digimon7068
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SwoleNole said:I was wondering if any of the other brothers out there tended to neglect their underdeveloped legs like myself...I'm a tall guy 6'2" and have been cursed with puniest calves in the world..I'm 235 with 18.5 bicepts 50 chest and 14.5 calves....I find that I wear jeans,cargos,sweats opposed to shorts most of the time...hardley ever work legs...only use my quads for an injection site![]()
Legs used to be my favorite body part to work. Just a couple of years ago my squat was over 500lbs. However, the last couple of years my knees have kind of fallen apart (from squatting???) and now they look like crap. My articular cartilage on the top bones and the back of my knee caps is worn off in several places. I recently had a knee scope to remove some damaged meniscus that was detached and impinging my knee joint and while they were in there they removed several bone spurs. It's been a few weeks now and it still hurts like a bitch.
My advice, if you do decide to light a fire under your legs, work into it slowly. Avoid the temptation to wrap your knees and squat ridiculous amounts of weight and avoid the temptation to try to take it all the way to the floor. I never wrapped my knees and I never wore a belt, except on my heaviest sets (over 400lbs) but I did go fairly deep and I think that helped speed up the degeneration process.
I really miss squats. It's difficult to build quality size overall without that exercise.
