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Squats make the outer thigh muscle grow more near the knee because the muscle is stretched more during the movement.

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Exercise Selection Differentially Influences Lower Body Regional Muscle Development

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human

This study found that exercises like the leg press, which bend your knee all the way down and up, made the big thigh muscle near the knee grow more than exercises that only straighten the knee — which matches the idea that full-range movements stretch the muscle more and help it grow better in that area.

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Comparison of Muscle Hypertrophy and Strength Adaptations Induced by Back Squat and Leg Extension Resistance Exercises.

Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2025 Dec 12

Squats made the lower part of the thigh muscle grow more than leg extensions did, which matches the idea that full-range compound exercises stretch the muscle more and build more muscle near the tendon.

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Compound lower-body exercises performed through a full range of motion (e.g., squats) induce greater hypertrophy in the distal regions of mono-articular quadriceps muscles (e.g., vastus lateralis) compared to isolation exercises, likely due to training at longer muscle lengths.

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Pushing a heavy leg press machine makes the outer part of your thigh muscle grow more than doing leg extensions, because it puts more overall stress on that part of the muscle.

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When you move your muscles through their full stretch and contraction during exercise—like fully lowering and raising a dumbbell—you build more muscle than if you only move partway, because the muscle gets stretched under load, which seems to trigger better growth.

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The side muscle of your thigh doesn’t grow any more with drop sets than with regular sets—no matter where you measure it.

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Drop sets don’t make the side muscle of your thigh bigger than regular sets — no matter where you measure it.

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