The Benefits - The basic mass building exercise to strengthen your entire thigh! This exercise is a must in every workout program and is one of the best leg exercise, where you can add a serious muscle mass and strength. It will stress your thigh muscles and activate muscle fibers more than in any other leg exercises. Serious squats will also improve your vital capacity and innervation.

Execution - Place a barbell on the upper portion of your back, not your neck! Take one step back and go for position. Keep your feet about shoulder width and point your toes just a little outward with your knees for better results. Keep your head up and back straight. Take a deep breath, hold it and start going down by bending your knees, until your thighs are parallel to the floor. Then press the weight back up to the start position and exhale as you stand up.

Tips - You can use a wider stance, when inner thighs works primarily. To develop an extra mass and strength to your thighs, you can do a half squats. It is same as regular squat, but you go only halway down. You can put even more stress to your thighs while you are enable you to use more weight. When using a heavy weight, you have to keep your middle section of your body tight. This will help you to get more tension to you squat.  Avoid bending forward during your squat. Otherwise you will put additional stress to your lower back and less on the thighs where it should be! Use belt and knee wraps when using heavy weights avoiding injury!

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