Thigh exercises

[Scott Stevenson]

Thanks a lot Scott. I didn't mention all my equipment and I should have. I have poweblocks up to 90 lbs, but I have dumbells from 90-150 lb and powerhooks. I also have a leg extention and leg curl machine, also a seated calf machine. I have over 1100 lbs of free weights, about 800 in olmpic plates. And I do happen to have some olympic dumbells.

Not related to legs, but I also have a lat tower with seated row, a dip station, and a couple of nice FID benches. My home gym is my hobby that I spend my extra money on, and Im looking into getting a leg press/hack machine in the near future.

I've seen several of the excerises listed, but wasn't sure if some were considered a thigh or quad movement. For example, I did the smith sissy squats for quads as it's listed in VV.

I've been lifting for about 30 years, and after reading what I wrote in the original post I would have come to the conclusion that I was clueless also. I just tend to be a tad bit anal about things, and was trying to do FT as perfect as possible with what I had at the house. Yes, I am a memberer at a decent gym, but I really prefer my workouts at the house.

I've been doing DC off and on for the last 2 years, and I have to say that this last week of FT has been the most enjoyable lifting that I can recall. No knock at all at DC, I love it, but you have put together something special.

Hey Bud!

Thanks for the good feedback. Glad you're digging FT.

OK, so now we're getting down to it. VERY helpful to know you've got a regular gym.

(Thanks for recognized how I might have thought you're a newbie just from that post. What happens sometimes is folks err on the side of simplicity with a first post. I'm a bit different in that I don't like to fire off generic catch-all answers... Also, we miss a bit with online interaction. )

So, yes, SSH are a quad movement. I just threw out a slew of exercises as a pre-emptive strike on questions later in the thread.

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So, we can get specific here, but it looks like you've got plenty of exercises with your home gym. Get a hip squat belt (IronMind - Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies) and you'll have even more options.

Hip belt squats can be done on a smith or with a BB.

IronMind - Stronger Minds, Stronger Bodies

Also, vert leg presses on a smith can be done unilaterally as a MR (simply alternate back n forth continuously).

-S