have noticed, though, is running for increased cardio in wrestling. I would run 2-3 miles and my shins would be killing me. Over a period of 3 months i started to see a huge difference in my calves. I would always incorporate smith machine calf raises and that didnt compare at all to what running did for my calves. I found a hill by my house that i would sprint up and walk down, rinse and repeat. At first, your legs are gna be sore as hell but you'll find that itll get easier and easier. For me atleast, this has been the best way to go about gaining calf muscle. hope this helps
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02-23-2011, 11:50 PM #22
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02-24-2011, 01:36 AM #23
[QUOTE=emp1acur;634219113]Squat/DL you will hear repeatedly. Do some more reading here because you have indeed found the right place for information.
However, don't just go in and start squatting. Get on a program and after reading you'll learn that if your weight is going to your belly/cheeks etc., what you are eating is probably not the right nutrition. So, sort out your nutrition as well. You won't grow muscle if you don't eat enough and eat right.
Check these out. Figure out what your caloric intake should be and research what your diet should be composed of.
great info!
Im gonna start the squats also then! hahahaI stopped smoking, so can you:
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02-24-2011, 02:04 AM #24
There's not a lot of control you have over where fat is stored on your body. There are certain hormones that alter where fat is deposited, like cortisol and estrogen, and there are foods, supplements, and/or hormones that affect fat storage around the waist, like green tea. I'm no expert on that, so I can't offer too much advice in that area. But I suggest that you get in shape instead, so that fat deposition isn't a problem on ANY part of your body.
I can tell that your main goal is appearance. I have no idea whether you're a man or woman, and I don't know whether you're currently skinny / average / overweight; but if I knew, I'd probably be giving advice to help your overall appearance instead of just your legs. With that said, you should get on a full-body routine no matter what, and it should definitely include squats no matter what, and it could probably use some stiff-legged deadlifts (a.k.a. SLDL's) as well. If you're a man, definitely eat more as well, which will help your legs grow and get stronger. If your workout routine is good, your body should be firmer rather than flabby, despite the excess calories, just make sure that you are getting A LOT of protein (1 gram per pound of bodyweight each day). Look in the stickies of this workout programs section for some good programs. Also, make sure you stick around bodybuilding.com and keep reading and learning.
Also, make sure your form is good on every exercise. You might want to go to the exercise section and check-out the stickies to study good form on the major lifts.
:-/ that sounds a little unconventional. 10 reps seems tolerable for adding mass, which is what we're going for here, but 10 sets just seems crazy.
? Once a week doesn't sound right to me. Every beginner program seems to call for full-body every other day. I'm sure there's some 3-day splits for intermediates that only call for working legs once a week, but I don't think that's what's called-for here.
It seems that people have varying mechanical advantages in calf lifts, I think because of different-lengthed calcaneuses or whatever. That makes it so if you calf-raise X, it doesn't stimulate your muscle the same as if someone else calf-raises X. Just train your calves with the principles of a hypertrophy progam.
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02-24-2011, 02:26 AM #25
:-/ that sounds a little unconventional. 10 reps seems tolerable for adding mass, which is what we're going for here, but 10 sets just seems crazy.
? Once a week doesn't sound right to me. Every beginner program seems to call for full-body every other day. I'm sure there's some 3-day splits for intermediates that only call for working legs once a week, but I don't think that's what's called-for here.
buddy have a few cups of concrete n harden the F*ck up and try it before dissing it is my response to your first statement
and to your second i dare you to give try n work your legs for a second time in a week after doin that workoutOL R&D
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02-24-2011, 04:35 AM #26
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11-21-2012, 04:44 AM #27
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11-21-2012, 04:50 AM #28
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07-08-2013, 03:10 PM #29
u tellum
Thnx noadded, I did just that "10×10's", didn't sound crazy to me and ur right the next few days are gonna be tender tippie toes "WoW"!! But that's exactly what I was looking for in a leg workout.
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07-29-2014, 03:32 AM #30
Go to Kuwait
Ali Musawi is a bodybuilder since 1978 from Kuwait [see the website liaqti], somewhere in one of his videos he said that (from personal experience) to make your legs grow you have first to workout high rep (3*20) for three months, then to start hitting the weights.
I tried it and it works!!!
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