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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.
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.