6 years of no car and 100 to 300 miles a week and 20 or so running - my legs aren't that big, yet. But when grocery shopping in shorts I'll sometimes have laides follow behind... Every time I have a 40+mph headwind all I think is about those women... I'm one of very few, because everyone drives on those days. Too bad my mug is so ugly.. : (
You get that thing where they pretend they can't get past you when you're standing on the pedals going up a hill. It's always two women in the car! Ha ha!
Leg size is a genetic thing, mainly, great for the track sprint, but most climbers are slim all the way around. All arounders are somewhere in between, but the size of your heart and your ability to suffer are most important; and a very hard work ethic!
Heres how I do it, 30 min HIIT every day with a 20 min lifting either arms, chest, back, abs, shoulders and triceps, and one special day for legs wich is 20 min HIIT and 30 for legs lifting double my weight, im small over my upper body, but big on the legs, so Its nice to go outside and run with such power and endurance from HIIT
@deus555 The cyclist who have big muscles in the legs are more usually sprinters, climbers on the other side work on their weight to power ratio and so do the timetrialists. Micheal Rasmussen is a climber.
@bradaman96 - It's from focusing on horizontal or full circular motion to peda. This distributes the workload to more muscles and makes you more efficient vs. just pounding down on the pedals which is terribly inefficient and brings on fatigue more rapidly.
@pboisei For the "secrets" to the fastest (humanly) possible muscle growth, consult the bodybuilding community. The main aspect is nutrition: You need to get approximately 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight per day separated equally into meals (for a minimum of ) every three hours. (i.e. A 140 pound person awake from 7 am to 10 pm needs 23 grams of protein in 6 meals distributed every 3 hours). The nutrition must, of course accompany calf-specific exercises, ..(con't in next post)
Big muscular legs doesn't make a better cyclist. I have skinny legs like 'Rasmussen' and constantly drop bigger muscular guys. It's all about performance!!
@cozybeehiveful It depends on how you cycle as well, if you want thighs like Chris Hoy then you'd have to sprint, endurance cyclists have skinny but muscular legs.
@wanmaker That's like saying Usain Bolt would be the fastest marathon runner ever because he can run 9.60 per 100meters for the entire 26 miles. Hoy is built for explosive power, not endurance, he said this himself.
Its the guys with veins you need to watch out for, not the musclebound ones. Lance's legs may look pretty sick but his blood vessel density is/was huge so his repeatability and power is/was off the scale.
@abcdrcill1 like calf-raises. IMO, cycling emphasizes quads more than calves. However, calves are notorious as one of the hardest muscles to grow, and like nsuneja said, growth is heavily subjective to your genetics. Good luck!
Most of these legs are track pr sprinter legs, a climber legs for example will be defined but usually have small muscle mass. The picture of Gilberto Simoni, a pure climber @58kg, shows definition but not mass. You don't win a Monte Zoncolan stage with mass!, you'll come last!
@pboisei Ignore that losers answer. You cannot achieve volume by cycling long distances, you can A) sprint for 2-3min, relax for 60sec, then repeat for about 9-12 times, or B) go to the gym and do some machine exercise (ideal method for volume), but then you risk unbalance b/w hams and quads.
@wanmaker I hope your joking about Chris Hoy going up them hills with his legs. If your not, it doesn't work that way. Usually the bigger the legs the harder it is for them to go uphill. The skinnier the frame of a cyclist the better to go up hill.
no need to be proud of the pic where the veins are concentrated and dense like that .. that means the blood is stuck there due to some obstacle in the veins it's pretty serious
this comes from some freak'n serious riding. and riding hard. Keep in mind these people just got off a few dozzen miles and rode like their back tire was on fire so they're pumped up from their normal standing size. Allbeit, they weren't no chicken legged skinnies to begin with either.
Tyler Durden Because there is a huge emphasis on power/weight ratio now. They don't do any weight lifting and overall a pro cyclist is a LOT thinner then few years ago. Compare pictures of Lance and Froome for example
@deus555, Yep, Its about putting in the long hard miles. Having legs like a bodybuilder will do nothing for you. It comes more down to great strength endurance than size & alot of riders in that video don't actually have big legs, Chris Hoy being an exception & please note, Chris wouldn't win a TDF in 10 lifetimes with that frame.
