Improving Quad Sweep Mass

[ajdos]

Obviously alot of leg shape is going to be genetic.
Ankle flexibility, hip flexibility, femur length, and some other variables you are born with will really determine how you use your quad muscles on different exercises.
As with chest incline works the entire chest but we know the emphasis is on upper fibers.
With legs its not so set in stone.
On a normal leg day I like to squat heavy with a wider than shoulder width stance.

Lately I have been working more on outer sweep (which I believe can be improved) thats required different foot placement and shifting the weight outward on my feet.

I have a flat foot on my left leg and having that pronation really shifts the stress to the inner leg, and so over the last year or so I have battled an imbalance issue thats been growing worse.

Pre-exhaust and the narrower stances were my solution, for others it may be different because your pre-determined physics and dynamics of your body are different.

Play around with foot positioning , even on the leg extension toes in toes straight up or toes out, until you can find the way your leg articulated and shifts the emphasis on the area your trying to stimulate more growth with.

 

[cal]

All you can do is make them bigger. Quads are the only genetically gifted bodypart for me.

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[thatbloke]

for me

moderate volume
very high reps
deep
focus on negative
constant tension (never locking out the knee cap)
heavy weight, but only heavy enough for you to control it very well

and trenbelone,

 

[Kaladryn]

The vastus lateralis naturally engages primarily on most forceful concentric contractions, it then rests on most eccentric negative contractions. The key is make it work on those negatives also, mind muscle connections and meticulous attention to where the pressure is under the feet help with this.