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post 1663423563 06-25-2022, 08:20 AM
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Why do some of yall want huge legs?

I dont get it.

My legs used to be ~29 inches (~500 lb squat 315 lb hang power clean so obviously muscular) and it completely sucked.

Can't fit into any jeans and you don't look athletic. You look fat if you wear baggy clothes, etc.

It's not like my upper body was small (could bang out 23 pullups) but my legs still made my upper body look relatively small.

Life is so much better now that my legs are smaller.
post 1663423933 06-25-2022, 08:34 AM
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I'm in the same boat as you these days OP. My lower body training these days is more about joint health and becoming more athletic. I still do a little hypertrophy work but fuk doing chit like heavy 5x10 squats and such i would rather build more muscle in my upper body and be fast on my feet.
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post 1663424403 06-25-2022, 08:49 AM
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when chicks feel your thighs for the first time and their eyes get wide...

easy pants solution, but pants that fit your thighs and crotch, then have a tailor take in the waist.
post 1663425293 06-25-2022, 09:12 AM
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Well this is a bodybuilding forum sooo….

I’m just trying to be proportionate. 20+ years of lifting I figured a long time ago I would never be massive without gear.
post 1663425533 06-25-2022, 09:20 AM
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lol @ 29 inch legs "huge"
post 1663425703 06-25-2022, 09:23 AM
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I’m a 6’3 natty. Legs will forever be small no matter how much I lift. I have accepted this many moons ago
post 1663426093 06-25-2022, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted By Gaedj⏩
I dont get it.

My legs used to be ~29 inches (~500 lb squat 315 lb hang power clean so obviously muscular) and it completely sucked.

Can't fit into any jeans and you don't look athletic. You look fat if you wear baggy clothes, etc.

It's not like my upper body was small (could bang out 23 pullups) but my legs still made my upper body look relatively small.

Life is so much better now that my legs are smaller.
As a mens physique competitor our entire division is a punch line of “haha skipping leg day”

But I totally agree with OP. Big legs make you less aesthetic to the average person AND makes you less athletic in any sport that requires endurance

I don’t advocate skipping working out legs entirely, definitely still exercise and train them to be strong. I just don’t for myself try to maximize growth in quads, hams, glutes since having those large makes you look overweight in clothes and will make you slower with less endurance in sports

I do however believe in maximizing every bit of calf growth one can get
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post 1663426133 06-25-2022, 09:36 AM
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So when people comment on my small Dink I can just blame legs making it look smaller, semi srs.
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post 1663426293 06-25-2022, 09:40 AM
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I am Indian and let me tell you that no one cares about your huge legs
post 1663426463 06-25-2022, 09:43 AM
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lean and strong better than stupidly thick and over muscled...sheesh at having to walk like you chit yourself
post 1663426873 06-25-2022, 09:55 AM
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I just want strong flexible legs so I can kick high and KO them











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post 1663427633 06-25-2022, 10:17 AM
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I went through both phases. In soccer I always have big legs but they were lean and aesthetic. Then when I went the powerlifting training route they got huge. But I never felt they got to a point of being unaesthetic or annoying. Just finding jeans to fit, but then stretchy jeans got more popular so that helped.

I think it depends on you body type too. Big legs are for power. If you want aesthetics then yea, I'd go for the more athletic look. Everything fits better too haha.
post 1663429893 06-25-2022, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted By Schnitzl⏩
lol @ 29 inch legs "huge"
Lmao. My quads were legitimately bigger than my powerlifting buddy who weighed 240 lb and squatted 550 and pulled ~650. He was on gear too.

And I only weighed 215 lb at the time (6'0 tall).
post 1663429973 06-25-2022, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted By BoaBite⏩
As a mens physique competitor our entire division is a punch line of “haha skipping leg day”

But I totally agree with OP. Big legs make you less aesthetic to the average person AND makes you less athletic in any sport that requires endurance

I don’t advocate skipping working out legs entirely, definitely still exercise and train them to be strong. I just don’t for myself try to maximize growth in quads, hams, glutes since having those large makes you look overweight in clothes and will make you slower with less endurance in sports

I do however believe in maximizing every bit of calf growth one can get
Yup. Big legs got annoying pretty fking quick when I started training MMA. There are a few MMA fighters with pretty big legs but they are def not the norm.
post 1663430003 06-25-2022, 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted By DeadlyStriker⏩
I went through both phases. In soccer I always have big legs but they were lean and aesthetic. Then when I went the powerlifting training route they got huge. But I never felt they got to a point of being unaesthetic or annoying. Just finding jeans to fit, but then stretchy jeans got more popular so that helped.

