Favorite Leg Exercise, Not Squat/Dead

Training Bodybuilding
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[quote]Steel88 wrote:
BF Bullpup wrote:
Yep, you got me spot on in terms of my fat collecting down there and I understand that theres no such thing as spot reducing fat too. What I’m looking to do is just simply build muscle in that area since it does consume more calories, and the fat will eventually come off. I’m well aware of the fact that I will have to lose weight though and I know that I’m far away from that goal as it is, but, I figure that there should be nothing wrong with giving my legs the best workout I can just as I do with my back, arms, and chest right?
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Haha no biggie. Go for it and have “fun”.

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[quote]BF Bullpup wrote:
Steel88 wrote:
BF Bullpup wrote:
Yep, you got me spot on in terms of my fat collecting down there and I understand that theres no such thing as spot reducing fat too. What I’m looking to do is just simply build muscle in that area since it does consume more calories, and the fat will eventually come off. I’m well aware of the fact that I will have to lose weight though and I know that I’m far away from that goal as it is, but, I figure that there should be nothing wrong with giving my legs the best workout I can just as I do with my back, arms, and chest right?

Haha no biggie. Go for it and have “fun”.[/quote]

Yep, thats the most important part of going to the gym, or you wouldn’t enjoy it then…

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Step ups with the bar (step above the knee). I dig front squats and reverse lunges as well.

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[quote]Steel88 wrote:
BF Bullpup wrote:
Steel88 wrote:
BF Bullpup wrote:
Yep, you got me spot on in terms of my fat collecting down there and I understand that theres no such thing as spot reducing fat too. What I’m looking to do is just simply build muscle in that area since it does consume more calories, and the fat will eventually come off. I’m well aware of the fact that I will have to lose weight though and I know that I’m far away from that goal as it is, but, I figure that there should be nothing wrong with giving my legs the best workout I can just as I do with my back, arms, and chest right?

Haha no biggie. Go for it and have “fun”.

Yep, thats the most important part of going to the gym, or you wouldn’t enjoy it then…[/quote]

This is a really good point. I would lose my keeness if every training session consisted of exercises I hate, done to failure. I train for fun first and foremost.

This is why I no longer do static lunges. They suck. I hate them. So I don’t do them.

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I’m going to confess something right now that may lose me whatever little respect I may have had from a few guys around here.

I don’t particularly like weight training. By that I mean the act of performing difficult exercises with large pieces of heavy metal voluntarily attached to various parts of my anatomy. Why not you may wonder? BECAUSE IT HURTS, is exhausting and is in any number of other ways generally unpleasant.

I do however like the results enough to continue performing these exercises at a level of intensity that I suspect matches just about anybody here and surpasses many.

What’s the point? I choose exercises that bring me results because when worked with serious purpose even wrist curls are excruciatingly painful. In other words all exercises suck if they’re done balls out so if I’m going to do this at all I might as well choose movements based on results because none of em are fun to me.

Don’t get me wrong. The sense of accomplishment and real physical improvement are exquisite, but, call me whatever you want, pain IS NO FUN.

I am in no way calling anybody out, but I have to wonder how hard somebody is working if they can call it fun with a straight face. Maybe I’m just a fairy who knows.

EDIT: It is possible that the fact that I just finished popping my eyeballs back in their sockets and retrieving my intestines from the floor after my leg workout has somewhat influenced this response.

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[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
Don’t get me wrong. The sense of accomplishment and real physical improvement are exquisite, but, call me whatever you want, pain IS NO FUN.

I am in no way calling anybody out, but I have to wonder how hard somebody is working if they can call it fun with a straight face. Maybe I’m just a fairy who knows.[/quote]

I find pain to be fun. You don’t. We’re all different, no big deal.

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[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
I’m going to confess something right now that may lose me whatever little respect I may have had from a few guys around here.

I don’t particularly like weight training. By that I mean the act of performing difficult exercises with large pieces of heavy metal voluntarily attached to various parts of my anatomy. Why not you may wonder? BECAUSE IT HURTS, is exhausting and is in any number of other ways generally unpleasant.

I do however like the results enough to continue performing these exercises at a level of intensity that I suspect matches just about anybody here and surpasses many.

What’s the point? I choose exercises that bring me results because when worked with serious purpose even wrist curls are excruciatingly painful. In other words all exercises suck if they’re done balls out so if I’m going to do this at all I might as well choose movements based on results because none of em are fun to me.

Don’t get me wrong. The sense of accomplishment and real physical improvement are exquisite, but, call me whatever you want, pain IS NO FUN.

I am in no way calling anybody out, but I have to wonder how hard somebody is working if they can call it fun with a straight face. Maybe I’m just a fairy who knows.

