Thighs with Size Here are three exercises for gay men to strengthen and shape your upper legs. Some gay men love defined and big thighs, others just love ‘em.

When’s the last time you worked your legs at the gym? And when’s the last time you complained about creaky knees or a weak vertical jump, or had somebody tell you your legs looked like pencils? Just yesterday?

Overview of Thigh Importance
Fact is, your upper legs – particularly your front thighs, the focus of this workout – are some of your body’s biggest and most-used muscles. And yet, the gay guys who deovte an entire training session each week building his relatively tiny arm muscles will come up with 101 excuses for not working his legs at all. And let’s not even pretend that warming up on a treadmill or stairclimber is comparable to a real leg workout.

The Thigh Muscles
Your front thighs are dominated by four muscles collectively known as the quadriceps. The vastus lateralis which runs down the outside of y our thigh; the rectus femoris, which runs down the middle; the vastus intermedius, which lies beneath the rectus femoris; and the vastus medialis, otherwise known as the teardrop muscle around the knee. Different exercises – the leg extension, leg press and hack squat – can not only build and strengthen your quadriceps, but also give you an aesthetic edge by shaping and defining your muscles.

Exercise 1 for Gay Men - Leg Extensions
The leg extension is a great exercise to start with in your leg routine. It’s used not only to warm up your quadricepts and get them ready for heavier exercises, but also to “pre-exhaust” them, which means the movement you do next – in this case, the leg press – will be more effective. While leg extensions work to some degree on the entire muscle group, the main focus is on the vastus medialis. So if you’re trying to get htat teardrop to come out, adding leg extensions to your workout is a step in the right direction.

Exercise 2 for Gay Men - Leg Squats
Although the squat is a great compound movement for the quads, we recommend the leg press instead. Here’s why: the danger of falling or injuring your lower back is virtually nonexistent with the leg press. Also, you don’t need a spotter (provided there’s a safety mechanism on the machine), and the exercise itself is a heck of a lot more comfortable. Best of all, the leg press offers practically the same results as the squat. It works all of the quad muscles, along with the hips and glutes, and is a great movement for building power and getting better-looking legs.

Exercise 3 for Gay Men - Hack Squats
The hack squat is a good finishing movement. It allows you to focus on your rectus femoris (the one in the middle) and also works your vastus lateralis (the outer part) pretty hard. You can alter the focus of the exercise by varying the placement of your feet on the platform. For instance, the farther your feet are apart, the more your glutes and hamstrings get worked. And the closer your feet are to you, or under you, the more the focus is on your front quads.

Summary of Thigh Exercises
We’ll grant you theat leg training isn’t much fun at all. Because those muscles in your front thighs are so big, working them takes a lot out of you. If you haven’t trained them in a while, they’ll hurt like hell for a few days after your workout. And in the short run, having sore, tired quads make you feel 20 years older. But working those muscles ultimately gives your knees more support, and adds more power to your vertical leap, and let’s face it, makes your physize look more balanced.

Or would you rather spend the rest of your life having your legs compared to writing instruments? It’s your choice. Originally published by Aldridge in Men’s Fitness Magazine.

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