@@MrSmurf459 yep, I used to be a little scared to do them because everyone says they can destroy your knees, but once I started doing them in a much slower more controlled manner really focusing on the eccentric portion, I have not had any issues/pain & I found I could go much heavier than I had previously allowed myself to (still doing high rep ranges of about 15-20)
20+ resp burn like hell 🥵☠️ I can't. Leg extension are torture. I prefer something between 8-15 reps. 👌 Higher reps Burns to much for me and my breathe rum out quickly 😮💨
Yep, I do a pyramid on leg extensions of 50, 30, 20,16,14,12, 10 reps while stepping the weight up 1 pin each time. Slow and controlled with a proper stretch. Also the Watson leg extension has the cam load it at the stretch more too which is ideal. After each set you feel like your legs are gunna exploded and have to jump out of the machine. Recently started doing single leg for some variation this next meso. Never had any knee pain at all which I sometimes did when I squatted. I then do 3 sets of controlled leg press and my quads are fried.
@@altceva2016 I was only strength training and powerlifting tbf. Didn't shift to hypertrophy until I decided it was time to pack on some mass before age started to catch up with me. Plus, the injuries caught me long ago 😅🥲
Still in the beginner stage (more so for legs. Neglected them due to injuries- but love training them now!) I had heard a while ago that on the concentric of a SLDL imagine scooting your heels forward as you rise. This gave me an insane MMC. Along with improved technique I try to somewhat apply this to the leg press by imagining I am sliding my feet up/ down the platform as I go through the reps. That REALLY got me in tune with my quads and helped with other movements as well. If anyone has other mental cues when they are working quads please share! (PS- I have been lifting again for a year after a 5 year hiatus. I thought I knew what I was doing before but Dr. Mike makes me feel a beginner all over again haha)
Try to point your toe upwards towards your leg bone (Dorsiflexion) on the leg extension, this fries my rectus femoris quad muscle which is neglected on regular squats.
How is the rectus femoris trained with ankle dorsiflexion, when its primary function is knee flexion as well as hip extension? If you want to train your rectus femoris, you have to lay back into an almost horizontal position, which allows said muscle to activate.@@The_Legend715
KISS for quads. Deep squats and leg extensions are working great for me currently. ATG high bar, Platz front squats with extra heel elevation, leg extensions with focus on deep stretch. Also doing some body weight sissy squats for a few sets at the end of some leg days. Platz style squats have really transformed by leg training. I'm 6'2" and used to feel squats in my glutes and low back, and I could never connect with my quads on front squats. I'm wearing a 20 mm heel rise shoe with an extra 1/2" elevation insole from Versalifts for my Platz work and now can finally make my quads the limiting factor. Sink em deep!
As someone who always played the long femur card, when I became real with myself, I found I could squat deep just fine, working on your ankle mobility, dropping your ego and elevating your heels will do wonders. P.S: Learn Front Squats, they will make your back squats 'squatier'
Long femur here too. I'm struggling but front squats are definitely good. Have pretty good dorsiflexion but my right ankle isn't as good so I'll work on that.
I did the same, I ignored my ankles then I started squatting heels elevated and realised it was 100% what limited me. Started doing ankle mobility work in earnest and combined with weight lifting shoes I pretty rapidly got to the point where I was sitting on the back of my heels with 3 plates instead of feeling like I was going to fall backwards even 1 degree past parallel.
@@ericanderson7346 same here, you can use straps to loosen the bend, or use the straps themselves to wrap around the bar, and grip the end of the straps, I would check Jeff Nippard video about Front Squats to learn about it Also check alan thrall video on them, because as he said you might not have problem with your wrist or elbows but instead with your thoracic extension. Jeff Video: ua-cam.com/video/v-mQm_droHg/v-deo.htmlsi=jOPSj1n6sgOriZSj Alan Thrall Video: ua-cam.com/video/JrjGBPMIn0A/v-deo.htmlsi=_-X67cjGAHQ5DiTH
get lifting straps and put them on the bar and hold onto those instead of the bar. It takes all the tension and stress off your shoulders, elbows, and wrists. Or start doing Front or Zercher squats on an incline board. Massive focus on Quads with those@@ericanderson7346
Proud to say I currently incorporate all of these tips already minus the weightlifting shoes one. I do own a pair but never thought they could be used on leg press the same way as a traditional high bar squat. Gonna dust off the old reebok legacy lifters for the next leg day so I can incorporate tip 5
Love the 30+ rep range leg extensions. EG setting it to 205, hitting 14 reps, fifteen second break, 8 more reps, fifteen seconds, 6 more reps, 10 second break, 5 reps, 10 second break, 4 reps etc. 3 minute break. set machine to 190, repeat. run that down the stack for 6-10 sets. can throw them in whenever no DOMs, doesn't take that long or create much systemic fatigue.
