Leg Training Articles

Training to failure, pushing a set until you cannot complete another rep, is argued about endlessly, and legs are where it gets the most personal because hard leg sets hurt. So should you train legs to failure? The answer is more useful than yes or no. Here is how to use failure to build legs…

Sore, cranky knees are the number one reason people stop training legs hard, and that is a shame, because in most cases the training is the problem, not the knees. You can build big legs and keep your knees healthy at the same time. Here is how to train legs without wrecking your knees. Most…

The hamstrings are the most undertrained muscle on most lifters’ legs, and the reason is simple: people train them with one movement and assume that covers it. It does not. The hamstrings do two different jobs, and you have to train both. Here is why you need the hinge and the curl, and how to…

Walk into any gym and the leg area is a wall of machines and a couple of squat racks, and most lifters just grab whatever is open. Leg training works far better when you choose your exercises on purpose. Every leg movement falls into one of a few simple categories, and once you know them,…