Strong legs

[Sifo]

what exercises are good to have strong sturdy legs that dont give out even when your tired? i know squats but what else is there?

[Barn]

what exercises are good to have strong sturdy legs that dont give out even when your tired? i know squats but what else is there?

Leg raises etc.

With leg raises raise your feet 6 inches above the ground and do the following.
- Move them up and down together about 4 inches at a time.
- You can also move them together in circles clockwise and anti-clockwise.
- Alternate them up and down fast.
- Criss cross your legs as well works. Putting one at the top for one rep and alternate.

Sit kicks work as well where you sit down and kick your legs out and straigten your knees. You can alternate between putting your legs out in a V shape and straight if you want to.

One thing you musn't do for these exercises is put your hands under your arse. That makes it way easier, stick them straight out or behind your head but, don't pull on your neck as it may be strained.

Squat thrusts work as well. Press up position bring your knees to your chest and back again.

You may also want to try twist jumps, touch the floor push up with your legs and do a 180 mid-air turn. Repeat in oppisite directions.
Another jumping variation is tuck jumps, jump as high as you can and bring your knees to your chest. Or you can try star jumps but, you bend down and touch the ground between each jump.

Squat jumps as well which is squatting but as you rise you jump. Jackknife or "v" sit ups work as well. Where you bring your stretched out arms and legs togethe.

Lungees are also effective but, switch stance rapidly and **** them out for maximum effectiveness.

[chico 305]

crab walks after squats always feel good 2 me.

box jumps.

dead lifts.

running/sprinting

[SirTomJones]

pretty much what these guys have already said.

I am fortunate that I have naturally quite strong legs,

[snakehandler7]

Try cranking out as many Hindu squats as you can. No other exercise burns my legs up like 1-2 hundred Hindu squats

[UglyPug]

Leg raises etc.

With leg raises raise your feet 6 inches above the ground and do the following.
- Move them up and down together about 4 inches at a time.
- You can also move them together in circles clockwise and anti-clockwise.
- Alternate them up and down fast.
- Criss cross your legs as well works. Putting one at the top for one rep and alternate.

Sit kicks work as well where you sit down and kick your legs out and straigten your knees. You can alternate between putting your legs out in a V shape and straight if you want to.

One thing you musn't do for these exercises is put your hands under your arse. That makes it way easier, stick them straight out or behind your head but, don't pull on your neck as it may be strained.

Squat thrusts work as well. Press up position bring your knees to your chest and back again.

You may also want to try twist jumps, touch the floor push up with your legs and do a 180 mid-air turn. Repeat in oppisite directions.
Another jumping variation is tuck jumps, jump as high as you can and bring your knees to your chest. Or you can try star jumps but, you bend down and touch the ground between each jump.

Squat jumps as well which is squatting but as you rise you jump. Jackknife or "v" sit ups work as well. Where you bring your stretched out arms and legs togethe.

Lungees are also effective but, switch stance rapidly and **** them out for maximum effectiveness.

Excellent post. . . I would add dead-lifts as well. . . Really will get your legs bulging, as well as work jsut about every other muscle. . . I've always had soccer legs from my soccer career, and focusing on leg strength over upper body strength.

Different variations of squats - squat jumps like you suggested. . . one legged squats help stabilizer muscles, agility, power, etc. . . BURNOUT SQUATS: After you finish with your regular set of 3X10 or whatever. . . IMMEDIATELY (no rest) take off weight and do as many as you can. . then strip off more weight and do as many as you can. . . repeat until there is nothing but the bar. . . SUICIDAL and downright BRUTAL. . . But pays dividends. . . Do high reps for a few weeks, then do low reps, heavier weight for a few weeks. . Pyramid sets - Start off doing like 20 reps, add weight and do 15, add weight and do 12, etc. until you get down to doing 4 reps. . THEN BURNOUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER!

Wind Sprints. . . Uphill sprints. .

Bunny Hop Burpees. . .

[mathed]

Do wall squats -
stand against the wall with your legs at a 90 degree angle to the wall. Press your back into the wall and hold the 90 degree angle with both legs side by side(touching, no wide stance). Hold this position for 60 seconds, then straighten your legs slightly to more of a 120 degree angle with the wall and hold for 15 seconds. Then go back to the 90 degree angle, do this for a 3 sets.

Platform prayer squats.
Get a platform, stand on it so that it is long ways between your legs (so that you can stand with both of your legs on either side of the platform easily. Start by standing on the platform. Jump down to the floor with both legs on either side of the platform and perform a squat when you land...make sure you go deep and bend your knees and put your hands together in a praying motion. Now come out of the squat and jump back up on to the platform with both feet in the middle. Repeat this for 20 reps, do 3 sets. (works, hams, glutes, quads)

Sprints
Perform short sprints, about 20-40 yards. Go as fast as possible, wait 20 seconds before the next sprint. Do 15 sprints...it will help your inner thighs and glutes.

[~AK49~]

For deadlifts, also do SLDL's, they hit your hammies hard. Lunges are legit aswell. Also depends on your set/rep scheme, for maximum strength and muscular endurance.

[Sifo]

Thanks to everyone that contributed and lol at "hindu" squats