I really never leave comments on UA-cam videos but sir!!!!!!! I respect your knowledge of weightlifting and want to thank you for your informative videos. Clean/to the point !!!!!!
Excellent video Dr. Mike! I appreciate the detail to which you breakdown these leg exercises and how to optimize them. Quad development is a definite problem area for me. This video is gold for me!
Dr. Mike is so knowledgeable. I have completely changed my way of lifting weights. For the past 15 years of lifting, all I have done is heavy weight low rep Bro splits of once per week bodypart training. I did get up to 170 pounds with @ 16 1/2 arms. I was pretty jacked but always felt like I was resting way too long between bodyparts. I have just started working each muscle group twice weekly doing more deep stretch under load and TUT reps using medium to lighter weights versus heavy weights. I hope that training style will be the missing key to help me gain even more size without having to lift heavy as I am in my 40's now. I want to continue to lift injury free. I am way over the heavy weight ego lifting of my 20's and 30's
Mike, since I started watching your videos and taking tips my leg sessions have become insane. I just finished a session today and I didn’t only throw up but I had explosive diarrhea!!! Train insane or remain the same
good advice! i am older guy and i have been lifting over 30 yrs and this is in accordance with my experiences. every point makes sense. i appreciate it because there is a lot of bs and biased advices today (especially as for as leg development which is probably most challenging but most rewarding) which confuse beginners and direct them towards wrong way...
Just got some weightlifting shoes last week, had my first quad day with them today. Unbelievable difference on the hack squat I can’t recommend it enough.
Always enjoy your videos! What are the best exercises for leg strength and growth with a bad knee? (Loss of patellar cartilage due to repeated dislocations) Thanks!
Great advice as always! Can you do more of these videos for each muscle? I’d really like to see what you have to say about chest training. It’s the one muscle group I have the most trouble with
LOVE the "heavy leg extensions" point. So many people get this wrong. Q: I have bad knees, so "knees over toes" is very uncomfortable, so I do primarily hip sled. What rep range (and foot position) should I stick to for hypertrophy of my quads?
This Mr barely spoke about exercise. He spoke about main point concerning the body/exercise on how to actually grow your quads. This is a video that actually answer the question.
I use hiking shoes that I got from Decathlon for squatting, and the heel support is amazing for someone with terrible ankle mobility. I am one of those guys like Will Tennyson who can't even squat to parallel without the heel coming up.
I went through decathlon the other day looking for squatting shoes and didnt find shit, could u send me the name of the boots ? would be much appreciated, we're both ass-ankle-moblilty bros
One thing that I stole from the Calisthenic Movement channel is that, in one video, the guy talked about adding flexibility to your daily life and in one of the examples he was a doing a split while washing his teeth. I do the same but by squatting as low as I can go and putting myself in a position to stretch my ankles while I wash my teeth, also when I cook or read I do it on the floor so I can passive stretch my legs, I also stretch while studying languages in my phone, I also experimented with having my computer on the floor to stretch passively while I use it but I'm not flexible enough to find it comfortable for now, add flexibility to daily things, also stretch in between sets (it's not like you are doing anything else right? When you finish benching touch your toes).
bro with close stance flat shoes I cant get to paralle, if i widen my stance a bit i can but as u said it uses more adductors and glutes, so i wanna get shoulderwidth stance with heel elevation so i can atg my squats
@@alaaentabi7879 I've been trying to find my previous orders and i think i ordered it with somebody else's account. I'll get back to you with the exact item link today. If you want to see how they look like, I wear them in my latest squat videos.
Ive been taking the gym seriously for around 1-1.5 years now and Ive been doing an absolutely killer job on legs. For some reason, Ive just intuitively picked up on alot of these things for the most part. I have some pretty big legs and my friends always ask me for tips because at first they were confused why I was doing squats a certain way or not super heavy loading leg extensions. I wanted to watch this video and see if there were things I could learn (and there were) but its also funny how I was already doing some of these things. Makes me feel pretty damn good about my leg days.
