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Q: Your newsletter on sprinter thigh development was thought-provoking. I have to wonder how those athletes, along with oval-track cyclists, get such good development without full-range work. Cycling is especially puzzling because pedaling a bicycle is very short range.
A: Not to mention the quad development of speed skaters, who also use limited range of motion… [Read more…]
My daughter and her firefighter husband-to-be were over again, grilling me about my training and theirs… [Read more…]
I mentioned sissy squats as my ideal quad exercise. Even without weight, it’s given my thighs a solid muscular look at age 62.
But since I recently purchase a cable machine, I’ve been rotating in another ideal move named after the guy who kind of invented it—biomechanics expert and Mr. Universe winner Doug Brignole… [Read more…]
Q: I am blown away by your Positions-of-Flexion training. My gains have been unreal since I started using some of the three-position POF bodypart programs in the 3D Muscle Building e-book]. My question is that I’ve had knee surgery and therefore have some pain doing sissy squats [the stretch-position exercise for quads]. Is there a sissy squat substitute?
A: Ironically, we’ve had a couple of inquiries about finding a sissy squat substitute this week. The sissy squat is THE full stretch-position move for quads because the legs and torso remain on the same plane through the entire set. That provides full elongation in the quads in the bottom position. [Read more…]
Q: I need more outer quad sweep. A guy at the gym told me to use a narrow stance on squats, but that feels a bit unnatural to me. Will that actually help build the outer quads?
A: We asked our colleague and research maven Jerry Brainum about developing outer quad sweep before. Here’s what he had to say… [Read more…]
Q: I’m so frustrated. I constantly hear and read bodybuilders saying that you have to do free-bar squats to get big. You even put squats as the Ultimate Exercise for quads in your Ultimate Mass Workout e-book. It’s supposedly the best quad exercise and also stimulates overall mass gains. But I always get hurt when I squat heavy. My lower back
A: Some trainees simply aren’t built for free-bar squats. Because of leverage factors—usually long legs, the upper body pitches forward, which can put the lower back at risk.
