Hypothetically, if someone ONLY did extensions & curls for legs??

[tweedbrah]

No compounds like squats or leg presses at all, how bad aesthetically and heathwise would this be?

[Nate2010]

Why the fack would you ask a "Hypotheticall" question.?

[VoxExMachina]

You'd have better legs than if you did nothing at all, but far less than what you could achieve with heavier work.

[monkeyfrogO.O]

i'd feel sorry for their knees

[matjusm]

No compounds like squats or leg presses at all, how bad aesthetically and heathwise would this be?

That would neglect your glutes, calves, abductors and adductors so you'd be building up some major muscular imbalances. Also whatever strength you may gain from this will be quite small compared to if you did a more well rounded leg routine that involved all the muscles. Can't really see many (if any) benefits from this.

[DanielBeauchamp]

I think they'd hurt their knees pretty damn fast.

[gomez26]

You'd have better legs than if you did nothing at all, but far less than what you could achieve with heavier work.

this. u would miss out on a whole heap of growth from compound exercises, but there would be no imbalances. extension & flexion about the knee joint = exact balance.

Why the fack would you ask a "Hypotheticall" question.?

he's testing the waters

[OlivierBB]

this. u would miss out on a whole heap of growth from compound exercises, but there would be no imbalances. extension & flexion about the knee joint = exact balance.




he's testing the waters

What he said

[justroberson]

You would be able to kick someone really hard from a seated position. You'd also be really good at picking up something with your ankle and lifting it toward your butt. Thats about it.

[SwiftyX]

The inability to load the movements progressively coupled with the fact that adding volume will only take you so far mean growth will plateau very quickly.

[PearlSoap]

No compounds like squats or leg presses at all, how bad aesthetically and heathwise would this be?

[jamie93]

as other people have said, you would be good at kicking people from a seated position and youd be good at picking stuff up with your ankle.

however, i believe that if all you did was bicep barbell curls it would be very practical, no matter what people said, if u were eating a surplus and going heavy on them. You WOULD increase your bicep size and it would relate to everyday life. But you probably would get fat because your training nothing else.

[ygbodybuilder10]

as other people have said, you would be good at kicking people from a seated position and youd be good at picking stuff up with your ankle.

however, i believe that if all you did was bicep barbell curls it would be very practical, no matter what people said, if u were eating a surplus and going heavy on them. You WOULD increase your bicep size and it would relate to everyday life. But you probably would get fat because your training nothing else.

when he said curls he meant for hamstrings

[theshoupguy]

when he said curls he meant for hamstrings

But deep barbell curls make my glutes feel HUGE.

[tweedbrah]

Funnily enough I'm not considering it, today I did extensions; hack squat; leg press; curls; raises in that order

[theGuy045]

No compounds like squats or leg presses at all, how bad aesthetically and heathwise would this be?

Their penis would fall off.

[jamie93]

when he said curls he meant for hamstrings

lol yes i know. i was just using an isolation for a different bodypart as another example. Like when people say squat to work your biceps or other stupid stuff like that, im saying you actually could get big arms by doing arm isos such as barbell curls, if you were eating a surplus and there was weight progression. and these would be useful in everyday life.

[txapn]

That would neglect your glutes, calves, abductors and adductors so you'd be building up some major muscular imbalances. Also whatever strength you may gain from this will be quite small compared to if you did a more well rounded leg routine that involved all the muscles. Can't really see many (if any) benefits from this.

^^^this!

isolation exercises are not bad and can be used instead of compound exercises but to only target 2 of the many leg muscles would not be wise!

and curious... for those who said "it would be bad for the knees" why?

[Tommy W.]

if you threw some leg presses in you wouldn't be doing all that bad. Squats are great but plenty of people have built great strength and legs without them. Alot of people can't do them for many reasons and it's not the end of the world.

[PearlSoap]

if you threw some leg presses in you wouldn't be doing all that bad. Squats are great but plenty of people have built great strength and legs without them. Alot of people can't do them for many reasons and it's not the end of the world.

From my observation and research I tend to find the great builds have always built their bread and butter with heavy squats, deadlifts and bench presses, and once the mass is built (and from the increased risk of injury due to insane poundages) they usually switch over to leg presses and other machines like hack squats as their main movements

[creationd]

You're neglecting a lot if that is all you do. I was only able to do leg ext and curls, but did Sldlifts also. I had good development and my legs grew, but when I was finally able to squat, It was pretty weak compared to other lifts. Just because you can do heavy leg ext and curls does not mean you will have a good squat if you ever decide to do them, so your legs are missing out if it's all you do.