Great tips! Could you possibly make a video talking about breathing and bracing for hypertrophy? Especially for barbell squats. I'm used to expending a lot of energy throughout a set bracing and re-bracing after breathing between reps with loads close to 1RM. I can handle up to sets of 5 this way with my quads being the limiting factor, but I haven't quite figured out the appropriate way to tone it down for sets of 10. So my cardio gives out before my quads have a chance to be a limiting factor. I've been training the 1 to 5 RM PRs so long that my technique is Pavlovian now.
I was literally just thinking about the shoe point you made the other day. I switched from my chucks to the air max 90s and felt an immediate difference.
Ive been doing maintenance volume for my quads for the last 12 weeks and have been using belt squats in 5-12 rep range alongside a couple of sets of elevated sissy squats in 10-20. What's nuts is the SFR is so great I feel like I've just slightly grown my quads with like 5 sets a week total. If you check all of the points mentioned in the video and furthermore adjust the technical minutae based on your individual needs the quad work becomes so satisfying. P.s. belt squats are the MVP
Video on pre exhaust? Some of the scientific literature says it doesn't recruit more of the target muscle...but as an advanced lifter honestly it has been a game changer for me. I dont have to load up as much weight on compounds, saving my joints, and i feel the muscle working way more
I never load up the plates on the leg press since I've found it to be one of the most dangerous lifts for my lower back. Once I have 5 plates on and my butt comes off the seat, I'm at risk of walking hunched over for a week. But, I do use it with much lower weight and single leg presses with a lot of focus on the eccentric part of the movement. A few months of that has really helped my stubborn quads. I'm with you on the high rep leg extensions. I keep the weight at about 40 or 50 and grind out as many as I can. Then I do cluster sets until I have nothing in the tank.
Amazing. I knew of single leg squats, but I never thought of them as a knee strengthening exercise for stronger knees. Definitely going to be doing them now, ecspecially since I just got cleared after having my knee arthroscopy several weeks ago. Nice variations as well 👍
Holy crap you're right. I've been doing higher reps on regular squats at home. Never maxed in the 12-14 rep range in the past but by the time I'm done my breathing is wrecked. To top it off I'm asthmatic. I do this because 1: first time working out in 16 years, 2: I have no spotter, 3: starting low, working my way up to make sure I don't injure my old ass.
As a compound movement hater I will probably never grow as big as others, but I can say, I have created some pretty wicked quads with nothing but nuking myself on the leg extension machine
Same. Seems like it would be higher than back squats. I’m going to go back to the belly squat video if I can find it and hopefully rep range is mentioned
I did find the video that was just the belt squat machine. It was called something like One Machine For Bigger Legs or something. Around the 6:24 mark you see Jared is programmed for 13 reps and Mike pushes the guest for 15 myo-reps I would guess 10-15
I'm used to do 20 BW squats X 10 rounds, with 20sec rest between. it does 200 Reps in under 7 min. i feeel so good doing it. i can do 3 circuits of that wich do 600 rep total. Last week tried to do it with 20kg kettlebells.
I wanna slap those cheeks and say THANK YOU. Your videos, every morning on the porcelain throne, are enormously helpful and motivating. I JUST had a leg day, quad focused with new weightlifting shoes you recommended in a video long past (always wore them nikes to weight train up until today). BOY LET ME TELL YOU....they are effective AF. The feel of stability, the ability of insane depth and ability to help me focus on my knees, heals n toes is amazing. So happy i got them per your advice and excited to see the difference in training/growth with them and your technique tips. Thanks again.
Hello Dr. Mike! I have a question: Why is it much easier to get cramps on the legs? I have cramps on calves and thighs very often, but I don't recall ever cramping my arms ever
science doesnt fully understand DOMs yet, but its mostly due to the size of the muscle and the force it has to exert (squatting is shittons of weight + huge range of motion), this is thought to cause tons of inflamation in the muscle. Fun fact but your quads alone are like the size of your chest, lats and deltoids COMBINED
Bigger muscles, need more hydration. If you get cramps, it's basically always a hydration issue. Either your body doesn't absorb fluids efficiently or you have a lack of fluids. Solution: More fluids (preferrably something with electrolytes, not just water) and/or magnesium supplements.
Hi dr Mike, would you consider implementing long length partial into your workout routine? If yes, please do a video of it, I’m really interested in learning this technique from you!
I remember when people would always say, You should NEVER let your knees go over your toes while doing squats. For years, I wondered why the hell squats felt so awkward, so much so that I just didn't do them because they felt so damn uncomfortable. Once I let go of that crap and started letting my knees go past my toes, my lower back felt better, my hips felt better, I was able to squat deeply with more confidence, and squats became fun. Glad people are catching on.