I think it depends on you body type too. Big legs are for power. If you want aesthetics then yea, I'd go for the more athletic look. Everything fits better too haha.
Big legs will look especially worse if you have proportionally short legs for your height.
post 1663430143 06-25-2022, 11:14 AM
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Originally Posted By Peacening⏩
I'm in the same boat as you these days OP. My lower body training these days is more about joint health and becoming more athletic. I still do a little hypertrophy work but fuk doing chit like heavy 5x10 squats and such i would rather build more muscle in my upper body and be fast on my feet.
Yup. Used to do dumb chit like squatting everyday working up to a daily max and doing a chit ton of volume with back off sets. Increased my squat by 50 lbs in a couple of months and destroyed my knee in the process Lol.
post 1663430213 06-25-2022, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted By iloveus⏩
I just want strong flexible legs so I can kick high and KO them











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post 1663431003 06-25-2022, 11:34 AM
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I'm 5'11" and very balanced for the upper and the lower. When I first started lifting, I squatted. I naturally have HUGE calves and big upper legs. I cannot look like chicken legs even with no leg workout. With squatting, my upper legs blew up and it just made me look stocky...shorter, lowered the asthenic's God already gave me at birth.

Leg workout is just swimming, running and jumping.
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post 1663431153 06-25-2022, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted By Gaedj⏩
Big legs will look especially worse if you have proportionally short legs for your height.
Very true. Probably why mine never looked bad. I'm all legs so it still looked athletic and not stumpy.
post 1663431313 06-25-2022, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted By Casca⏩
I'm 5'11" and very balanced for the upper and the lower. When I first started lifting, I squatted. I naturally have HUGE calves and big upper legs. I cannot look like chicken legs even with no leg workout. With squatting, my upper legs blew up and it just made me look stocky...shorter, lowered the asthenic's God already gave me at birth.

Leg workout is just swimming, running and jumping.
Yup same. My legs will never be small. I look at some dudes and my kneecap (bone) is 2x wider than theirs haha.
post 1663431603 06-25-2022, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted By DeadlyStriker⏩
Very true. Probably why mine never looked bad. I'm all legs so it still looked athletic and not stumpy.
100%. You look at someone like Usain Bolt (apparently has 29-inch thigh) and he still looks athletic cause of his build.
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post 1663431723 06-25-2022, 11:50 AM
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imagine working really hard to make your dink look smaller
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Originally Posted By Ratfish⏩
imagine working really hard to make your dink look smaller
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You had 29" legs? That means you were fat lol

24"-25" is the ideal quad size
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Big natty legs are perfect
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Because if you have the lower body than it's easier to get the upper body, but if you don't have the lower body is it's harder build the upper body, cause you need the lower body before you get the upper body, if you don't lower body then you don't upper body, cause you need the lower body to get the upper body...


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post 1663432673 06-25-2022, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted By WishIWasJawBrah⏩
You had 29" legs? That means you were fat lol

24"-25" is the ideal quad size
I wasnt shredded but I def wasn't fat. I wish I had my old pic saved so I could show you but I was known as the guy with the biggest quad + most insane quad separation among bodybuilders & powerlifters in my uni gym, lmao. Years of oly weightlifting + squat + my leg genetics made my leg blow the fk up Lol.

This is my legs after I completely stopped training legs for the past 5+ years (just some cardio every now and then). My legs used to be a lot bigger with wayy more definition during my oly lifting days.

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Originally Posted By Ratfish⏩
imagine working really hard to make your dink look smaller
Yea but in jeans the hams and glutes make your bulge look ridiculous




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