![]() ![]() ![]() HOW TO | When targeting weak outer quads, the key is to keep your feet close together (less than shoulder-width apart) and to point your toes straight ahead. That advice holds true for leg presses or any other squat variation as well.SOLUTION | Hack squat with a narrow stance.WEAKNESS | Outer thighs (vastus lateralis) Do these for a few months and your lower quads will cease to be a weakness. But here’s the trick: Because the vastus medialis works hardest when the knee is fully bent, I suggest using a range of motion where you go all the way down (as far as you can without your lower back coming up off of the pad), but rise only three-quarters of the way back up on every rep. HOW TO | The best way to develop the “teardrop” that every guy wants (or should want) is to do leg presses.WEAKNESS | Lower inner thighs (vastus medialis) For troubleshooting any or all of these areas, I suggest taking the following action: Your quads are made up of several distinct areas, any of which can lag behind the others. ![]() But with countless hours in the gym, hammering away at those areas that were developmentally deficient, I built a pair of legs absent of any apparent flaws. (Not quite on par with Tom’s, of course, but respectable in any case.) Don’t worry - my thighs weren’t always that strong either. In my opinion, only one man can make a legitimate claim to owning the greatest pair of legs in bodybuilding history: Tom Platz. Unfortunately, you’re not him, which means you’ve got a weakness or two below the belt. ![]()
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