By Dane C. Fletcher

You’re searching for ways to build leg muscles, so it’s probably a safe guess that your feel your leg muscle development lags that of your peers. It’s okay – over half of bodybuilders have legs that aren’t on par with their upper bodies, and only a small handful of bodybuilders have legs which dwarf their upper bodies. The simple fact of the matter is that legs are very tough to develop! You can, however, improve your lot by hitting them hard, hitting them frequently, and giving them the nutrients they need to grow.

Heavy training should be a must. If you think you already train legs heavy – you don’t. Unless you have suffered from a serious injury, you should be training legs with something along the lines of 1.5 times your body weight for squats in the 6 to 10 repetition range. Anything less than that, and it’s time to double up your squatting efforts!

Look at your training frequency. Do you hit legs once per week? If so, then it’s obvious that 1 workout for them every 7 days is not adequate for meeting the goals you have set. Alter that to once every 5 days, and see if the results don’t improve as well. Or put legs on their own training rotation – hit them the first day they’re not sore – and you’ll always see new growth!

Don’t go overboard with the cardio training. Many bodybuilders will burn up their valuable leg muscle with tons of unnecessary cardio. Cut back the cardio and manipulate your carbohydrate intake in order to make changes to your body fat situation.

Be sure you are giving your body adequate nutrition to recover – and grow – following your tough workouts. You cannot expect to chomp down a junior body after 90 minutes of grueling leg training, and honestly believe you are going to see those legs grow a bit. However, a 16 ounce strip steak and three baked potatoes could lead you to some serious new muscle growth!

Finally, if you are interested in using anabolic steroids, one benefit of their use is that most users see the deltoids and quads explode in their first three months of use. These areas are packed with muscle receptors, so you will enjoy some growth! Just be wary of their side effects, and avoid breaking the law in order to obtain them. You sure can’t improve or build leg muscles when you’re walking around the prison yard all day, right?

To build leg muscles, you have to challenge the legs to do things they have never done before. In other words, your legs are only as big as you’ve forced them to become, or allowed them to become. You train them harder and more frequently – and give them more nutrients for recovery – and you will certainly see them grow, if only for their own survival. The muscles of our body adapt to the challenges with which they are presented – you just have to present them with tougher challenges!

Dane Fletcher is the world’s most prolific bodybuilding and fitness expert and is currently the executive editor for BodybuildingToday.com. If you are looking for more bodybuilding tips or information on weight training, or supplementation, please visit www.BodybuildingToday.com, the bodybuilding and fitness authority site with hundreds of articles available FREE to help you meet your goals.

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