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re: Fitness Questions (Leg Day (Literially))
Posted on 2/21/17 at 5:41 am to SuperSaint
Posted on 2/21/17 at 5:41 am to SuperSaint
quote:
If you destroy your legs proper like, you aren't hitting them again two days later
So 3 days a week?
Posted on 2/21/17 at 6:31 am to athenslife101
I squat everyday (different variations) and do lunges and or run everyday. I hit legs really hard 1 day a week but do squats everyday and deadlifts (different variations) at least 2 times a week. Only working a muscle group once a week for fear of lack of recovery time is dumb. If you do it right and diet/sleep properly your recovery time won't be an issue. The more you do it the easier it will get. I hit front squats with a 5 sec pause this morning after I finished a chest focused workout. Legs tomorrow and won't be tired because my body has adjusted to squats/lunges daily.
ETA: my PRs on high bar and low bar have gone up drastically. Same with front squat and deadlift from squating daily if you do it right.
ETA: my PRs on high bar and low bar have gone up drastically. Same with front squat and deadlift from squating daily if you do it right.
This post was edited on 2/21/17 at 6:39 am
Posted on 2/21/17 at 6:35 am to athenslife101
I only do 1 Leg day a week
Don't overdo it
Don't overdo it
Posted on 2/21/17 at 6:36 am to athenslife101
leg curls are really bad for your knees, as well as anything else that starts from a bent knee position with significant weight
Posted on 2/21/17 at 6:37 am to SabiDojo
quote:
Squats
Lunges
Step-up Reverse Lunges
Bulgarian Squats
Goblet Squats
Pistol Squats
Straight Leg Deadlifts
Split Leg Ez Bar Squats
Calf Raises
Please don't tell me all of that is done in one day
My leg day consists of
3 RPT squats of 6-8 reps
3 RPT front squats of 6-8 reps
1 set of Calf raises to failure
Thats it. If you are going heavy on your squats that is all you need
Posted on 2/21/17 at 6:38 am to athenslife101
The best solution IMO is a push/pull/legs split.
Here you'll have a leg focused day & a pull day, pairing something like rows with something like RDL's on the pull day.
Here you'll have a leg focused day & a pull day, pairing something like rows with something like RDL's on the pull day.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 6:39 am to SuperSaint
quote:
If you destroy your legs proper like, you aren't hitting them again two days later
Truth
Your legs should be sore for a day or two after squatting
I Dead Lift on Sunday and Squat on Wednesday just to give myself max rest in between those 2 lifts
Posted on 2/21/17 at 6:47 am to athenslife101
Just get one of these
Posted on 2/21/17 at 6:50 am to athenslife101
Not a single squat was seen ...How can you claim to work out legs and not squat?
Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:00 am to athenslife101
If you really work out your legs you should be too sore to work them out again. I am usually sore 5-6 days.
Warmup
3x10 light leg ext
4x10 leg press
Workout
I start at 135 doing sets of 8 adding weight until I get up to 365 then drop the reps to . Now add 20 pounds each set up to 425. At that weight I do 3 sets of 5. At that point I start taking off weight and adding reps each set back down to 135. So its about a dozen or more sets.
After that lunges, stiff legged dead lifts and calves.
Warmup
3x10 light leg ext
4x10 leg press
Workout
I start at 135 doing sets of 8 adding weight until I get up to 365 then drop the reps to . Now add 20 pounds each set up to 425. At that weight I do 3 sets of 5. At that point I start taking off weight and adding reps each set back down to 135. So its about a dozen or more sets.
After that lunges, stiff legged dead lifts and calves.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:06 am to athenslife101
If you are going to toss a gratuitous and poorly used word into your title, at least you could spell it right.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:08 am to 504Voodoo
I love all the kettle bell and Olympic lifts. Just something about moving a lot of weight quickly makes you feel exhilarated, even if you are exhausted at the end. I haven't been able to do the Olympic lifts in a while so I try my best to emulate them with kettle bells.
The hardest kettle bell exercise I've ever done is the side step KB swing It's insane how much it worked my entire body.
Ignore to douche talking and just watch the exercise
Side Step KB Swing
The hardest kettle bell exercise I've ever done is the side step KB swing It's insane how much it worked my entire body.
Ignore to douche talking and just watch the exercise
Side Step KB Swing
Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:09 am to goldennugget
quote:
I Dead Lift on Sunday and Squat on Wednesday just to give myself max rest in between those 2 lifts
I switched my deadlift to back day so I wasn't doing two major lifts on the same day.
Leg day now is back squat
goblet squat
straight leg deadlift
calf raises
I'm six days a week right now work out legs twice a week
4 sets each
reps- 15,10,(5,12 drop set) increasing weights
My knees are bad and lunges make my knees feel like they may explode so I cut them out.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:10 am to athenslife101
depends on how much resistance you are using. lower resistance and just light motion shouldn't hurt.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:34 am to SabiDojo
quote:
Squats
Lunges
Step-up Reverse Lunges
Bulgarian Squats
Goblet Squats
Pistol Squats
Straight Leg Deadlifts
Split Leg Ez Bar Squats
Calf Raises
The names of some workouts make me laugh
Posted on 2/21/17 at 7:45 am to boutgrfanrx
Front Squats
Back Squats
Over Heads Squats
Front lunges
Reverse Lunges
Single Leg Lunges
Kettle Bell Squats
Dead Lifts
Box Jumps
Rowing
Thursters
Cleans
Back Squats
Over Heads Squats
Front lunges
Reverse Lunges
Single Leg Lunges
Kettle Bell Squats
Dead Lifts
Box Jumps
Rowing
Thursters
Cleans
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:01 am to athenslife101
quote:
athenslife101
Answers kinda depend on what your goals are. You trying to get some size on your legs? Just get them stronger?
You're building a ton of capacity, which will help with them not burning out during a long workout, but that's all I can see right now. If you want some size, you'll need to adjust your rep scheme and give your legs some rest days to heal and build.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:04 am to athenslife101
quote:
like to vary it up but lunges, hack squat machine (no weights added, do it for high reps), leg curls, calf raises, a few exercises I don't know what the hell they've called. Plan on adding deadlifts soon.
You shouldn't have to worry about messing up that leg day
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:07 am to 504Voodoo
I ride the bike 5-6 days a week, mix up some Mountain Bike, Cyclocross, Zwift, Road miles, hills, sprints etc.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 8:43 am to athenslife101
quote:
hack squat maching (no weights added)
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