I need to grow chest size, should I stop working on leg?

[godsamurai]

ok, here is the thing.

Right now I look horrible, with huge curvy leg (outer thigh coming toward out) and my chest muscle is still proportionally so small even if I am pretty strong on it.

One of my routines, I work out chest twice a week, leg twice a week.
Of course I don't mean only 1 chest for 1day, I do least 3 excercises. For example, Day 1, Bench press, cable cross, Chest-press machine. Im following routine that is written in this site.

Anyway, this is what I do for bench press, because this is one of size gaining program..
4sets 8 reps. And right now I do 175pds for those sets/reps.. I mean before I was doing less than 155pds, and was smaller too..

Thing is I work out a lot on leg, because as u already know, that working out leg helps out to increase bench and get bigger as well .. For example of leg excercise, I do 225 pds for squat, 4x8 ... My leg is getting stronger and bigger everyday! But my chest, growing slowly and taking long time....

Should I just stopp working out leg and do chest? I don't want my leg look bigger than the rest of my body.. this is retarded. Please help and I appreciate the good advice! +rep!

[chazzy1864]

Fantastic!

[Ka0s]

Absolutely. It's common knowledge that if you neglect your legs, your chest will grow larger.

All the frat bros at my gym adhere to this rule

[Reef58]

How does a guy with one leg squat 225 for reps? Man I am weak!

[godsamurai]

Absolutely. It's common knowledge that if you neglect your legs, your chest will grow larger.

All the frat bros at my gym adhere to this rule

that true?? The only reason I started work out my leg is cuz people saying work out leg to increase bench, and grow chest bigger.. now my leg getting much bigger quicker ..

[Ka0s]

that true?? The only reason I started work out my leg is cuz people saying work out leg to increase bench, and grow chest bigger.. now my leg getting much bigger quicker ..

SMH. Was being sarcastic.

[chazzy1864]

SMH. Was being sarcastic.

Just walk away, Ka0s. Just, walk away.

[GeneralSerpant]

I bet that adding or subtracting leg workout will each yield greater results for the rest of your body. It's sort of like the roads we drive on being most or least slippery. The first day of rain is slippery cause of all the accumulated dried up oil being washed, and the first dry day is the least slippery on account of all the oil that has washed away (and lack of water of course).

I would think that adding the leg workout gives a general metabolic boost adding testosterone throughout the body, but by the time you get into it, starts allocating the extra calories into the legs. As soon as you stop, the testosterone takes time to go down slower than the lack of leg maintenance requirements, feeding more to chest. Of course it eventually appropriates chest levels of recovery.

[HokieIrish]

I bet that adding or subtracting leg workout will each yield greater results for the rest of your body. It's sort of like the roads we drive on being most or least slippery. The first day of rain is slippery cause of all the accumulated dried up oil being washed, and the first dry day is the least slippery on account of all the oil that has washed away (and lack of water of course).

I would think that adding the leg workout gives a general metabolic boost adding testosterone throughout the body, but by the time you get into it, starts allocating the extra calories into the legs. As soon as you stop, the testosterone takes time to go down slower than the lack of leg maintenance requirements, feeding more to chest. Of course it eventually appropriates chest levels of recovery.

....I'm sorry, WHAT??

[brianhsauls]

How does a guy with one leg squat 225 for reps? Man I am weak!

I am below knee amputee and I squat 250 for reps. Its all in your head bro.

[Xuaxace]

What i felt after reading this thread

[GeneralSerpant]

What i felt after reading this thread

like a man was was under your computer desk? Testosterone FTW.

[JVAisGod]

I would think that adding the leg workout gives a general metabolic boost adding testosterone throughout the body, but by the time you get into it, starts allocating the extra calories into the legs. As soon as you stop, the testosterone takes time to go down slower than the lack of leg maintenance requirements, feeding more to chest. Of course it eventually appropriates chest levels of recovery.

Please tell me you were being sarcastic and did not type this seriously.

[MattyG]

potential thread has this.......

[unity]

ok, here is the thing.

Right now I look horrible, with huge curvy leg (outer thigh coming toward out) and my chest muscle is still proportionally so small even if I am pretty strong on it.

One of my routines, I work out chest twice a week, leg twice a week.
Of course I don't mean only 1 chest for 1day, I do least 3 excercises. For example, Day 1, Bench press, cable cross, Chest-press machine. Im following routine that is written in this site.

Anyway, this is what I do for bench press, because this is one of size gaining program..
4sets 8 reps. And right now I do 175pds for those sets/reps.. I mean before I was doing less than 155pds, and was smaller too..

Thing is I work out a lot on leg, because as u already know, that working out leg helps out to increase bench and get bigger as well .. For example of leg excercise, I do 225 pds for squat, 4x8 ... My leg is getting stronger and bigger everyday! But my chest, growing slowly and taking long time....

Should I just stopp working out leg and do chest? I don't want my leg look bigger than the rest of my body.. this is retarded. Please help and I appreciate the good advice! +rep!

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I bet that adding or subtracting leg workout will each yield greater results for the rest of your body. It's sort of like the roads we drive on being most or least slippery. The first day of rain is slippery cause of all the accumulated dried up oil being washed, and the first dry day is the least slippery on account of all the oil that has washed away (and lack of water of course).

I would think that adding the leg workout gives a general metabolic boost adding testosterone throughout the body, but by the time you get into it, starts allocating the extra calories into the legs. As soon as you stop, the testosterone takes time to go down slower than the lack of leg maintenance requirements, feeding more to chest. Of course it eventually appropriates chest levels of recovery.

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[Tyciol]

If you have a shortage of protein for recovery purposes then solely focusing on the muscle you want to build would reduce the competition it has for recovery resources. If you have plentiful protein then I don't think it matters and in the long term, more muscle around the body probably is better for retaining it at any given site since you have more stored amino acids to draw on for immune system or whatever. Like if you have big legs, maybe your body will leech what it needs from there instead of chest during a crisis, or spare by comparison, etc.

working out leg helps out to increase bench and get bigger

Doubtful, though it can get you bigger elsewhere like the legs.

My leg is getting stronger and bigger everyday! But my chest, growing slowly and taking long time....Should I just stopp working out leg and do chest? I don't want my leg look bigger than the rest of my body

If it's extremely overpowering, sure. People who get their body parts to a desired place sometimes take some time off or they stop making the workouts more difficult and simply do what they've worked up to as maintenance.

Kind of curious what chest/legs look like on you for this to be a concern though. I can understand if you don't want to push new leg limits to focus on chest but neglecting them and making them atrophy's potentially a mistake, keep in mind your legs need to carry around your arms/torso.

Absolutely. It's common knowledge that if you neglect your legs, your chest will grow larger. All the frat bros at my gym adhere to this rule

Now now, reading OP I've not at all inferred this implication.

How does a guy with one leg squat 225 for reps? Man I am weak!

Like so:

Naturally I assume these green kettlebells are 108lb beasts so 216 is close enough.