Teardrops

**musclepump** · 01-11-2006, 09:24 AM

Hey all-

I'm doing another show in October and I notice that the most glaring absence in my physique is the lack of some meaty teardrops on my quads. Are there any exercises that can target this well? Maybe I'm just cursed, I don't know, but they aren't growing with the classics. My upper quads are growing well, but down there by the knee... nope.

**Tough Old Man** · 01-11-2006, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by musclepump

Hey all-

I'm doing another show in October and I notice that the most glaring absence in my physique is the lack of some meaty teardrops on my quads. Are there any exercises that can target this well? Maybe I'm just cursed, I don't know, but they aren't growing with the classics. My upper quads are growing well, but down there by the knee... nope.

MP I can't believe your asking this question.

Here your a personal trainier and have to ask how to build that teardrop. Sorry I don't get it. hope your not charging your clientele a lot of money for your services.

**TJ Cline** · 01-11-2006, 09:37 AM

I do inclines for that.

**NEW_IN_THE_GAME** · 01-11-2006, 09:56 AM

Hey I had that prob when i started. I added tons of work. I do alot of reps and sets for legs and back. This is the only way mine grows.

leg extension: 3 sets 20 reps( warmup the knee joint)
squats: 3 sets 15,12,8,fail
leg press: 3 sets 15,12,8,fail
leg curl: 3 sets, 15,12,8fail
barbell lunges: 3 sets till failure

this is not my exact one, but this is a good one. I do these exercises in the same order, just more sets. I rest 1 minute - 1 minutes 15 seconds on heavy sets. 30-45 on lighter ones. I also add more weight with every set.

**MyK** · 01-11-2006, 10:16 AM

it has alot to do with genetics, but to answer your question make sure your doing leg extensions in your leg routine, preferrably toward the end since it is an isolation movement. and make sure your toes are pointing to the ceiling at the top of the movement!

**BigDyl** · 01-11-2006, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by musclepump

Hey all-

I'm doing another show in October and I notice that the most glaring absence in my physique is the lack of some meaty teardrops on my quads. Are there any exercises that can target this well? Maybe I'm just cursed, I don't know, but they aren't growing with the classics. My upper quads are growing well, but down there by the knee... nope.

I could cry on your leg for you.... and write a song....

**NEW_IN_THE_GAME** · 01-11-2006, 10:29 AM

Hahaha. funny. I could piss on your leg. remember it is always better to be pissed on than pissed off. lol j/k

**shiznit2169** · 01-11-2006, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by NEW_IN_THE_GAME

Hahaha. funny. I could piss on your leg. remember it is always better to be pissed on than pissed off. lol j/k

and it is even much better to drink piss than to be pissed on

**NEW_IN_THE_GAME** · 01-11-2006, 02:56 PM

lol haha funny shit.

**Doublebase** · 01-11-2006, 03:05 PM

I have a very long quad so I find it hard to build the teardrop. The tops of my quads are good but the bottoms are so skinny. I hate it.

**devildog88** · 01-11-2006, 03:07 PM

Isn't this a lot like the camel toe thread??????? LOL

**musclepump** · 01-11-2006, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by Tough Old Man

Here your a personal trainier and have to ask how to build that teardrop. Sorry I don't get it. hope your not charging your clientele a lot of money for your services.

That's pretty rude, Tough. Think about it, how many average fitness enthusiasts (and I'd say most people who are in need of a trainer aren't even qualified to be called enthusiasts yet), need specialized movements that a lot of us who call ourselves "bodybuilders" do to build our bodies? None. They need the basics, just like we do, but they don't need to exceed that for a long while. And I do have a few competitive clients that do shows, and they've put on a lot of size with my help. They naturally respond to extensions, lunges, front squats, etc... I don't. So by asking how to specifically target that portion of the quad in a way that might work for those of us not inclined to grow there quite as quickly has very little to do with my intelligence and my ability to help my clients.

**soxmuscle** · 01-11-2006, 05:45 PM

before i became serious with my legs, i would do squats and only squats. my legs are built where they are relatively big in size, but dont have the ripped striations that appear in my shoulders for instance.

i would be interested in knowing the answer to this aswell...

**TJ Cline** · 01-11-2006, 05:48 PM

Isolating the upper, middle and lower pecs (chest)

**Tier** · 01-11-2006, 05:50 PM

tough seems to be balls before brains sometimes

**musclepump** · 01-11-2006, 05:53 PM

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Isolating the upper, middle and lower pecs (chest)

That makes a little sense for chest, but I think the quads are structured differently enough that I'm not sure the same points apply?

**TJ Cline** · 01-11-2006, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by musclepump

That makes a little sense for chest, but I think the quads are structured differently enough that I'm not sure the same points apply?

Just joking.....I disagree with that sticky 100%....I do think you can target the upper chest to a small degree...and I also think you can target the Vastus medials to a small degree.

**Tough Old Man** · 01-11-2006, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by musclepump

That's pretty rude, Tough. Think about it, how many average fitness enthusiasts (and I'd say most people who are in need of a trainer aren't even qualified to be called enthusiasts yet), need specialized movements that a lot of us who call ourselves "bodybuilders" do to build our bodies? None. They need the basics, just like we do, but they don't need to exceed that for a long while. And I do have a few competitive clients that do shows, and they've put on a lot of size with my help. They naturally respond to extensions, lunges, front squats, etc... I don't. So by asking how to specifically target that portion of the quad in a way that might work for those of us not inclined to grow there quite as quickly has very little to do with my intelligence and my ability to help my clients.

