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Re:Building muscle doesn't require lifting heavy weights by anew on Friday August 13, 2010 @02:51PM (#1601853)
This is true. However I find most guys at the gym rarely do squats, lunges or leg presses. They tend to focus on their glamour muscles and foolishly ignore the rest of their body.
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Re:Building muscle doesn't require lifting heavy weights by scott_s on Friday August 13, 2010 @02:56PM (#1601868)
This is also true. But I do squats, cleans and deadlifts [1], and most cyclist have much more defined, and often bigger, legs than me.

[1] Well, I used to. These days I don't do much heavy strength training, and mostly do conditioning as a part of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practice.

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Re:Building muscle doesn't require lifting heavy weights by jules on Saturday August 14, 2010 @12:47PM (#1603569)
When a cyclist trains he is doing 2+ hours of constant hard leg exercise. It's not a surprise that he has bigger leg muscles.
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Re:Building muscle doesn't require lifting heavy weights by scott_s on Saturday August 14, 2010 @03:07PM (#1603831)
Yes, I know. I provided another example to support ellyagg's point.
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