Favorite Leg Exercises

[elit3keraed]

So outside of hack squats and barbell squats, I am curious what some of your favorite leg exercises or even just intensity techniques are.

After dealing with issues from my hamstring surgery for 18 months, I stumbled across egoscue and it completely changed my posture which has actually improved my lower body response to training. I can feel the actual targeted muscles work. Like an improved MMC.

Having discovered smith machine RDLs (discovered I have horribly weak psoas which is preventing my from keeping my low back arched during traditional RDLs) I’ve made them a staple in leg days as they help me get a better stretch without compromising my low back while I work on strengthening my psaos.


But it’s got me wondering what some of y’all’s favorite exercise (or even just intensity techniques like drop sets, giant sets etc) are

 

[WED]

pendulum squats

 

[Oran Juice Jones]

Hack Squats

Sissy Squats a close second


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[Rot-Iron66]

Had a Pendulum SQ at one of the gyms I was going to (they had this machine for 20 yrs and no one touched it) but I liked it and used it.
I got a Belt Squat for my home gym last year, and its easily a favorite now. Getting harder to load my spine these days w/ heavy weights (but I still do) just not as often.
The Belt-Sq actually decompresses the spine while working legs heavy. I do also have one of those Powertec Leverage Squats as well, a really good machine.
The guy I got it from was a Powerlifter and he welded wider foot plates on it since those are fairly narrow. Also works well.

I'm having a bigger garage built so I can move my gym out there and "finish" the old "under the house" double-garage into more living space.
So Im thinking a "hack / leg press" unit might be in my future. Havent done them since leaving the last broccoli-head hangout. (AKA 'gym').

Got my normal Power-rack for squats and also a Smith...

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[Meetketchup]

pendulum squats FTW

Also Donkey Calves

 

[Bigdaddyjak]

leg workouts !!
My calves are like 20” , I just wear long shorts . Looks like big legs !!

 

[elit3keraed]

pendulum squats FTW

Also Donkey Calves

pendulum squats

Definitely been considering switching over to the metroflex that is around the corner from my house since they have a pendulum squat. Saw it on a YouTube video and thought it looked like a great machine.

 

[HFO4]

100% pendelum squats

 

[Bigdaddyjak]

I actually started like 5 weeks ago (I havnt done legs in YEARS) , I made an attachment to do belt squats and it works great

 

[Battlecat]

Love belt Squats and split squats on a hack press machine

 

[Big91mike]

Bulgarian split squats

 

[zwhit]

Belt squat, split squats, lunges, DB RDL, leg press for the most part. Been trying to incorporate some landmine stuff but still new to it

I don't like loading my spine often anymore and closed chain movements bother my knees if I overuse them. Still use them just less these days. I like pendulum squats but strained my quad pretty bad last go round with it so been avoiding it lol. Just gotta stop being dumb when I'm dieting down

 

[Wardamn]

Pendulum Squats and Banded hacks

 

[E.J.D]

Use to be front squats and Smith Machine calf raises.... Now it's only calf raises lol...

 

[Bullseye Forever]

My favorite is leg presses now I can’t do squats anymore until I have this second surgery on my neck and I can’t put and lay a bar on my back if my neck so leg presses Is my favorite