Here is a very different leg exercise that you can incorporate with your squats to help you achieve your goals. This type of exercise will help you get "out of the hole", meaning you'll be able to blast through that sticking point at the bottom when you have difficulty getting the weight up with heavy weight. This will build up your core and actually build up your abs tremendously in addition to your legs, because of the emphasis it places on stabilizing the weight and the energy that's transferred into your midsection.

What you'll do is perform your normal squat routine. However, when you reach the midpoint level of a full range of motion, you're going to pause the motion and stabilize the weight using your legs and abs. Then, you're going to go downward to the full range of motion where you will pause the motion again for another 5 seconds. Your hamstrings should be touching your calves in order to know you've gone down far enough. Then you are going to rise up and pause halfway at the full range of motion again for another 5 seconds. Then you will rise up to the top. That is one rep. Complete the process. This will give your legs the ability to break through that plateau and "get out of the hole" which so many people have trouble with.

Something else that is going to help you get out of the hole is proper nutrition. Your workouts are useless if you don't feed your muscles with the necessary nutrients it needs to repair itself. Too often do I see people work hard int he gym and then they starve themselves after a workout or gorge everything in sight. Building muscle mass is really about stimulating your muscles, and then repairing them to grow with proper nutrition and creating the proper anabolic hormonal enviroment within your body.In order to maximize the most out of your workouts and the reparation process that takes place it's important to include some supplementation because you simply cannot get all of the nutrients you need from food alone. I prefer a supplement blend of caffeine, arginine, beta alanine, and creatine 30 minutes before my workout and a protein and carbohydrate source after my workout. The pre-workout supplement that works best for me and primes my body for muscle growth and fat loss is Cellucor's C4 Extreme. As my protein source after my workout, I especially like Hemp protein. This plant-based protein is much easier on the stomach than Whey and I actually notice I'm much leaner when I'm on it. As my carbohydrate source, I like 6 tbsp. of honey. Honey has a lot of antibacterial and antiviral properties and I really notice it brings out a lot of detail within my frame.

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