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Legs the size of Mini Coopers. If you're avoiding the squat rack, it's time to give that daydream a rest. The squat is one of the most revered choices in the exercise catalog because of its uncanny ability to pack muscle onto your wheels. Bodybuilding greats (and squat scholars) eight-time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman and two-time Arnold Classic winner Kevin L[...]

Hamstrings are the ultimate bodybuilding bodypart. After all, most every other athlete trains them--if they train them--for injury prevention. You rarely notice hams of note on a nonbody-builder, and even most bodybuilders lack the density and dieted-down details to wow a crowd with rear-leg heft or vertical-blind lines. In this article we help you hammer y[...]

One of the most common complaints of aspiring body-builders looking for balance from head to toe is that they just can't get their quads to grow. If this describes your situation, I offer one solution that could help: pre-exhaustion. See, the problem many people have is that their biggest muscles (in this case, the quads) are much stronger in comparison t[...]

Back in the early 1960s, when Arnold Schwarzenegger began his competitive bodybuilding career, his calves were virtually nonexistent. At the time, calf development was not top priority in the sport, especially in Europe. Consequently, he, like most of his fellow Austrian bodybuilders, neglected to train them. Then, in 1966,19-year-old Schwarzenegger entered[...]

With more meat than a deli counter, and tricked out with vertical ravines and horizontal etchings, quadriceps can be showstoppers. Unfortunately, most bodybuilders never maximize their quads, because they are forever shortchanging their leg workouts. This month, we'll examine the most frequent quad-training blunders and lay out a course of action for correct[...]

He was at his best nearly a quarter of a century ago he finished 3rd in the 1981 MR.O, but no one since has matched Tom Platz's combination of conscious-altering size and cross-striated definition. He was legendary for his workout intensity. He reports that while weighing less then 230 pounds, he squatted eight reps with 635 pounds and 52 reps with 350[...]

It's so brutally simple, a caveman could have invented it. Drape a heavy weight across your shoulders, bend at the knees as you lower your butt toward the ground. then give everything you've got to explode back up to an upright position. The squat is a fundamental, universal and central movement in weight training without it. men on pro bodybuilding stages w[...]

The most stubborn and hard to develop body part for most bodybuilders is definitely a pair of diamond shaped calves. Even at the professional level, a great pair of calves is seldom seen on stage. I think there are a few reasons why this is the case, especially in today's bodybuilders as opposed to bodybuilders from the past. Firstly, the top reason that ca[...]

Jay Cutler knows quads. Not only is he propelled through life on two of the world's widest wheels, but he has also analyzed how to train, rest and diet to make those legs bigger and better. Do you know what he knows? OK, hotshot, prove it. Grab a number-two pencil and take the Cutler quad quiz. No cheating (Cutler advocates strict form) and no talking (Cut[...]