My thighs are getting nice and big but I am really missing the teardrop down by the knee...in my opinion this is what sets an athletes set of legs above the average guy so its really disappointing me
For those that don't know what I mean:
Do I just need to squat more and get bigger legs or is that some secret to getting the teardrop
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Thread: Quads - Getting the TearDrop
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01-12-2008, 02:59 PM #1
Quads - Getting the TearDrop
Position: Number 8 & Lock
Height: 6'4
Weight: 105kg
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01-12-2008, 03:00 PM #2
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front squats, plain and simple
275lb atg front squat / 235lb paused bench (in comp) / 445lb Conventional Deadlift using mixed grip/chalk/belt (in comp) / Deadlift-425x3 using a hook grip + chalk / BP low-bar back squat 335x2 & 315x4 & 350x1 (in comp)
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01-12-2008, 03:29 PM #6
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01-12-2008, 03:36 PM #8
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01-12-2008, 04:17 PM #10
So I am going to substitute Back Squats for Front Squats (veeeeery deep) for the next 9 weeks of my 5x5 program
I'm also going to try these "sissy" squats and start holding my leg extensions at the top (which I have heard develops these)
See any problems with that guys?
Oh and will my back squat increase in relation to my front squat?Position: Number 8 & Lock
Height: 6'4
Weight: 105kg
"Rugby players are born and made into Athletes"
Welsh Proverb
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01-12-2008, 04:19 PM #11
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01-12-2008, 04:23 PM #12
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01-12-2008, 04:33 PM #13
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01-13-2008, 12:23 PM #14
Well ATG squats are my all time favorite exercise and I am always working and getting more flexibility (I already go well past parallel but I still think I can go further)
But...If I just continue doing my squats and not changing anything up...won't the thing just keep getting bigger and the teardrop will always be lagging?Position: Number 8 & Lock
Height: 6'4
Weight: 105kg
"Rugby players are born and made into Athletes"
Welsh Proverb
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01-13-2008, 12:24 PM #15
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01-13-2008, 12:46 PM #18
i think it's referring to this shape made from your knees and lower quads ... and from the looks, you'd have to go deeper in your squats, when i do i feel it up there, and it makes sense that it'd have to recruit the area of your quads by your knees to lift yourself from the squat. i also think you need low body fat percentage, otherwise it wouldn't really give the tear shape.
Last edited by tikitariki; 01-13-2008 at 12:53 PM.
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01-13-2008, 01:01 PM #19
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01-13-2008, 01:53 PM #23
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FRONT SQUATS. cmon, you see pyrros's tear drops in his legs even in this tiny picture.
Front squats, plain and simple.
/thread275lb atg front squat / 235lb paused bench (in comp) / 445lb Conventional Deadlift using mixed grip/chalk/belt (in comp) / Deadlift-425x3 using a hook grip + chalk / BP low-bar back squat 335x2 & 315x4 & 350x1 (in comp)
A tree with a thin trunk can only make branches so big -me
Won 1st place at my first powerlifting comp!!!!!!!! Yea!!!!!!1
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01-13-2008, 01:54 PM #24
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01-13-2008, 03:40 PM #30
- Join Date: Jun 2007
- Location: Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Age: 32
- Posts: 3,311
- Rep Power: 5021
275lb atg front squat / 235lb paused bench (in comp) / 445lb Conventional Deadlift using mixed grip/chalk/belt (in comp) / Deadlift-425x3 using a hook grip + chalk / BP low-bar back squat 335x2 & 315x4 & 350x1 (in comp)
A tree with a thin trunk can only make branches so big -me
Won 1st place at my first powerlifting comp!!!!!!!! Yea!!!!!!1
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