I’m 6’5 and have pretty skinny legs. I’ve been reading many articles online and on here but am still Confused on how to add some decent size to my legs. Some say heavy squat is the only way to go, others say low weight but high reps…what is it? And if high reps, what is high? And how many sets? J…

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If you can’t squat, DON’T SQUAT.

[quote]Philly wrote: Thanks for all the input! I appreciate it. And you are right. While i have almost no issues doing a somewhat heavy leg press, my squat sucks. I never actually mastered the squat. As a teenager and until now i’ve always had pretty bad knees. For example, i cannot do a fast squa…

[quote]dt79 wrote: The OP has been training for several years. He’s not a complete beginner. [/quote] While that information changes things, it sounds like he was a beginner in the squat. Unless I got that wrong. Regardless, if he can’t squat pain free (is that the new update?), then there are ple…

As far as the OP goes, he has two options. Learn to squat properly, pain-free, if possible. or Don’t squat, and use other leg movements instead. would almost certainly require finding a good coach/trainer in real life and working with that person. Internet advice isn’t likely to fix the issue…

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[quote]craze9 wrote: As far as the larger debate goes, I don’t think my point applies only to rank beginners. It applies to anyone with a “weak” squat. Since we’re talking about a tall guy with skinny legs, let’s assume a guy who is over 6 feet tall, weighs 190 lbs and squats his BW for 1 rep. I.e…

[quote]dt79 wrote: Pertaining to strength… You are not going to grow faster just because the load increases faster from neural adaptations. This is something I’ve been watching people, usually smaller guys lifting much more than they look like they can, realize everyday in the gym. In contrast, so…

[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote: [quote]dt79 wrote: Pertaining to strength… You are not going to grow faster just because the load increases faster from neural adaptations. This is something I’ve been watching people, usually smaller guys lifting much more than they look like they can, realize everyday i…

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