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workout routine and EXTREMELY skinny legs - Friday, June 19, 2009 9:53 PM ( #1 )
All my life I have always had extremely skinny legs (they look like toothpicks).  I'm not talking about when people say "oh my legs are too skinny" when they have perfectly average legs for their size.  I'm talking about legs that are so bad that I never wear shorts since it looks like i'm wearing a skirt.  Whenever someone sees my legs they're like "what's wrong with your legs man" or "damn you have some skinny legs."

I'm in Afghanistan right now and ever since I got deployed here i've been working my whole body out and have been getting decent results... but my legs are still abnormally small.  I was wondering if anybody would know how to add some serious mass to my legs (both calves and thighs) as quickly as possible.  I'm also trying to gain lean muscle mass and looking to burn fat at the same time.  I'm taking animal stak, animal pak, Optimum Whey Protein and Cell Mass.

My workout routine:

Day 1: Chest
-incline bench (4 sets 12-10-8 reps)
-flat bench dumbells (3 sets 10 reps)
-decline bench dumbells (3 sets 10 reps)
-cable crossovers (3 sets 10 reps)

Day 2: Shoulders
-military press (4 sets 8-12 reps)
-cable sideways extention (3 sets 10 reps)
-barbell raises (when you take the barbell standing up and have it down by your thighs and raise it up with both arms to your chin 3 sets 10 reps)
-forward dumbell raises (3 sets 10 reps)

Day 3: Arms (Biceps/Triceps)
Bi's
-cable curls (3 sets 10 reps)
-concentrated dumbell curl over seated bench ( 4 sets 10 reps)
-seated prison style dumbell curl (3 sets 10 reps)

Tri's
-dumbell tricep extensions (3 sets 10 reps)
-seated overhead skull crushers (4 sets 10 reps)
-cable rope pulldown (3 sets 10 reps)

Day 4: Legs
-Squats (4 sets 10 reps)
-dumbell lunges (3 sets 10 reps)
-Leg curls (3 sets 10 reps)
-Calf raises (4 sets till failure using heavy weight)

Day 5: Back
-Lat pulldown (3 sets 10 reps)
-seated row (4 sets 10 reps)
-cable pulldown (3 sets 10 reps)
-dead lifts (3 sets 10 reps)


I didn't come up with this routine... i'm working out with one of my friends here and he's been doing it a while.  I've been working out about 4 months noticed some decent results (major definition and a LITTLE bit of size but not that much) but I really want to add lean mass especially in my legs and lose fat at the same time.  Should I add an extra leg day or should I do my legs differently?  I also heard bycling helps build leg muscle and that running actually makes your legs smaller.  Any input would be appreciated.

I'll be sure to take a picture of my legs and post it in this thread so you can see that i'm not joking/exaggerating.
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Re:workout routine and EXTREMELY skinny legs - Friday, June 19, 2009 9:58 PM ( #2 )
I don't have much time so I'll make a quick comment from a quick glance, you should leave your arm day 'til the end of the week and seperate your back and leg days with either a shoulder or a chest day.



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Re:workout routine and EXTREMELY skinny legs - Friday, June 19, 2009 10:12 PM ( #3 )
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Day 1: Chest
-incline bench (4 sets 12-10-8 reps)
-flat bench dumbells (3 sets 10 reps)
-decline bench dumbells (3 sets 10 reps)
-cable crossovers (3 sets 10 reps)


Alright, decline bench isn't really necessary here unless you REALLY feel like you need it. Flat bench works the lower head, most people don't need decline presses but there are some who do need it and if you're one of those guys that REALLY feel like you need it in your routine, then keep it but otherwise I would rid it.


Day 2: Shoulders
-military press (4 sets 8-12 reps)
-cable sideways extention (3 sets 10 reps)
-barbell raises (when you take the barbell standing up and have it down by your thighs and raise it up with both arms to your chin 3 sets 10 reps)
-forward dumbell raises (3 sets 10 reps)


Don't do shoulders the day after chest... make day 2 your BACK day, move this workout to Wednesday (day 3)... you're hitting your anterior delts too much here and not giving direct stimulus to the other heads of the shoulder - the lateral and posterior deltoids. Replace everything expect military presses. Add in lateral raises and bent over lateral raises... the other three movements just isn't necessary.


Day 3: Arms (Biceps/Triceps)
Bi's
-cable curls (3 sets 10 reps)
-concentrated dumbell curl over seated bench ( 4 sets 10 reps)
-seated prison style dumbell curl (3 sets 10 reps)


Too much work for biceps, delete two of those- Add in alternating dumbell curls and make ONE set of barbell curls, example.

DB Curls: 3 X 10
BB Curls: 1 X 10


Tri's
-dumbell tricep extensions (3 sets 10 reps)
-seated overhead skull crushers (4 sets 10 reps)
-cable rope pulldown (3 sets 10 reps)


Replace the rope pulldowns, you're hitting the medial head already with skull crushers. Just do skull crushers and triceps extensions.


Day 4: Legs
-Squats (4 sets 10 reps)
-dumbell lunges (3 sets 10 reps)
-Leg curls (3 sets 10 reps)
-Calf raises (4 sets till failure using heavy weight)


Looks good.


Day 5: Back
-Lat pulldown (3 sets 10 reps)
-seated row (4 sets 10 reps)
-cable pulldown (3 sets 10 reps)
-dead lifts (3 sets 10 reps)


Do pull-ups over lat pulldowns (if you're capable).

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Re:workout routine and EXTREMELY skinny legs - Saturday, June 20, 2009 12:49 AM ( #4 )
Everything MVP said is good, the only thing I would add is to replace decline bench with dips and I'd also add in shrugs on either your shoulder or back day
<message edited by _Virtuoso_ on Saturday, June 20, 2009 12:50 AM>



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Re:workout routine and EXTREMELY skinny legs - Monday, June 29, 2009 8:24 PM ( #5 )
If you're small enough that your legs are truly as skinny as you describe, you don't need to be on a bodybuilding body part split that includes an "arm" day.  Do an upper body / lower body split, and alternate squats and deadlifts as your main movement on the lower days.  After those main movements, do leg press, lunges, hack squats, etc... Pick one and hit it very, very hard.  Improve on strength on these exercises, and your legs will grow.

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