MP maybe I was a little harse as I thought you were a PROFESSIONAL body trainer. I don't know you personally and it was just my thinking as to why a pro trainer would have to ask how to get teardrops for there QUADS. Sorry it just didn't make sense to me. As i set here and think about it and if I had problems with a certain body part I would look for a trainer to help me with this. Maybe your expertise lies in different area's of training. I don't know.

But look at the way I was thinking. Here's a pro asking how to build his body.

Tough

**Tough Old Man** · 01-11-2006, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by Tier

tough seems to be balls before brains sometimes

Boy if you would have worded it correctly I wouldn't have to resort to my thrashing of you.

You should have said that Old Toughy has ton's of balls and brains and and is so intelligent that sometimes he out smarts himself. But for your failure to word it correctly I will have to say this. Buddhism is not a religion and your parents also had no surviving children.

Tough

**musclepump** · 01-11-2006, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by Tough Old Man

MP maybe I was a little harse as I thought you were a PROFESSIONAL body trainer. I don't know you personally and it was just my thinking as to why a pro trainer would have to ask how to get teardrops for there QUADS. Sorry it just didn't make sense to me. As i set here and think about it and if I had problems with a certain body part I would look for a trainer to help me with this. Maybe your expertise lies in different area's of training. I don't know.

But look at the way I was thinking. Here's a pro asking how to build his body.

Tough

I like to think I'm pretty knowledgable, but having known no one who has had this problem, and having had no one ask me, I've never looked into it. Now that it's my own issue, it seemed like a good time to continue my education

**Squaggleboggin** · 01-11-2006, 06:09 PM

Originally Posted by Tough Old Man

MP maybe I was a little harse as I thought you were a PROFESSIONAL body trainer. I don't know you personally and it was just my thinking as to why a pro trainer would have to ask how to get teardrops for there QUADS. Sorry it just didn't make sense to me. As i set here and think about it and if I had problems with a certain body part I would look for a trainer to help me with this. Maybe your expertise lies in different area's of training. I don't know.

But look at the way I was thinking. Here's a pro asking how to build his body.

Tough

No one* knows it all.

*Note: 'No one' does not include P-Funk or CowPimp here.

**TJ Cline** · 01-11-2006, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

No one* knows it all.

*Note: 'No one' does not include P-Funk or CowPimp here.

Please I know 1000 zillion times more than those bitces.

**Tough Old Man** · 01-11-2006, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by musclepump

I like to think I'm pretty knowledgable, but having known no one who has had this problem, and having had no one ask me, I've never looked into it. Now that it's my own issue, it seemed like a good time to continue my education

See I'm sorry as I looked at you as something different then what you are. At first I thought you were joking and my first post was almost suppose to be a joke in reply. But it didn't come off that way and hey I fuck up thinking that your expertise was of a profeesional nature when it came to bodybuilding. Hey we all need a job and we all learn as we go. I thought you were already at the top of the knowledge in regards to bodybuilding.

I think it's great to be able to charge and learn as we go. Keep up the good work.

And the rest of you who didn't like what I had to say, go fuck yourselves as I don't need to explain myself to M/P

Tough

**P-funk** · 01-11-2006, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Please I know 1000 zillion times more than those bitces.

true story.

**Squaggleboggin** · 01-11-2006, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by P-funk

true story.

Es falso.

**TJ Cline** · 01-11-2006, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

Es falso.

How dare you

**Tier** · 01-11-2006, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by Tough Old Man

Boy if you would have worded it correctly I wouldn't have to resort to my thrashing of you.

You should have said that Old Toughy has ton's of balls and brains and and is so intelligent that sometimes he out smarts himself. But for your failure to word it correctly I will have to say this. Buddhism is not a religion and your parents also had no surviving children.

Tough

**CowPimp** · 01-11-2006, 10:37 PM

As far as I know, it's not possible to isolate or emphasize the vastus medialis head. All 4 heads have the same insertion point, which is somewhere around the knee cap on the lower portion of your leg, and 3/4 share the same origin.

If I'm not mistaken, the largest head that runs down the center of the thigh, the rectus femoris, originates on the lower front portion of your spine; it also acts as a hip flexor. The other three heads all originate on the femur, so basically they can extend the knee and nothing else.

Thank genetics for your thigh shape.

**ABLQ2** · 01-11-2006, 10:46 PM

i always thought it just had to do with mass and genetics (for the shape).

**Hockeyman105** · 01-11-2006, 10:48 PM

here's a good one to burn your quads really well, but i have no idea if it will help the teardrops, i'm not too knowledgeable. I just know legs because of hockey.

Try this - find a bench that's about halfway between your knees and your hips height-wise, and jump up to it. Make absolutely sure to have your form correct though. Keep your feet together, push HARD with your quads, land on the bench with the arch of your foot or toes, hands on hips. Do them fast and explosively, and every set till failure.

Another one - same bench, except stand sideways in relation to the bench. Jump with both feet, and with the foot nearer the bench, as soon as you get to the level of the bench with your foot, use that near foot to push of the bench upwards as hard as you can. Make sure to keep your knees really bent until the push, or the move won't work the quads. Hit this one from both sides, and once again, do them fast and explosively, and every set till failure.

Lastly, I feel that running stairs and skipping 2 (meaning hitting stairs number 3, 6, 9, etc. starting from the ground level) really burns my lower quads.

Yeah, I know these are plyometrics and meant to build speed, but my quads are absolutely ripped, and my off season leg workout is squats, deadlifts, power cleans, front squats, standing and seated calf raises, as well as the plyos i just mentioned. Just give it a shot and let me know how it goes.

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