I always was leg dominant genetically, huge calves with no training, heavier squat than deadlift, and no lower boey injuries (while having injuries in almost every joint of my upper body - former pro judo fighter). My leg training was always focused on heavy, low rep squats, but I have recently tried leg extentions for high reps, and its just phenomenal. By the 12th rep, I already have crazy stimulus in my quads, by the 15th, I already lose the will the be alive.
Try a cluster set on the leg extension. Take a weight with what you can do 12 reps. Only do six reps and wait for 8 to 10 sec. Do again 6 reps. Repeat until you have done it 4 times with a total of 24 reps
same here. Cluster sets or drop sets at the end of an exercise gives you a super pump and your muscle will fail. Burns like hell when done properly @@marcus_ohreallyus
Hey Dr. Mike, love your videos!! quick question, is there a way to focus more on the vastus lateralis than on the medialis? or its not possible?. Thanks!!
That was outstanding and very informative Doc. No cussing, no sexual innuendo jokes, just great information. You are super intelligent and give great information in a clear and concise manor. I believe your channel will exponentially grow if you continue to present in the manner you did today. Thank you.
Hey Dr.Mike These videos are super informative and very helpful for me and my clients . I have been following you since a long time and have almost seen every video of yours . I myself am a personal trainer but don’t have in depth knowledge with in exercise science. Can you suggest what to study ? Any courses you would suggest to increase my knowledge. Thank you .
Leg extensions with 20+ reps are awesome. Used to 10-12 reps and got so much knee pain. 20+ reps get 0 pain and get insane pumps and stimulus
Slow eccentrics are great for knee pain in my opinion!
@@MrSmurf459yes, and a little pause on the Bottom
@@MrSmurf459 yep, I used to be a little scared to do them because everyone says they can destroy your knees, but once I started doing them in a much slower more controlled manner really focusing on the eccentric portion, I have not had any issues/pain & I found I could go much heavier than I had previously allowed myself to (still doing high rep ranges of about 15-20)
20+ resp burn like hell 🥵☠️
I can't. Leg extension are torture.
I prefer something between 8-15 reps. 👌
Higher reps Burns to much for me and my breathe rum out quickly 😮💨
Yep, I do a pyramid on leg extensions of 50, 30, 20,16,14,12, 10 reps while stepping the weight up 1 pin each time. Slow and controlled with a proper stretch. Also the Watson leg extension has the cam load it at the stretch more too which is ideal. After each set you feel like your legs are gunna exploded and have to jump out of the machine.
Recently started doing single leg for some variation this next meso.
Never had any knee pain at all which I sometimes did when I squatted.
I then do 3 sets of controlled leg press and my quads are fried.
Depth before Dishonour
We watched the same video!
VERY HONOROBURRR
That could go on a shirt 🔥
I’m getting a tattoo of this 🫡💯
@@anthonys7311fan of the young bull? 😂
Squat 5-10 reps
Leg Extensions 15-20->30 reps
Hack Squat 10-15 reps
Weight lifting shoes, elevated heel
Thanks!
How many sets?
Leg press?
Leg press 10-20
Why… you don’t squats and hack squats on the same day…
Nice! Keep training, folks. My best leg gains started kicking in at 42.
Me 2. Same age. But to be fair i barely trained them till recently😁
dad gains i see
@@altceva2016 I was only strength training and powerlifting tbf. Didn't shift to hypertrophy until I decided it was time to pack on some mass before age started to catch up with me.
Plus, the injuries caught me long ago 😅🥲
I’m 25 wtf
40 here, and I would def agree. Comes with smarter training and injury prevention.
1:26 "kness over toes." My brain pictured the Loch Ness monster politely stepping over my toes.
I love the fact that this guy's videos cut straight to the point. No BS in between. Just good quality information!!!
Dr. Mike this was one of your best videos. Please do one for, back/ chest training as well.
Still in the beginner stage (more so for legs. Neglected them due to injuries- but love training them now!) I had heard a while ago that on the concentric of a SLDL imagine scooting your heels forward as you rise. This gave me an insane MMC. Along with improved technique I try to somewhat apply this to the leg press by imagining I am sliding my feet up/ down the platform as I go through the reps. That REALLY got me in tune with my quads and helped with other movements as well. If anyone has other mental cues when they are working quads please share! (PS- I have been lifting again for a year after a 5 year hiatus. I thought I knew what I was doing before but Dr. Mike makes me feel a beginner all over again haha)
Try to point your toe upwards towards your leg bone (Dorsiflexion) on the leg extension, this fries my rectus femoris quad muscle which is neglected on regular squats.
