“Lunges I Did for Pictures With Girls”: 67-YO Bodybuilding Legend’s Resurfaced Revelation About His Workout Will Leave You Stunned

Tom Platz is known as the King of Quads in the bodybuilding world. He did not get this name just by chance, but because he devised his techniques to bring out the best in the quads. His muscle striations in the leg were something to look forward to when he was on stage. He is known as the Quadfather, and he even won the Mr. Universe title. Platz is 68 years old, and he still looks as massive as ever.

His knowledge about squats is immeasurable, and people still abide by his workout methods to increase their leg muscles. In a short YouTube video, he explains a special exercise for perfect teardrop quads.

Tom Platz explains how to get the best quads

The Quadfather is known for his leg development in his professional bodybuilding career throughout the 1970s and 1980s. He became famous because of his quads, and The Golden Eagle gave his contenders a hard competition.

He finished in third place in 1981. Mr. Olympia and many fans felt that he deserved to win the competition. In a recent YouTube short, he showed his immense knowledge of squats and the technicalities involved in making the best quads. Platz explained hack squats in the video by @fitgenious. The golden eagle said, “Hack squats is all you need. I did leg presses for pictures and photographs.” Mainly, the bodybuilder concentrated on hack squats and not leg presses or lunges. He continued, “Lunges I did for pictures with girls.”

Platz showed how he kept his posture during the squats and continued, “To think about hack squats, we have to work with that. I would squat more like this, my heels together like a duck.” The quadriceps muscles would only be enhanced by training the proper muscle fibers. Platz explained this by saying, “Where the fastest laterals are the predominant muscle of innervation, These muscles are on the side, the teardrop muscle. If you want to get big legs, you gotta squat, and then do hack squats.”

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Hack squats are good for the entire lower body, including the glutes, hamstrings, calves, and quads, as well as the core. So Platz gave a one-stop solution to getting the best quads. Tom Platz had million-dollar legs that won him a lot of fortune as well, all thanks to the Hack squats. It was the God of Aesthetics that gave Platz confidence about his legs.

Tom Platz won millions of dollars because of Frank Zane

It was Frank Zane that recognized and pointed out that Platz’s legs had a lot of potential to be famous. Platz, however, was surprisingly not confident about his quads, but Zane gave him confidence. Zane said, “You have the leg thing going on; you should market your legs”. When Platz won Mr. Universe, Zane gave him an amazing business idea.

He recommended charging 3,000 dollars whenever someone approached him for any sponsorship or show. The time came soon after, and he utilized this advice. Platz said that the Mr. Michigan stage had asked him to guest pose for them, and that is how the legend earned his first-ever mega paycheck.

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Bodybuilding is not just about creating a muscular body but also about having a scientific approach towards making the best aesthetic and symmetrical physique. Are hack squats a part of your fitness regime? Would you like to try it out? Tell us in the comments.