Leg Exercises For Men: The Ultimate Muscle Building Hormone Stimulator

 

Very few of us love to train our legs. It’s just so much effort… But guess what? That extra effort also gives you extra rewards. Your legs contain the most muscle mass out of any other muscle group. So when you train them effectively, not only do you increase size and strength in your legs, but also due to hormone release, so does the rest of your body. This article will outline in detail what the best leg exercises for men are.

You probably already know how incredibly important training your legs is. But just in case you don’t, let’s bring up a few of facts.

- Stimulation releases the most IGF-1 and testosterone

- All of your power starts with your legs in almost any sport

- Proportion is very important to be considered “sexy”

- Legs are the most functional out of any other muscle group

There are a lot of dudes out there who only want to train their “flashy” muscle groups. So they neglect their legs. If they eat well and train their other “flashy” muscle groups well they will probably see some results. Suddenly, after a couple of months, they realize that they aren’t sexy at all. Girls aren’t smiling at them because they’re hot, the girls are smiling at them because they look like a baboon!

When it comes to attracting the opposite sex proportion is very important. So training only the “flashy” muscle groups is pointless. Not just that, but if you train to be proportional, it will result in your flashy muscles growing bigger than they would be if you strictly trained them by themselves. So for those dudes who only train biceps, you need to let this sink in. However, here’s some good exercises for biceps if you want to know which ones are the best.

The overall goal in training your legs is stimulating the 3 different sub-muscle groups in each leg. Your thigh is made up of your quadriceps, hamstrings, and glutes. An effective exercise will stimulate all 3 of these muscles evenly and intensely. This brings us to our first exercise.

Barbell Squats

This exercise is by far the most effective when trying to gain muscle on your lower body. It requires your entire body to execute it. It’s also one exercise that is famous for being performed incorrectly. Here’s how to do it properly.

Keep your heals planted on the floor at shoulder width apart, they should never leave the ground. Hold the bar up on your shoulders and look straight ahead at all times. Keep your back straight and chin up. Squat down until your knees are at 90 degrees. Never go further than 90 degrees because you could risk popping your knee out and causing serious damage.

Don’t be afraid to stick your ass out. You might think it looks silly but the fact is that sticking out your ass is the proper way to execute the exercise. It’s very important that you perform this exercise properly, both for safety and effectiveness. For weight gains, this will probably be the most effective exercise in your workout routine to gain muscle.

Dumbbell Lunges

Once again, this exercise involves your entire body. Many of the principles are the same as the squat. However, this time you will be training one leg at a time. This exercise still hits the quads, hamstrings, and glutes, but it focuses a little more on the hamstrings.

Hold two dumbbells at your sides. Take a generous step straight ahead with one leg. Keep your chin up and look straight in front of you. With your back straight and upright, lower yourself down until your front knee is at 90 degrees. Once again, never bend down further than 90 degrees.

Explode back up while maintaining perfect posture, return your foot next to your other foot, and then step ahead with your other leg. Keep doing this and count each leg as a separate rep. It’s really important that you keep your balance and form with this exercise.

When you start to tire you will notice that you become wobbly and ungraceful. This happens because your stabilization muscles near your hips are being taxed. This is yet another reason why this exercise is one of the best to include in your workout routine to gain muscle.

Standing Calf Raises

Many people forget to train their calves. This is a huge mistake. There is still a large amount of muscle left in your legs to train and stimulate allowing more IGF-1 and testosterone to flood your body. Calfs also can’t be over trained. In this way they are much like training your abs. The standing calf raise is a great way to isolate the calf muscle effectively.

Since you can find calf raise machines it’s pretty easy to execute this exercise properly. Like in the video, many people also use leg press machines as long as they have the raised platform. The important thing to note here is to ensure that you’re executing each rep with an absolute full range of motion. Keep your legs locked and straight for each rep.

That’s about it for legs. There are many other effective leg exercises out there, but these 3 complement each other and are extremely effective. I personally use these 3 in my workout routine to gain muscle. Don’t be the chump who looks like a baboon. Train smart and workout your legs weekly!

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