Important leg exercises?

[Liquid Tension]

Besides deadlift and squats, I know I'm missing something right?

 

[evolution]

Split squats, overhead squats, front squats, romanian deadlifts, good mornings, bb step ups.

 

[Biggie]

Lunges, leg curls, calf raises

 

[ballast]

glute/ham raises

 

[rip]

knee extensions, dorsi flexion (tibialis), seated calf raise (soleus), leg press.

And there are additional ones that will do adduction / abduction, etc.

I would say you missed one or two.

 

[gymcoch]

Important as to what?
All of the exercises mentioned above are just DIFFERENT exercises. If you had to do one and hit most of the "important" muscles in the leg, it's squats.
Wes Norris, CSCS

 

[Liquid Tension]

ok let's say I wanted to do 4-5 leg exercises only, what should they be?

 

[gymcoch]

IMO:
squats, deadlift, straight leg deadlift, calf raises, step-ups

 

[mike100]

hmmm

4-5 seems like a lot


gym coch listed, what i think, are the best leg exercises but if i were u liquid tension I would pick one or two and do those. i would go for squats and RDL or stiff legged dead lift.

 

[WOLVERINE1]

straight leg deadlifts kick ass. learn to love them.

 

[mike100]

definetly, they are awesome for building ur back AND ur legs


just a little bit off topic but does anyone know how much squats do for u back?

 

[Liquid Tension]

how does romanian dead lift differ from conventional?

 

[jonny100]

romanian deadlifts are where the weights don't touch the floor again until you finish the set. So when you go down after each rep you don't let it touch the floor.

 

[mike100]

Oh, By Romanian Deadlifts i guess I meant straight legged deadlift or Dimmel Deadlift!

 

[evolution]

Romanian deadlifts are not stiff leg deadlifts, they're far from it. The hips move back, the bar travels down the thighs, and the head comes forward. The bar generally does not go past the knees or much further below the knees.