The Importance of Leg Development

A lot of beginners when starting a weight routine, and I've actually even seen it with people who have been working out for years, fail to give their legs the workout they deserve. Working out your upper body is great but if you forget to workout your legs or if you skimp out on your leg workout then your basically trying to build a house with no foundation. If you think about it your legs are what carry your body's weight, if their not properly trained this will end up hurting your gains up top as well.

Building a massive set of legs will not only help to improve your body's foundation and ability to hold more weight, which will in turn help you to increase your gains in your upper body, but it will also help your body to look proportional. Everybody has seen this at some point a guy walks out on to the beach or the gym and he has a massive upper body with these little chicken legs, it always makes for a good laugh.

Some great exercises that help to develop your leg strength and size are squats, leg presses, calf raises, and leg curls. A note of caution; when performing squats it is absolutely essential that you keep your back straight and that you do not use too much weight, this exercise when done wrong even by a little bit can cause some pretty serious injuries.