body building?

i know legs is very important to body building and it helps grow the upper muscles as well. If I did not want to lift heavy anymore on my legs(Just do less weight and more reps) and just slim my quads down and buttocks, will this still help grow my upper as much than lifting heavy on the legs?????

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  1. In my opinion the two exercises you need to be doing are squats and deadlifts and I'd prefer to see you working to failure at about eight reps with very good form. At least that heavy. Make sure that you are going deep in the squat, at least to where your thighs are parrallel with the floor if not a little deeper. Answerteam's answer is good but it leaves out hamstrings so I'd either do deadlifts instead of Leg press, or I'd make sure to do leg curl machine in addition to what he suggests.
  2. Take this with a grain of salt but here is what i would do. mkae your monday training session squat day. dont do cardio and ony do three exercises ie squat heavy for 5 sets of five 75-80 percent of your max leg presses for threes sets of 8 for 50 percent leg extentions for three sets of 10 at a comfortable wieght. then dont do leg work until monday again. some exercises will still work the legs but dont focus on them.
  3. I think it will still help release growth hormone and it will help your upper body development if you go lighter on your legs and do more reps. Try doing 50 rep squats.
  4. you can lower your weight and do less reps. don't do anymore than 15-20 reps per set though. this will still increase muscle mass for a short while before your body adapts and will then be more for 'toning'. it may not work as well for your upper chest compared to more weight, but you will still gain.
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