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@jayaraj Then squats will work, of course, but I would say they're not necessary if you prefer other exercises.

@jayaraj Are you doing leg workouts for leg hypertrophy, for athletic performance, or to be able to squat more weight? It sounds like you want hypertrophy (and we are in a bodybuilding sub). If that's the case, I wouldn't worry about reducing or eliminating sessions where you include barbell...

@jayaraj First, let me say I'm not an expert. But I have experience and spend a fair bit of time researching. I don't think anything is going to improve your squatting strength better than doing squats. I'm not a power lifter, but there's a reason they build their workouts around their 3...

@jayaraj If you're lifting for performance (strength or athletics) then I would keep them. If your concern is hypertrophy, I wouldn't worry about it. All that stuff about increasing testosterone and working your CNS seems to be overblown based on what I hear from people who know more than I...

@revbillw Not trying to be a dick, but that's probably about the worst way you could train. Please don't try that. You'd be killing a muscle without giving it a chance to recover. Then you'd go probably two weeks without training it (assuming you cycle through other muscles in the meantime)...

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@helen2002 This is exactly what Mike Israetel recommends. I actually just listened to the video where he discussed this yesterday afternoon.