The Curse of Skinny legs!

Hi,

I'm probably gettin ahead of myself here, but can any one suggest any exercises for building upper legs using free weights. I do squats and thats about it so any more to add a bit of variety would be greatly appreciated

cheers,

Colin

You could do lunges, and lunge jumps (without the weights though for the jumps). I also do squat jumps but thats bad for knees so i would only recommend them if you've got good knees. Im a gymnast so things we do at gym include burpees, box jumps (where you've got a high surface like a chair or low table and you jump onto it then back off), mountain climbers and such. Hope this is some help to you =)

i think of legs as the whole package, butt and all.  you'll get the most bang for your buck w/compound lifts (like your squats); but if you specifically want big calves, you probably have to work on that w/some isolated stuff.

i've done bulgarian/single leg split squats, deadlifts (standard and stiff-legged), step-ups, walking lunges, regular forward lunges, reverse lunges, cleans, snatches or even just high pulls, front squats, back squats (w/dumbbells or barbell).  you can look these up on youtube or on exrx.net (or just ask me) if you're unfamiliar w/any of the lifts i mentioned.

Thanks for the advice guys! I've added front and side lunges to my workout. Gave my lower body a hard workout last nite, this mornin my legs are dead, definately hit the spot.  As my leg strength increases I'll add the more advanced exercises to my routine. Cheers.

also atg squats are great for that