In the past, I’ve made the statement that the muscles that generally separate a decent looking, muscular man from a bodybuilder are the traps, or trapezius and the lats, or latissimus dorsi muscles, or the “wings.”

That still stands, but that was only assuming you had legs that were developed at least enough to not have to wear sweat pants in 110 degree weather.  You know the type, the guys that have huge upper bodies, but will never, ever be seen wearing shorts.  The reason is simple, they are embarrassed of their legs being so small that they will suffer and sweat in the heat of their pants before ever considering taking them off to reveal their tiny sticks for legs.   Why would you want to be one of these guys?  You don’t want to be, so all you have to do is…

Just Train Your Legs

Wow, that was simple, but you already knew the answer.  We all know that if we want bigger, stronger, more attractive looking legs, we have to train them.  Speaking of attractive, a recent poll at bodysport.com cited that majority of females answered that the body part they notice the most on a man is his butt.  Well, if the ladies are looking at it, you want it to look good, and you can.  Let me give you a few tips on how to make leg training more bearable and possibly enjoyable.

1. Get Your Mind Right

If you’ve always told yourself that leg training sucks, you can’t get your legs to grow, or you hate leg training, well guess what.  No wonder it sucks.  If you fill your mind with negativity about something, you cant help but hate it.   The truth is, effective leg training is uncomfortable, it can even hurt.  Just keep in mind, any discomfort is only temporary, but the pain of forever having skinny, painfully disproportionate legs is permanent.  You need to first visualize your success.  Feel how awesome it would feel to have your legs as big as you want them to be.  Convince yourself that “leg day” is your favorite day and that you like working your legs more than any other body muscle group.  It probably won’t be true at first, but over time, as you start seeing results, your leg training experience will really back up the positive thoughts you were thinking.

1. Get In Some Cardio

Remember the last time you worked your legs really hard? Did you get nauseous, did you feel light headed or sick?  It’s so much easier to train legs efficiently when you are in good cardiovascular shape.  It would be a good idea to start doing a little cardio, if you don’t already.  The better cardiovascular shape you are in, the less nausea and light headedness you will experience.

1. Don’t Try To Explode In One Day

You don’t have to set a new squat record every time you lift your legs.  You don’t even have to do squats if you don’t want too, or if you have physical limitations that don’t allow you too.  Start out slow and let your legs adapt to your training over a few weeks.  Slowly add more and more weight, sets, and reps as you go.  If you start training your legs consistently, they will start to grow.  If you work them, they will grow.

1. Work Your Legs

Huge Legs

Your legs contain a huge amount of muscle.  They make up almost half of your body’s muscle mass, why would you not want to work them?  Since the leg muscles are so big, working them burns a ton of calories.  Since they are such a large muscle mass, working them creates a major anabolic effect.

So stop dealing with skinny, underdeveloped sticks for legs.  Get ready to take off the sweat pants, or never need to put them on in the first place.  If you train them, they will grow.

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