Building the tear drop

[rackitup]

Ok so we gotta stick to the basics, leg press, hack, squats etc, so is it just genetically predetermined how much the "tear drop"/lower quads grows from these exercises?

I hear all the time leg extensions build the tear drop, but 1) I dont like the exercise and 2) Its not one of the DC recommended mass builders

So is it purely, stick to the basics, and if you got it you got it...and if you aint....u aint????!

Cheers

[berkshirebody]

lift more weight with propper form on any excersise and the tear drop will come, must have lower fat % to see it-- the basics work.

i never do leg extensions because most machines are anatomicaly incorrect--the center of the rotation should line up with the knee joint and almost every machine and every setting i have tried dont do that

[MikeyG]

Ok, i'll put my smart ass input about this. I just completed my semester's worth of lower extremity study. That tear-drop is simply the Vastus Medialis, and the lowest part (closer to patella is known as the VMO- (vastus medialis oblique, aka the tear drop). Anyhow, If you look at the anatomy of the muscle belly itself, The vastus medialis angles into the patella at 15 to 18 degrees while the VMO angles in at about 60+ degrees sometimes as much as 90+ . It is thought that the function of the VMO is to act solely as a medial stabilizer of the patella rather than as an leg extender (leg extension etc).

The best exersises that recruits the VMO is possibly the squat, hack & leg press. Leg press probably recruits the VMO the best- because as you sit down at an inclined angle- (45 degrees or so), with your feet in a neutral posistion. this takes out the utilization of rectus femoris and vastus intermedius of your leg- (muscle belly extends from patella all the way to your proximal femor & AIIS) and places more emphasis on your vastus medialis as well for vastus lateralis.

[Shawn "Future" Bellon]

Squat. One legged Leg Presses till you see white sparlies floating around you...then get to an ER.

[In-Human]

Ok, i'll put my smart ass input about this. I just completed my semester's worth of lower extremity study. That tear-drop is simply the Vastus Medialis, and the lowest part (closer to patella is known as the VMO- (vastus medialis oblique, aka the tear drop). Anyhow, If you look at the anatomy of the muscle belly itself, The vastus medialis angles into the patella at 15 to 18 degrees while the VMO angles in at about 60+ degrees sometimes as much as 90+ . It is thought that the function of the VMO is to act solely as a medial stabilizer of the patella rather than as an leg extender (leg extension etc).

The best exersises that recruits the VMO is possibly the squat, hack & leg press. Leg press probably recruits the VMO the best- because as you sit down at an inclined angle- (45 degrees or so), with your feet in a neutral posistion. this takes out the utilization of rectus femoris and vastus intermedius of your leg- (muscle belly extends from patella all the way to your proximal femor & AIIS) and places more emphasis on your vastus medialis as well for vastus lateralis.

I hope you ain't teaching BigP all this stuff, cause you already passing his sorry ass up in the gym, so just give it to him so he can understand it and kick his ass in the gym, ok, thanx...

[bigp3]

Fuck that pisses me of IH,,,,, ahhhhh,,,, I need to kick mikeys ass now. One area I know I can stomp him at is eating and don't you worry I will scoot right past him on the scale this winter... Look out MG I am coming bro..... LOL

[In-Human]

Fuck that pisses me of IH,,,,, ahhhhh,,,, I need to kick mikeys ass now. One area I know I can stomp him at is eating and don't you worry I will scoot right past him on the scale this winter... Look out MG I am coming bro..... LOL

See what a little motivational post can do for you, you are welcome, buddy...

[MikeyG]

BigP is just all talk.... talkity talk...talks how he'll beat my ass. Thank goodness that I'm deaf... otherwise I dont know how in the world other people can stand being around him in the gym. All I do is, smile and nod... while I'm thinking how big ugly son-of-a-bitch he is, although i give him props on his leg thickness & back width. lol.

[In-Human]

BigP is just all talk.... talkity talk...talks how he'll beat my ass. Thank goodness that I'm deaf... otherwise I dont know how in the world other people can stand being around him in the gym. All I do is, smile and nod... while I'm thinking how big ugly son-of-a-bitch he is, although i give him props on his leg thickness & back width. lol.

LOLOL, way to go MikeyG, lol...