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December 19, 2005
The Best and the Worst Quads Exercises
The Worst Quads Exercise: Any Machine Exercise
Just say no to machines when it comes to leg training! If you cannot, get help.
Leg extensions are worthless and can be tough on the knees – as the latter are vulnerable without the backup of contracting hamstrings. Ditto for the Hack squat machine, not to mention additional problems from knee hyperflexion.
And the leg press is nothing but an ego lift. Sure, you can impress someone who has never touched a weight with a 1,000 pound leg press. People in the know would be more impressed with a squat with one third of that poundage.
The Best Quads Exercise: the Squat
Nobody does it better. You may opt for any reasonable variation of the squat – the Olympic squat, the powerlifting squat, the front squat, the one-legged squat, the duck style deadlift or the trap bar deadlift – as long as you squat.
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Posted by james at December 19, 2005 6:40 AM
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