@@The_Legend715you mean the (front calf) thing ?
How is the rectus femoris trained with ankle dorsiflexion, when its primary function is knee flexion as well as hip extension? If you want to train your rectus femoris, you have to lay back into an almost horizontal position, which allows said muscle to activate.@@The_Legend715
@@ClassicTordo you mean tibialis anterior?
Short, sweet, and to the point. Thank you sir!
Thanks!
Great content Dr. Mike!
KISS for quads. Deep squats and leg extensions are working great for me currently. ATG high bar, Platz front squats with extra heel elevation, leg extensions with focus on deep stretch. Also doing some body weight sissy squats for a few sets at the end of some leg days.
Platz style squats have really transformed by leg training. I'm 6'2" and used to feel squats in my glutes and low back, and I could never connect with my quads on front squats. I'm wearing a 20 mm heel rise shoe with an extra 1/2" elevation insole from Versalifts for my Platz work and now can finally make my quads the limiting factor.
Sink em deep!
Great job RP! Fast, easy to understand and very informative. Please do hamstrings next 🙏
loved this format quick to the point. great content! keep it up
0:37 whoa! Dr Mike hangin out with Jeff Nippard! Very cool.
As someone who always played the long femur card, when I became real with myself, I found I could squat deep just fine, working on your ankle mobility, dropping your ego and elevating your heels will do wonders.
P.S: Learn Front Squats, they will make your back squats 'squatier'
Long femur here too. I'm struggling but front squats are definitely good. Have pretty good dorsiflexion but my right ankle isn't as good so I'll work on that.
I did the same, I ignored my ankles then I started squatting heels elevated and realised it was 100% what limited me. Started doing ankle mobility work in earnest and combined with weight lifting shoes I pretty rapidly got to the point where I was sitting on the back of my heels with 3 plates instead of feeling like I was going to fall backwards even 1 degree past parallel.
My forearm to upper arm length ratio is too high to front rack the bar without bending the shit out of my wrists. Any alternatives to front squats!
@@ericanderson7346 same here, you can use straps to loosen the bend, or use the straps themselves to wrap around the bar, and grip the end of the straps, I would check Jeff Nippard video about Front Squats to learn about it
Also check alan thrall video on them, because as he said you might not have problem with your wrist or elbows but instead with your thoracic extension.
Jeff Video: ua-cam.com/video/v-mQm_droHg/v-deo.htmlsi=jOPSj1n6sgOriZSj
Alan Thrall Video: ua-cam.com/video/JrjGBPMIn0A/v-deo.htmlsi=_-X67cjGAHQ5DiTH
get lifting straps and put them on the bar and hold onto those instead of the bar. It takes all the tension and stress off your shoulders, elbows, and wrists. Or start doing Front or Zercher squats on an incline board. Massive focus on Quads with those@@ericanderson7346
Thanks! What are some weightlifting shoes that you would recommend?
Monster Power
Proud to say I currently incorporate all of these tips already minus the weightlifting shoes one. I do own a pair but never thought they could be used on leg press the same way as a traditional high bar squat. Gonna dust off the old reebok legacy lifters for the next leg day so I can incorporate tip 5
Love the 30+ rep range leg extensions. EG setting it to 205, hitting 14 reps, fifteen second break, 8 more reps, fifteen seconds, 6 more reps, 10 second break, 5 reps, 10 second break, 4 reps etc.
3 minute break. set machine to 190, repeat.
run that down the stack for 6-10 sets. can throw them in whenever no DOMs, doesn't take that long or create much systemic fatigue.
Ah yes ‘Kness over toes’ the lesser known cousin of ‘knees over toes’
My kness doesn't like going over toes, but my knees handle it ok
I really never leave comments on UA-cam videos but sir!!!!!!! I respect your knowledge of weightlifting and want to thank you for your informative videos. Clean/to the point !!!!!!
this advise heals my heart and knees
Excellent video Dr. Mike! I appreciate the detail to which you breakdown these leg exercises and how to optimize them. Quad development is a definite problem area for me. This video is gold for me!
So nice to see Ben Patrick's impact is reaching far and wide
Dr. Mike is so knowledgeable. I have completely changed my way of lifting weights. For the past 15 years of lifting, all I have done is heavy weight low rep Bro splits of once per week bodypart training. I did get up to 170 pounds with @ 16 1/2 arms. I was pretty jacked but always felt like I was resting way too long between bodyparts. I have just started working each muscle group twice weekly doing more deep stretch under load and TUT reps using medium to lighter weights versus heavy weights. I hope that training style will be the missing key to help me gain even more size without having to lift heavy as I am in my 40's now. I want to continue to lift injury free. I am way over the heavy weight ego lifting of my 20's and 30's
Quality content as always, thanks Dr. Mike!
