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Most bodybuilders believe that they have to prioritize barbell squats for the best and fastest thigh development. Not true…
In fact, the barbell squat is inferior to some other more biomechanically correct exercises, which trigger maximum loading and growth stimulation in all the muscles of the front thigh. [Read more…]
Q: I tried your updated version of Mike Mentzer’s quad workout. Took less than six minutes. Great, but I don’t have a machine to end with cable squats. I did barbell squats after my two sets of sissies instead. Is that my best home-gym option? I have a squat rack. [Read more…]
Q: You mentioned that Arnold never used sissy squats [a quad stretch-position exercise]. I know that Tom Platz did them a lot. Do you think that may be one reason Platz had such freaky quads? Did Arnold miss the boat? [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