@cozybeehiveful Get doing some hill sprints, Not only is it the best way to improve your Lactic Acid Thresh hold its brilliant for your VO2 output. (Will also give you killer legs)
Lance Cunningham Cycling is the only sport that has a drug control organization. They all doped in Lance era and before that. Every other sport everyone dopes up to this day. I don't get why cyclists get defensive over it. It's true. It happened, but it stopped. All the professional athletes in other sports still dope though.
6 years of no car and 100 to 300 miles a week and 20 or so running - my legs aren't that big, yet. But when grocery shopping in shorts I'll sometimes have laides follow behind... Every time I have a 40+mph headwind all I think is about those women... I'm one of very few, because everyone drives on those days. Too bad my mug is so ugly.. : (
You get that thing where they pretend they can't get past you when you're standing on the pedals going up a hill. It's always two women in the car! Ha ha!
@@aaronwildecomposer lol
Be slim and light. You'll live longer and the uphills are easier. Look at the bikes. They're slim and light too for the same reason.
Leg size is a genetic thing, mainly, great for the track sprint, but most climbers are slim all the way around. All arounders are somewhere in between, but the size of your heart and your ability to suffer are most important; and a very hard work ethic!
Heres how I do it, 30 min HIIT every day with a 20 min lifting either arms, chest, back, abs, shoulders and triceps, and one special day for legs wich is 20 min HIIT and 30 for legs lifting double my weight, im small over my upper body, but big on the legs, so Its nice to go outside and run with such power and endurance from HIIT
the varicose veins are very unsightly
@deus555 The cyclist who have big muscles in the legs are more usually sprinters, climbers on the other side work on their weight to power ratio and so do the timetrialists.
Micheal Rasmussen is a climber.
The only problem is that cycling, for the most part, trains ONLY the legs.
why do seious cyclists usually have massive calves? how do they get them?
@bradaman96 - It's from focusing on horizontal or full circular motion to peda. This distributes the workload to more muscles and makes you more efficient vs. just pounding down on the pedals which is terribly inefficient and brings on fatigue more rapidly.
Is that Ireland's Seán Kelly at 2:27 ?
@pboisei
For the "secrets" to the fastest (humanly) possible muscle growth, consult the bodybuilding community.
The main aspect is nutrition: You need to get approximately 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight per day separated equally into meals (for a minimum of ) every three hours. (i.e. A 140 pound person awake from 7 am to 10 pm needs 23 grams of protein in 6 meals distributed every 3 hours).
The nutrition must, of course accompany calf-specific exercises, ..(con't in next post)
Big muscular legs doesn't make a better cyclist. I have skinny legs like 'Rasmussen' and constantly drop bigger muscular guys. It's all about performance!!
@deus555 usually , endurance racers have skinny legs, track cyclists or sprinters have big ones
@cozybeehiveful
It depends on how you cycle as well, if you want thighs like Chris Hoy then you'd have to sprint, endurance cyclists have skinny but muscular legs.
they aren't varicose veins
@wanmaker
That's like saying Usain Bolt would be the fastest marathon runner ever because he can run 9.60 per 100meters for the entire 26 miles. Hoy is built for explosive power, not endurance, he said this himself.
1.14 prefer the ones on the far right
Its the guys with veins you need to watch out for, not the musclebound ones. Lance's legs may look pretty sick but his blood vessel density is/was huge so his repeatability and power is/was off the scale.
varicose veins. leads to cardiac insufficiency.
@abcdrcill1
like calf-raises. IMO, cycling emphasizes quads more than calves. However, calves are notorious as one of the hardest muscles to grow, and like nsuneja said, growth is heavily subjective to your genetics.
Good luck!
some of those are George 'epo' Hincapie. Thick blood through drug abuse has caused those varicose veins. He's pretty lucky to still be alive.
who would make a video of this?
Most of these legs are track pr sprinter legs, a climber legs for example will be defined but usually have small muscle mass. The picture of Gilberto Simoni, a pure climber @58kg, shows definition but not mass. You don't win a Monte Zoncolan stage with mass!, you'll come last!