Amazing video Dr Mike. You are the reason why my quads are finally growing
Mike, since I started watching your videos and taking tips my leg sessions have become insane. I just finished a session today and I didn’t only throw up but I had explosive diarrhea!!! Train insane or remain the same
good advice! i am older guy and i have been lifting over 30 yrs and this is in accordance with my experiences. every point makes sense. i appreciate it because there is a lot of bs and biased advices today (especially as for as leg development which is probably most challenging but most rewarding) which confuse beginners and direct them towards wrong way...
once again the goat dropping free lessons that others would charge thousands for ty dr.mike
Thanks Dr Mike.
I was leg pressing today and I was instinctively following your advice!!
Always learning with Dr. Mike 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
Just got some weightlifting shoes last week, had my first quad day with them today. Unbelievable difference on the hack squat I can’t recommend it enough.
I agree I bought some Reebok Legacy weight lifting shoes and they’ve definitely helped me squat better as I’ve got long legs
Tomorrow I’ll have one my two leg days I have during the week, what a great time to have watched this video! Thanks Dr Mike!
Always enjoy your videos! What are the best exercises for leg strength and growth with a bad knee? (Loss of patellar cartilage due to repeated dislocations)
Thanks!
Also curious
Great advice as always! Can you do more of these videos for each muscle? I’d really like to see what you have to say about chest training. It’s the one muscle group I have the most trouble with
Couldn’t have asked for a better video rn.
LOVE the "heavy leg extensions" point. So many people get this wrong.
Q: I have bad knees, so "knees over toes" is very uncomfortable, so I do primarily hip sled. What rep range (and foot position) should I stick to for hypertrophy of my quads?
Work on ankle mobility
Sled is definitely helpful for knee pain, Ben Patrick has got that right.
@@EGarza-mk2mk thanks, but ankle mobility isn’t going to help my PVNS.
That was really helpful with giving rep range based on experience, never thought about doing sets of 15-20 , def gonna implement them 👍
This Mr barely spoke about exercise. He spoke about main point concerning the body/exercise on how to actually grow your quads. This is a video that actually answer the question.
I use hiking shoes that I got from Decathlon for squatting, and the heel support is amazing for someone with terrible ankle mobility. I am one of those guys like Will Tennyson who can't even squat to parallel without the heel coming up.
I went through decathlon the other day looking for squatting shoes and didnt find shit, could u send me the name of the boots ? would be much appreciated, we're both ass-ankle-moblilty bros
yeah i need that too@@alaaentabi7879
One thing that I stole from the Calisthenic Movement channel is that, in one video, the guy talked about adding flexibility to your daily life and in one of the examples he was a doing a split while washing his teeth.
I do the same but by squatting as low as I can go and putting myself in a position to stretch my ankles while I wash my teeth, also when I cook or read I do it on the floor so I can passive stretch my legs, I also stretch while studying languages in my phone, I also experimented with having my computer on the floor to stretch passively while I use it but I'm not flexible enough to find it comfortable for now, add flexibility to daily things, also stretch in between sets (it's not like you are doing anything else right? When you finish benching touch your toes).
bro with close stance flat shoes I cant get to paralle, if i widen my stance a bit i can but as u said it uses more adductors and glutes, so i wanna get shoulderwidth stance with heel elevation so i can atg my squats
@@alaaentabi7879 I've been trying to find my previous orders and i think i ordered it with somebody else's account. I'll get back to you with the exact item link today. If you want to see how they look like, I wear them in my latest squat videos.
Thanks Mike, do a video series for every muscle! Very helpful
Ive been taking the gym seriously for around 1-1.5 years now and Ive been doing an absolutely killer job on legs. For some reason, Ive just intuitively picked up on alot of these things for the most part. I have some pretty big legs and my friends always ask me for tips because at first they were confused why I was doing squats a certain way or not super heavy loading leg extensions. I wanted to watch this video and see if there were things I could learn (and there were) but its also funny how I was already doing some of these things. Makes me feel pretty damn good about my leg days.
Can you share your tips and routine for quads?
Thank you for posting these I listen every day while I work out blessings
I just found this channel and feel late to a wealth of knowledge. Amazing info Doc!!
