is squat and leg press enough?

[murphomat]

I was wondering, for my lower body workout is doing leg presses and squats enough?
I do 4 sets of 8 reps each?

will that hit my quads, hams, glutes and calves, or do I need more

[AdamJM]

If you have to sprint for any reason I would definently add another hamstring exercise. And probably calf raises would be good in general too.

[ralex5]

That's not too bad of a workout for gaining size, but I also do leg extensions, leg curls, and calf raises to help target the muscles for a little extra definition.

[Rippedabs6]

Ralex5,
HOw long before I start to see results because I primarily do Leg presses, leg curls, and leg extensions. I want to make my quads as thick as possible. Any qood advise on what to eat also?

[ralex5]

I'm horrible at coming up with diets. I just ended up eating a ton of high calorie high fat foods when I bulked up so I can't really help you there. As for how long it takes to see results, I guess it depends, I mean if you're on a good diet maybe less than a month before you start to see faint lines. Before I had a gym membership all I had for legs at home was leg extension and leg curls on my bench and my legs were cut. I was doing a ton of extensions at the gym and my legs were cut up again, but after eating all that fatty food I'm struggling to get the lines back in my quads, but there slowly coming. I've posted one leg workout in the journals section if you want to check it out. I used to pyramid the leg extensions back down as well, it just depends on how busy the gym is and much time I have left when I get to them.

[heibrin]

will that hit my quads, hams, glutes and calves, or do I need more

Murphomat, unfortunately it will not be enough for balanced leg and calve development.


You are definitely going to have to do some isolated calve exercises, and something for the hammies. Squats and leg presses are great for the quads, glutes and hammies, but the calves and hamstrings are attention freaks and will need more.

Always try to do at least one standing and one sitting calve exercise. Leg curls and stiff leg deadlifts are great for the hammies.