Best Exercise for Huge Legs
Seems nobody likes to train legs nowadays. You see people in gyms. They can do actually several things there:
- socialize
- bench
- work their biceps
- work their abz
- work their biceps from different angle
- work their abz some more with the faith to see them someday and etc.
It's a HUGE mistake to neglect you legs in your training. Legs are 60% of your body. They need to be trained as well as the rest of it. Training legs is a fast track to getting big (remember 20-rep routines?). Anyway, who wants those toothpick legs? Why not to have all the package? Legs need to be trained as hard as the rest of your body. It's a no-brainer.
Look at the picture above. This is Tom Platz. He was a possessor of the most impressive legs in bodybuilding (and by 'bodybuilding' I mean those times when it was a sport of masculinity, beauty and grace not who-can-buy-and-inject-more-drugs sport).
How did he manage to obtain such legs? He had one secret exercise in his arsenal. Read on.
Deadlifting at Home
The Deadlift. Exercise that involves pretty much all the muscles in your body into action while none of them go through full range of motion. One of the most productive exercises on earth while one of the hardest. One of the simplest exercises in setup. Benefits of the deadlift are endless. Besides, it's one of my favorite exercises (:
You will always notice a good deadlifter in the crowd. Good deadlifter is a lucky possessor of massive traps, shoulders, lats, forearms and legs. And these are just visible bonuses. Good deadlifter (not stupid deadlifter) is a possessor of strong and healthy posterior chain. And posterior chain is one of the main muscles in your body if your goal is strength and performance. Strongmen use to say: "If you want strength then train your back". Forget about curls and crunches. Leave them for sissies. Build your back and get big and strong!
Wondering how? Read on.
Sandbag Shouldering
If I were on uninhabited island and I were doomed to do only one exercise it definitely would be the deadlift. Its results are proven by centuries and it has the most impact on muscle building and overall strength gains. And of course it's one of my favorite exercises (: But there is one little problem. There is no barbell and no plates on this island. There's only sand and your thick-cloth bag around. No big deal. Shoulder it!
Shouldering is as old as sandbags are. Oldtime strongmen used to shoulder great poundages in order to build tremendous strength. The strongest of them could shoulder 100 kg (225 lbs) sandbag with one arm! I doubt that there are any men today who could replicate this feat of strength. Sandbag shouldering is lost feat of strength but it is definitely worth of returning. And I'm here to make it happen (:
Sandbag Shouldered (:
Sandbag shouldering is a simple exercise. Literally, you lift the sandbag off the floor and to the shoulder. No hidden context. But let me warn you, don't be fooled by its simplicity. It's hard as hell when done with decent poundages. It's a test of willpower when done for high reps. Those who say that sandbag shouldering is easy definitely haven't done it heavy and/or for high reps. Save whining for those pussies. Real men choose sandbag shouldering as one of the main tools in their arsenal for transformation in rough beasts.
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