@cozybeehiveful You're dismissing the years and decades of effort these guys put in.
Seriously? If anyone thinks these legs are attractive there's really something wrong with them. It honestly just looks freakish.
@pboisei Ignore that losers answer. You cannot achieve volume by cycling long distances, you can A) sprint for 2-3min, relax for 60sec, then repeat for about 9-12 times, or B) go to the gym and do some machine exercise (ideal method for volume), but then you risk unbalance b/w hams and quads.
We are the real tough bikers not motorcyclists. Some of those veins look a bit ugly. I like the song choice.
Only cycling wont get you such big legs, cross training and weight training is necessary.
@wanmaker I hope your joking about Chris Hoy going up them hills with his legs. If your not, it doesn't work that way. Usually the bigger the legs the harder it is for them to go uphill. The skinnier the frame of a cyclist the better to go up hill.
very nice, tnx
Those guys all ride motorized bikes. It just so happens that their legs are the motor.
those balloon thighs do NOT look good -- but they sure can pedal a bike
no need to be proud of the pic where the veins are concentrated and dense like that .. that means the blood is stuck there due to some obstacle in the veins it's pretty serious
the song from white zombie from the game Twisted metal
Rob Zombie - Superbeast
Cycling up steep hills will give you massive legs
:21 pretty sure those belong to Sean Kelly. One of the most successful cyclist of all-time. All-arounder
Some serious legs in this compilation.
Def,def,definitely needs a doctor...
1:46 CR7?
this comes from some freak'n serious riding. and riding hard.
Keep in mind these people just got off a few dozzen miles and rode like their back tire was on fire so they're pumped up from their normal standing size.
Allbeit, they weren't no chicken legged skinnies to begin with either.
0:26 .oooooh...stunned
Except Froome
Tyler Durden Have you seen his instagram post of his legs?
Yep, they're thin but powerful. Not nearly as muscular as these guys.
Tyler Durden
Because there is a huge emphasis on power/weight ratio now. They don't do any weight lifting and overall a pro cyclist is a LOT thinner then few years ago. Compare pictures of Lance and Froome for example
real men..
@deus555, Yep, Its about putting in the long hard miles. Having legs like a bodybuilder will do nothing for you. It comes more down to great strength endurance than size & alot of riders in that video don't actually have big legs, Chris Hoy being an exception & please note, Chris wouldn't win a TDF in 10 lifetimes with that frame.
Really? I wanna see how many of these guys could squat 225. These legs are tiny.
and see how much meter did you could endure in road cyling in 40-50km/h in speed maintaining?
That guy at 0:17 has a fucking octopus on his calf. Sick.
1:46 all the way!
@pboisei it took me 5 years!
1:14 are the real muscles
T-rex
Chris Hoy would b amazing in the tour. with them legs he would go so fast up the hills .
@TCRCforlife LMFAO Must feel like a battle toad's kick
track riders have huge legs, its stupid big
0:16 what's that!?
@cozybeehiveful Get doing some hill sprints, Not only is it the best way to improve your Lactic Acid Thresh hold its brilliant for your VO2 output. (Will also give you killer legs)
The veins are due to vitamin K insufficiency in the supplements and are butt ugly!
0:16 that's fucking disgusting
big mig is the man not some sub 6 foot pee wee rider thats only good on hills lol
that pic on 0:19.......ffs people i almost threw up
Cramp
jim jimmy Looks more like varicose viens
wow these legs are umm very vainy and weird looking lol not to diss on the accomplishments of these guys or girls
now, lol
@2kinesis haha, i think i agree with you!!!
Don't forget these guys probably squat and more than likely do some steroids.
They dont take steroids. If anything they take performance enhancing drugs.
EliteScenes which is what steroids are.
Mello Baby If you say so.
Lance Cunningham Cycling is the only sport that has a drug control organization. They all doped in Lance era and before that. Every other sport everyone dopes up to this day. I don't get why cyclists get defensive over it. It's true. It happened, but it stopped. All the professional athletes in other sports still dope though.
Lance Cunningham Oh, they don't squat by the way. No professional cyclist lifts weights or does any off-bike workouts anymore.
00:18 is fucking nasty.
Sean Yates
Doping
those veins are nasty!!!!