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[holte2]

hey what you guys think of this---see if you can settle an argument...

if your running 2 miles a day (10 minute miles) monday-friday
and doing MT three days a week

this will be more than enough to strengthen your legs and give you muscles that are defined and have definite mass to them, without doing any leg workout with weights

OR

should you throw in a weight routine (for specificly for your legs)on top of all that to get size and definition

by size i dont mean like bodybuilder/steroid size, more like rugby, or triathlete size and by strengthen i mean not just where you can run faster or something but that your legs have real power in them

[dave_UK_MT]

Try incorporting a couple of steep hills in your run.........and sprint up them.

Also try running a bit faster, 2 miles at 10mins each is a fairly steady pace. Try and gradually up your pace so you can do 2 miles in 16-17 mins.

I don't reckon you need to do any specific leg workouts for MT, the running and training should give you all the strength you need.

I'm no top athlete by any stretch of the imagination but I've been running at least twice a week for a year or so and I have definate muscle definition in my legs. I recently starting the running fast up a hill thing I also try to run for 5 mins on the balls of my feet and lifting knees up to chest.
My theory is this will give good explosive leg power and increase stamina.

Takes time though, how long you been running for??

Mounting biking up bloody great steep hills will develop your leg muscles as well.

[Biker]

If you have access to the weights and proper equipment, such as a power rack or squat rack that would be at most gyms, do some squats. Start out light to learn the proper technique then add weight. Squats will help develop explosive power in your legs as well as making the rest of your body stronger. That is because the strain from squats requires the use of virtually every other muscle in the body to perform the movement. Primary muscles being the quads, everything else will be used to stabilize your body while performing the movement.

Unless you fully commit to a bodybuilding lifestyle, you will not get the bodybuilder physique. To get that sort of size requires years of training and specialized nutrition.

Your legs will get bigger from doing squats, or any other leg exercise for that matter, but not to the freaky bodybuilder size.

Unfortunately, the idea of getting super-huge from exercising stops many people from lifting weights. To get that size requires far more effort than most people think. If it really were that easy to get that big there would be a whole lot more bodybuilders running around.

[Biker]

Sorry that didn't really answer your question did it?

But your first scenario will add some amount (but not a whole lot) of mass to your legs. It will also increase the definition.

[Tim Mousel]

You should definitely add a weight routine.

Tim

[holte2]

thanks guys i told him that he should add a weight routine as well..

[seeker]

In addition to that you could do some weight training too. I have Mt 2 time a week, boxing ones a week. I run 2 miles every other day, , and i have a weight training routine th at i do 2 times a week.