The visitor looked at me when I was finished doing 20 reps with the second set of 315 lb and asked, ‘I thought you weren’t in the mood to train hard?’ I said I wasn’t, but what the heck, squats are easy. But as mentioned, I never struggled, for some reason I felt that was straining, avoiding that because I felt it did nothing for except cause pain. Then I added 90 lb more and did another 18 to 20 reps and continued in that fashion, adding weight, while cutting the reps and always working up to where I would do only one to three reps with 645 lb usually, but occasionally working up to 695 lb and by then I already completed 75 to 80 reps. Here are his own words on one day of squatting when he was over 70 years old: John Grimek and the SquatĪnother big proponent of the squat was marvelous John Grimek. It “helped him with separation and shape of legs”, whatever this means. The second most useful exercise in Tom Platz’s leg development was Hack Squats. He was the one who popularized the squat in California back in the day. After that, he had become known as great squatter and possessor of the most impressive legs in bodybuilding. Tom Platz’s legs never grew until he was exposed to the Squat at 16 or 17.

I’m sure it took long time. It would be a mistake for beginner to jump in such routine but it could be a long (I mean LONG) term goal.

* Squats performed deep and strict and pyramided to more than 600 pounds.

Lying leg curls for 6-10 sets of 10-15 reps.

Leg extensions for 5-8 sets of 10-15 reps.

Here’s an example of Tom Platz Leg Workout It’s not suitable for powerlifting because you can’t use as much weight. Tom learned to squat from Olympic weightlifters back in the day.

Check out this video of him squatting 500 lbs for 23 reps: He claimed many times that it was the single best exercise not only for legs, but for the whole body. The Squat was a staple in Tom Platz’s workout routines throughout his career. No other exercise will bring you same awesome results. The single best exercise for developing leg size. How did he manage to obtain such legs? He had one secret exercise in his arsenal. He was possessor of the most impressive legs in bodybuilding (and by ‘bodybuilding’ I mean those times when it was a sport of masculinity, beauty and grace). Anyway, who wants those toothpicks? Why not to have the entire package? Legs must be trained as hard as the rest of your body. Training legs is a fast track to getting big (remember 20-rep routines?). It’s a HUGE mistake to neglect legs in your training. – work their abz some more with the faith to see them someday and etc. People in commercial gyms can do several things: Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.ġ)This video has no negative impact on the original works (It would actually be positive for them)Ģ)This video is also for teaching purposes.ģ)It is positively transformative in nature.Ĥ)I only used bits and pieces of videos to get the point across where necessary.It seems that nobody likes to train legs nowadays. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. * Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, commenting, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Please email us if you have any concerns at COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Our understanding is that it is in correlation to Fair Right Use, however given that it is open to interpretation, if any owners of the content clips would like us to remove the video, we have no problem with that and will do so as fast as possible. We do not own the clips and music we use in most cases. We make these videos to motivate people and inspirate them for better workout.

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