Workouts for Leg Definition
Now that you've gotten your body fat percentage
down, you begin to see new definition - muscles that you didn't even
knew you had.
But before you get obsessive with getting ripped, realize that certain definition is only seen in the right light.
Other types of definition might only appear when you pose a certain way.
Others are genetic and only appear on those people.
Yet others might only appear momentarily at certain points in your movements!
So don't freak out if your workout or diet doesn't seem to produce permanent, etched definition. But yes, you're not going to see a thing, even if you have a lot of muscle, until that ratio comes down.
Once you're there, you want to identify the exact definition to go after. Here's a list of areas of definition in the legs and workouts to improve them.
But before you get obsessive with getting ripped, realize that certain definition is only seen in the right light.
Other types of definition might only appear when you pose a certain way.
Others are genetic and only appear on those people.
Yet others might only appear momentarily at certain points in your movements!
So don't freak out if your workout or diet doesn't seem to produce permanent, etched definition. But yes, you're not going to see a thing, even if you have a lot of muscle, until that ratio comes down.
Once you're there, you want to identify the exact definition to go after. Here's a list of areas of definition in the legs and workouts to improve them.
| Photo | Name | Muscle | Pose or Motion | Light | Genetic? |
| Quadriceps Separation | Quads | Plie, or momentarily appears in motion | Side (crosslight) | No | |
| Patellar-Quad Profusion | Quads (VMO) | Standing with Knees Locked | Top | Yes | |
| I-T Band Definition | Quads vs Hamstrings | Standing with Knees Locked | Side | No | |
| Vastus medialis | Vastis medialis | Plie | Top | Yes | |
| Sartorius Separation | Sartorius | Lunge | Top | Yes | |
| Adductor Line | Adductor | ||||
| Outer Quad Line | Quads | Standing, feet crossed | Side | Yes | |
| Hamstring Separation | Hamstrings | Side | No | ||
| Hamstring Mass | |||||
| Divided Calf | Gastroc | Tiptoe | Side | Yes | |
| Separated Calf | Gastroc vs Soleus | Tiptoe | Side | No | |
| Teardrop Calf | Calf | Knee held at angle, foot pointed | Top | No | |
| Crossed Calf Compression | Calf | Sitting, legs crossed at calf | Top | No | |
| Closed Compressed | All | Inner | Top | No | |
| seated femoral compression | All | Seated with Feet Hanging | Top | No |