Great tips! Could you possibly make a video talking about breathing and bracing for hypertrophy? Especially for barbell squats. I'm used to expending a lot of energy throughout a set bracing and re-bracing after breathing between reps with loads close to 1RM. I can handle up to sets of 5 this way with my quads being the limiting factor, but I haven't quite figured out the appropriate way to tone it down for sets of 10. So my cardio gives out before my quads have a chance to be a limiting factor. I've been training the 1 to 5 RM PRs so long that my technique is Pavlovian now.
Look up the channel “squat university” he isn’t as funny as Mike but he is very knowledgeable & helpful/straightforward!
Do more cardio? A 10 rep squat to failure shouldn't be cardio limited imo.
@@miniweeddeerz1820 Maybe you need to squat heavier loads.
well it definitely can be a limiting factor@@miniweeddeerz1820
he adressed this in a recent video with Jeff Nippard: basically breathe normally on the way down, but right before you hit bottom you brace
Thank you, doc, great advice, love the video
Great video as always
I was literally just thinking about the shoe point you made the other day. I switched from my chucks to the air max 90s and felt an immediate difference.
Ive been doing maintenance volume for my quads for the last 12 weeks and have been using belt squats in 5-12 rep range alongside a couple of sets of elevated sissy squats in 10-20. What's nuts is the SFR is so great I feel like I've just slightly grown my quads with like 5 sets a week total. If you check all of the points mentioned in the video and furthermore adjust the technical minutae based on your individual needs the quad work becomes so satisfying. P.s. belt squats are the MVP
Can you please do a video on hamstrings. Thanks mate
Dr. Mike’s training videos are like my luscious chest pubs, all the way down to my ball fro.
Video on pre exhaust? Some of the scientific literature says it doesn't recruit more of the target muscle...but as an advanced lifter honestly it has been a game changer for me. I dont have to load up as much weight on compounds, saving my joints, and i feel the muscle working way more
Thank you for this!!!
Please show how to build hamstrings. Thnx🙏🧡
Thank u Dr. Mike and Team for this helpful video :)
Hamstrings when?
Watch the Kyron video for hams it’s soooooo good
@@bradcox1668can’t find it
Hamstrings don’t matter. Just don’t let anyone see your backside.
How to go deep on leg press without rounding /hurting your back?
I never load up the plates on the leg press since I've found it to be one of the most dangerous lifts for my lower back. Once I have 5 plates on and my butt comes off the seat, I'm at risk of walking hunched over for a week. But, I do use it with much lower weight and single leg presses with a lot of focus on the eccentric part of the movement. A few months of that has really helped my stubborn quads. I'm with you on the high rep leg extensions. I keep the weight at about 40 or 50 and grind out as many as I can. Then I do cluster sets until I have nothing in the tank.
Love you Dr Mike. You are the man 👍
very helpful, veryy concise- thank you
Love your stuff Dr Mike!
Thank you for all the great information
This video was great advice to follow and I will do what you advised Thank you
Excelent! Education, motivation and estheticism; lady, 4:25, wearing a wonderful shirt in synchronicity with red color on the machines😍
Great vid. What about legs in a basic home gym. I.e. dumbells Babel etc. Thanks
Amazing. I knew of single leg squats, but I never thought of them as a knee strengthening exercise for stronger knees. Definitely going to be doing them now, ecspecially since I just got cleared after having my knee arthroscopy several weeks ago. Nice variations as well 👍
Awesome pure gold thank you 😊
Holy crap you're right. I've been doing higher reps on regular squats at home. Never maxed in the 12-14 rep range in the past but by the time I'm done my breathing is wrecked. To top it off I'm asthmatic. I do this because 1: first time working out in 16 years, 2: I have no spotter, 3: starting low, working my way up to make sure I don't injure my old ass.
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Good luck!
Good luck 👍🏻
Get a life
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When do you use a belt??
How do you feel about belt squats? Leg press for quads what position do I want the backrest in, up or down?
I’ve always gone heavy on DLs, never really liked squatting. I think I’ll give this a shot👍
Love this short, to the points, format
As a compound movement hater I will probably never grow as big as others, but I can say, I have created some pretty wicked quads with nothing but nuking myself on the leg extension machine
Did leg press this morning. That slow, deep eccentric is a game changer.
Wow very informative, thanks
What rep range you think works best for belt squats? I have been loving these lately!
Same. Seems like it would be higher than back squats. I’m going to go back to the belly squat video if I can find it and hopefully rep range is mentioned
I did find the video that was just the belt squat machine. It was called something like One Machine For Bigger Legs or something. Around the 6:24 mark you see Jared is programmed for 13 reps and Mike pushes the guest for 15 myo-reps
I would guess 10-15
Great video. Thank you.
