Walking and leg mass

[b-boy]

Walking will not affect your leg size! If so I would have pencil legs.

 

[Elvia1023]

I find that jogging actually increases my leg mass, probably by increasing the muscle's ability to store glycogen.

Have you seen the legs on some of the pro-cycler's? They have better development than many dedicated bodybuilders.

His quads are enormous but that is a badly photoshopped pic.

HM this will 100% be an age thing.

Generally walking shouldn't reduce leg size but there are many variables. Someone walking huge distances could reduce their leg size for example.

 

[GreenTLB6]

Walking no. Aging yes.

 

[hawkmoon]

Lots of good input here, thanks guys. I'm going to look to slow down my reps and pause more to get more out of the lower weight. I know I could squat 6 plates again in a few months if I tried but it would be too damaging. I'll see what I can do by increasing intensity in other ways than just poundage.

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[Elvia1023]

Lots of good input here, thanks guys. I'm going to look to slow down my reps and pause more to get more out of the lower weight. I know I could squat 6 plates again in a few months if I tried but it would be too damaging. I'll see what I can do by increasing intensity in other ways than just poundage.

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From the older guys (you are still fairly young ) I have spoken to over the years that is 100% the correct path to follow. Perhaps look at increasing leg training frequency as that also seems to be a good approach. So fairly low volume but higher frequency. Increasing intensity with restricted weight sounds great to me. Nothing good will come from 6 plate per side squats in your 50's. It's good to see you posting again on here.

 

[hawkmoon]

From the older guys (you are still fairly young ) I have spoken to over the years that is 100% the correct path to follow. Perhaps look at increasing leg training frequency as that also seems to be a good approach. So fairly low volume but higher frequency. Increasing intensity with restricted weight sounds great to me. Nothing good will come from 6 plate per side squats in your 50's. It's good to see you posting again on here.

Thanks a lot. I will compete again in October, then the Japan Amateur Olympia so trying to bring my best....legs included!

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[buck]

As walking and other activities like it actually cause very little bend in the knees or hips I can't see it doing much to the muscle in a negative manner. Especially for the quads. The wear and tear on the knees and maybe the hips and the inflammation it can cause would be the real down side I would think. When I used to walk 2-3 hours a day during the summers my knees would be fairly hammered due to the impact.

 

[lookslikesausage]

As walking and other activities like it actually cause very little bend in the knees or hips I can't see it doing much to the muscle in a negative manner. Especially for the quads. The wear and tear on the knees and maybe the hips and the inflammation it can cause would be the real down side I would think. When I used to walk 2-3 hours a day during the summers my knees would be fairly hammered due to the impact.

my feet and hips were affected the most when i was walking a shit ton. I don't know if it affected my leg size but it certainly affected my squat strength.