Once you begin to train for bodybuilding
competition, you have to be conscious of many more aspects of leg
muscles development - full muscle shape, greater striations, cross striations,
complete muscle separation, the mass of the thighs developed in
proportion to the rest of the body. To achieve this you need to demand
even more from your leg training, making already difficult workouts
almost impossible by using every one of the Shocking Principles you can.
Supersetting leg training, for example,
can really deplete you. The thighs are the biggest muscles in the body
and when you start doing two or more sets without resting you can easily
drive yourself to total exhaustion unless you are in great condition.
You can superset within the same muscle - Squats and Leg extensions, for
example - or back to front with Lunges and Leg Curls. But all of this
intensity is for a purpose: to do everything possible to develop every
part of the thigh.
At this level, you need to be extremely
honest with yourself, looking at your thighs and accurately assessing
where your development is merely adequate, outstanding, or simple
unsatisfactory. The key to winning is to detect weak points early on and
begin to correct them as soon as possible rather than waiting until it
may be too late.
The Competition Program is designed to
teach you total control over your own development. You will need to
understand your own body structure more completely, and to fully
comprehend which movements are designed to emphasize the various areas
of the legs - the upper or lower thighs, the inside or outside, the
insertion, origin, or thickness of the leg biceps. You will need to
learn to feel precisely where Squats, Front Squats, Leg Presses, and
Hack Squats are having their effect, and how to alter your program to
include a greater proportion of those exercises that work best for you.
Knowing all this enables you to achieve the comprehensive development
that it takes to win titles.
Remember, all the exercises detailed in
these programs are important. Even if you vary the programs, it is not a
good idea to leave out the fundamental exercises entirely. Squats may
build mass and Leg Extensions create shape and definition, but the
combination of these two movements, plus the other important exercises,
is what gives you total quality development.
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