Originally Posted by
KC8QVO
I have some definition in my VMO muscles, but I don't have a good way to gauge.
Another exercise I have done is squats and some leg presses, mostly extend with both legs and retract on one leg.
Yes, those are good. I do single leg presses pushing the plate with my toe rather than flat-footed. It's very important to track your knee directly over your foot, IOW angle them both just the same. The lower on the plate you put your foot, the greater the quad activation and the less the hamstring activation. Eccentric exercise works at least as well as concentric. The main thing is that the exercise be pain-free at the knee. My guess is that you can use more weight eccentrically and stay pain-free. In general, eccentric exercise causes more muscle strain than concentric and strain is what you want.