Leg Training Manual

Legs are the biggest muscles you own and the fastest way to add real size and strength to your whole body. They are also the easiest to short-change, because training them hard hurts.

If your legs lag behind your upper body, or your squat and hinge have stalled, this is the fix. The Leg Training Manual is a focused lower-body specialization program built around the position where the quads and hamstrings actually grow, the stretch under load.

Build Real Wheels. Quads, Hamstrings, and Glutes That Match Your Upper Body.

Why Legs Lag

Most lifters short-change legs because the work is hard. They half-rep the squat, skip the stretch, and never specialize. But legs grow from full range under load and from real volume, recovered properly. This manual is built to make the hard work count.

What Makes This Manual Different

Quads

A squat pattern for strength, then hack squats and leg press taken into a deep, loaded stretch where the quad grows the most, with lengthened partials at the bottom on the last sets.

Hamstrings

Romanian deadlifts and stiff-leg work for the stretch under load, plus leg curls for the knee-flexion function. The hamstrings cross two joints, so the program trains both.

Glutes

Hip thrusts and the deep range of the squat and lunge patterns to build and strengthen the glutes.

The Method

Mechanical tension, long-length emphasis, controlled eccentrics, and machines used for precision and constant tension where free weights run out, programmed across three phases that accumulate, intensify, and overreach.

Inside The Manual

  • Complete Lower-Body Specialization Program with progressive overload across three phases.
  • Form and Function guide to squat, hinge, and machine mechanics and tempo.
  • The Full Lower System: quads, hamstrings, and glutes trained in balance.
  • Advanced Techniques: long-length loading, lengthened partials, and controlled eccentrics.
  • Recovery and Nutrition built for the whole-body demand of hard leg training.
  • Progress Tracking System with measurement protocols and log templates.

What You Will Gain

  • Bigger, stronger thighs
  • A stronger squat and hinge
  • Balanced quads, hamstrings, and glutes
  • More total-body size and strength from training the biggest muscles you own
  • A lower body that finally matches your upper

Who This Is For

  • Lifters whose legs lag behind their upper body
  • Anyone who wants more size and strength from their squat and hinge
  • Trainees ready to run a hard, structured lower-body block

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Dave DePew

About The Author

Dave DePew is the founder of Grinder Gym and Grinder Strength Sports in Southern California. For more than two decades he has coached strength athletes, bodybuilders, strongman competitors, and lifters of every level. The Leg Training Manual reflects the same standard used inside the gym: practical training, high standards, and real strength.

Real Wheels. Real Strength. Real Results.