EDIT: It is possible that the fact that I just finished popping my eyeballs back in their sockets and retrieving my intestines from the floor after my leg workout has somewhat influenced this response.[/quote]

YOU ARE A HORRIBLE WEAK LITTLE MAN!!!1!1!1

Its your opinion and no one should be able to object anyways…you have a very objective approach towards lifting and its actually kind of refreshing to see someone with such a different view on what we do. It’s not a big deal anyway because a big part of lifting is the results you get…and I would imagine that a lot of people here wouldn’t be lifting if they didn’t get any visible improvements out of it so just do you man.

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[quote]Steel88 wrote:
<<< …and I would imagine that a lot of people here wouldn’t be lifting if they didn’t get any visible improvements out of it >>>[/quote]

This is the key to me. A “FUN” activity is one you do for it’s own sake. I inline skate because inline skating is fun. Everybody here who would lift weights for no other reason than to move the iron around, even if it brought no other benefit raise your hands.

I like the training lifestyle. I like the science, planning and playing guinea pig with myself. I really, REALLY like the results and like I say the sense of accomplishment can’t be beat, but I would not put myself through all this effort if I got no stronger or bigger by doing it. It’d probably be easier to just hit my thumb with a hammer and stick my foot in my bicycle spokes if I simply liked to hurt myself.

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[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
Steel88 wrote:
<<< …and I would imagine that a lot of people here wouldn’t be lifting if they didn’t get any visible improvements out of it >>>

This is the key to me. A “FUN” activity is one you do for it’s own sake. I inline skate because inline skating is fun. Everybody here who would lift weights for no other reason than to move the iron around, even if it brought no other benefit raise your hands.

I like the training lifestyle. I like the science, planning and playing guinea pig with myself. I really, REALLY like the results and like I say the sense of accomplishment can’t be beat, but I would not put myself through all this effort if I got no stronger or bigger by doing it. It’d probably be easier to just hit my thumb with a hammer and stick my foot in my bicycle spokes if I simply liked to hurt myself.[/quote]

The pain isn’t what I don’t like more of the boringness, I lift weights to look better obviously and to get better at ‘fun’ sports I play. I want to eventually get some strongman stuff since those events look like fun and are pretty good exercises. I like the pain since I know I’m doing something right, but I must admit when I collapse after a squat session I tend to have a bit of a smile on my face. Its like a boxer fighting, sure he is going to feel a lot of pain but he likes the feeling of WINNING which is what I get after I finish a hard workout.

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[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
I’m going to confess something right now that may lose me whatever little respect I may have had from a few guys around here.

I don’t particularly like weight training. By that I mean the act of performing difficult exercises with large pieces of heavy metal voluntarily attached to various parts of my anatomy. Why not you may wonder? BECAUSE IT HURTS, is exhausting and is in any number of other ways generally unpleasant.

I do however like the results enough to continue performing these exercises at a level of intensity that I suspect matches just about anybody here and surpasses many.

What’s the point? I choose exercises that bring me results because when worked with serious purpose even wrist curls are excruciatingly painful. In other words all exercises suck if they’re done balls out so if I’m going to do this at all I might as well choose movements based on results because none of em are fun to me.

Don’t get me wrong. The sense of accomplishment and real physical improvement are exquisite, but, call me whatever you want, pain IS NO FUN.

I am in no way calling anybody out, but I have to wonder how hard somebody is working if they can call it fun with a straight face. Maybe I’m just a fairy who knows.

EDIT: It is possible that the fact that I just finished popping my eyeballs back in their sockets and retrieving my intestines from the floor after my leg workout has somewhat influenced this response.[/quote]

How would this statement lose you respect?

Horses for courses.

I don’t really lift to be big. I like being strong.

For me it’s more the journey than the destination.

There is no way I would do something I didn’t like 3 or 4 times a week if I had the choice.

But I like training. I like the way it makes me feel. I like it when my hands are still hours after a tough session. And I like giving it everything I have to get out 2 more reps than I did last time.

It’s fun. :slight_smile:

But I don’t like static lunges. So I won’t do them. And sometimes I do leg press instead of back squats. Even though the squats are superior, sometimes you need to back down the intensity and impact in order to stay keen and keep progressing in the long run.

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I have recently become a fan of the Hack Machine Squat. I know that many on here are not fans of it, but as one who has chronic sacrotuberous ligament tightness, anything that I can find that gives me a solid ROM without flaring up my ligament is golden in my book.

Caveat: they are a little rough on the knees, but as with anything one must start out with a little lower weight.

Seeing that it is always easy to find critics and why this exercise is not utilized, I would like to know who else has had a great appreciation for this machine and how has it help you and your goals