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The 3 Best Exercises For Building Bigger, Stronger Quads

Boost your performance and fortify your lower body with these moves - by BJ Gaddour
  • 11 Apr 2017
The 3 Best Exercises For Building Bigger, Stronger Quads

When you pull on your swim trunks this summer, will your thighs be easy on her eyes?

Even more important: quadriceps strength, which is critical for knee health, squatting, running, and jumping. The three moves below will take you from Chicken Legs to Quadzilla.

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Barbell Front Squat

Squatting with the weight in front provides a counterbalance that helps you keep your trunk upright, shifting the load onto your quads.

Go harder: Elevate your heels by wearing Olympic lifting shoes or by placing them on weight plates. Do 5 sets of 5 with a weight that allows you to maintain good form.

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Leg Extension Machine

This zeros in on your quads by preventing other muscles from helping. Your quads will be under max metabolic stress to ignite growth.

Do 3 sets of 8 to 12 reps, pausing for 2 seconds at the top of the move and taking 3 seconds to lower the weight. No machine? Do 5 sets of 60-second wall sits.

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Body-Weight Lunge

This classic move forces the entire muscle to work to maintain your balance. Do it regularly and your quads will explode.

The best way: End your workout with 5 to 10 minutes of nonstop walking lunges in open space or on a treadmill set at a 1 percent incline and a speed of 1 mph.

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