Squats doesn't work Rectus Femoris

Reminder that you'll never develop truly great quads with squats and squat-variants. An underdeveloped Rectus Femoris will always make your legs look sub-par.

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>The rectus femoris, the big muscle belly that ties the vastus lateralis and the vastus medialis together, doesn't grow much with squats. Why? Because it's a two-jointed muscle. It crosses both the hip joint and the knee joint and works as a flexor of the hip as well as an extensor of the knee.
>So when you squat down, the rectus femoris gets longer at the knee end, and shortens at the hip end. This means that it pretty much maintains its length and doesn't contract a whole lot.
>EMG-studies have shown that while the vastus muscles contract at a factor 100 during the squat, the rectus only contracts at a factor 50.

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Well, what does? I'm looking to add something to my leg day routine.

well the fucking google search i just did in 12 seconds says lunge but idk

You are chatting horseshit my man.

The source says single joint movement, so leg extension

I don’t lift to autistically make specific parts of my body bigger.

>tripshit manlet

hard cringe. fuck off and kill yourself, retard.

thats weird because mine are developing fine

Just because you're a lanklet with no gains doesn't mean everyone is.
That said, Isley you gotta lose weight man. You'll never be competitive strength-wise, but you used to be aesthetic.

Yes, they are developing, but they are still underdeveloped.

Knee extension movements without hip extension.
Leg ext, sissy squat, etc.

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Split squats would like to have a word with you, faggot

t. fat, shit looking manlet. post body/lifts you chicken shit faggot. i guarantee you look like a steaming pile of shit.

LMfao is thay a thing

this

>Not knowing what a sissy squat is

t. started lifting 3 months ago after reading SS

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>KONO DIO DA

Unless you do sissy squat like that in your pic or my pic related, there will be hip flexion involved while doing leg ext. and doing it on sissy squat bench.

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most people ego lift so it turns into a good morning squat where the weight is shifted from their weak legs to the back. if you don't feel your quads working you are doing it wrong.

this

I feel the lower part of my leg working but not the quads.

>hip extension
>hip flexion
learn to read pls

Hit a nerve did I?

Should your lower back not be engaged at all if you are doing a full AtG low bar squat?
You're giving me a paranoia, friend

the lower back is always engaged during squats/deadlifts, but you should not focus on it.
rather, you should focus on keeping a tight core.

good thing nobody that is mentally sane gives a fuck about legs lmao, only mentally ill bodybuilders do

lower back is part of the core, brainlet

>reading comprehension

This is why a variety of everything is good. Don’t get stuck on just one exercise

Kek

DO FRONT SQUATS YOU KEKS

Define "competitive". I can compete on the international platform. Although I'll never win.

>lower part of my leg

you mean calves? you're doing squats horrible wrong

So just keeping the lower back tight?
I've been focusing on keeping my pelvis tilted toward the ground, which is how I can assure that my core is engaged.
Does that sound right to you?

Its like half your body.

This was a thing before you were born

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Hex bar squat.

no, if you focus on keeping the lower back tight/arched, you will just hyperextend and then flex it.
no, don't focus on your pelvis either. it won't assure your core is engaged. it will probably do the opposite even.
what you want is to brace as if someone is going to punch you in the stomach, similar to how you brace when planking.
look up abdominal bracing (for squats) on youtube. chris duffin has some videos on it.

Explain yourself. Reading comprehension checks out.

Yea, do sissy squat, destroy your knee. Then possibly go and chock on a cock and burn in hell.

read my other posts. look up "abdominal bracing" and "core training" on youtube.

Why is this so funny to me

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But leg ext. has hip flexsion in it

How to get bigger tear drop? I know you can't isolate, but you can definitely focus

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This is the biggest part of my legs and I only do 3x5 high bar squats once a week at 120kg now. In fact I would say this particular muscle is strangely big in comparison to the rest of my leg musculature.

Please explain.

NOIIICE. What cycle?

so?
the other user said there's no hip extension, so you isolate your quads, rather than using your hamstrings/glutes.

samefag

>hip as well as an extensor of the knee.
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Jeff said a sissy squat will fucking kill you (don't do this!)

Once again. The lower back is on the other side of the abdominals and as such, is a part of the core.

Tom Platz says to squat with your quads

Isn't that just a deadlift?

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Hex bar is like a quarter squat, doesn't really help much.

>weighted wryyyyyyys

Wouldn't front squats help too? There's barely any hip flexion involved.

Imagine unironically doing this at a gym?

10/10

Oh, we're sissy squatting.
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I do nothing but squat and squat variations, and my legs are huge