Thank you. This is great content.
Thank you Dr. Mike, it was most helpful! Appreciate it!🙏
I'm used to do 20 BW squats X 10 rounds, with 20sec rest between. it does 200 Reps in under 7 min.
i feeel so good doing it. i can do 3 circuits of that wich do 600 rep total.
Last week tried to do it with 20kg kettlebells.
I wanna slap those cheeks and say THANK YOU. Your videos, every morning on the porcelain throne, are enormously helpful and motivating. I JUST had a leg day, quad focused with new weightlifting shoes you recommended in a video long past (always wore them nikes to weight train up until today). BOY LET ME TELL YOU....they are effective AF. The feel of stability, the ability of insane depth and ability to help me focus on my knees, heals n toes is amazing. So happy i got them per your advice and excited to see the difference in training/growth with them and your technique tips. Thanks again.
This video resonates so much with me
Hello Dr. Mike! I have a question: Why is it much easier to get cramps on the legs? I have cramps on calves and thighs very often, but I don't recall ever cramping my arms ever
You don't walk on your hands all day
@benjamindavis2475 True, but is that all?
You need to gobble up a lot of bananas
science doesnt fully understand DOMs yet, but its mostly due to the size of the muscle and the force it has to exert (squatting is shittons of weight + huge range of motion), this is thought to cause tons of inflamation in the muscle. Fun fact but your quads alone are like the size of your chest, lats and deltoids COMBINED
Bigger muscles, need more hydration. If you get cramps, it's basically always a hydration issue. Either your body doesn't absorb fluids efficiently or you have a lack of fluids. Solution: More fluids (preferrably something with electrolytes, not just water) and/or magnesium supplements.
Hi dr Mike, would you consider implementing long length partial into your workout routine? If yes, please do a video of it, I’m really interested in learning this technique from you!
Great vid lads, we need back & bi's next
Good stuff here. Weightlifting shoes, I've found, are a game changer.
"depth before dishonor" would be a wicked team full ROM t-shirt!!
Wow, I'm actually using those rep ranges in all those exercises! 💪🏼
Exactly the video I've needed. Tore my ACL 2 years ago and that leg is still noticeably smaller than my uninjured one.
I remember when people would always say, You should NEVER let your knees go over your toes while doing squats. For years, I wondered why the hell squats felt so awkward, so much so that I just didn't do them because they felt so damn uncomfortable. Once I let go of that crap and started letting my knees go past my toes, my lower back felt better, my hips felt better, I was able to squat deeply with more confidence, and squats became fun. Glad people are catching on.
Ty I will be changing up my workout to do these tips hope my nee pain doesn’t pop up in deep squat
I always was leg dominant genetically, huge calves with no training, heavier squat than deadlift, and no lower boey injuries (while having injuries in almost every joint of my upper body - former pro judo fighter).
My leg training was always focused on heavy, low rep squats, but I have recently tried leg extentions for high reps, and its just phenomenal.
By the 12th rep, I already have crazy stimulus in my quads, by the 15th, I already lose the will the be alive.
Try a cluster set on the leg extension.
Take a weight with what you can do 12 reps.
Only do six reps and wait for 8 to 10 sec. Do again 6 reps. Repeat until you have done it 4 times with a total of 24 reps
That's kind of what I do. Actually, that kind of work will be great for any movement. I like to mix it up.
same here. Cluster sets or drop sets at the end of an exercise gives you a super pump and your muscle will fail. Burns like hell when done properly @@marcus_ohreallyus
Hey Dr. Mike, love your videos!! quick question, is there a way to focus more on the vastus lateralis than on the medialis? or its not possible?. Thanks!!
Thoughts on unilateral training for quads. Like lunges or bulgarians
That was outstanding and very informative Doc. No cussing, no sexual innuendo jokes, just great information. You are super intelligent and give great information in a clear and concise manor. I believe your channel will exponentially grow if you continue to present in the manner you did today. Thank you.
we fuckin love dick jokes though...
Squat 10 reps , hacksquats 5-10 sets 15 reps, leg press 20 , leg externsions 30 reps
Hey Dr.Mike
These videos are super informative and very helpful for me and my clients . I have been following you since a long time and have almost seen every video of yours .
I myself am a personal trainer but don’t have in depth knowledge with in exercise science.
Can you suggest what to study ? Any courses you would suggest to increase my knowledge.
Thank you .