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Fitness Questions (Leg Day (Literially))
Posted on 2/20/17 at 11:30 pm
Posted on 2/20/17 at 11:30 pm
This may be obvious but I'm not sure.
Ok, so I do a leg workout every other day. I have 3 or 4 exercises I do but nothing to extravagant.
On those in-between days, I take a spin class mainly for cardio.
Is the spin class interrupting the healing cycle from the leg exercise? If so, would moving the leg exercises to the same day I do spin help?
Thanks for the help.
Ok, so I do a leg workout every other day. I have 3 or 4 exercises I do but nothing to extravagant.
On those in-between days, I take a spin class mainly for cardio.
Is the spin class interrupting the healing cycle from the leg exercise? If so, would moving the leg exercises to the same day I do spin help?
Thanks for the help.
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Posted on 2/20/17 at 11:30 pm to athenslife101
First, what 3 or 4 exercises do you do?
Posted on 2/20/17 at 11:43 pm to athenslife101
You have no 'leg day' if you are doing leg day 3-4 times a week
Sorry
Sorry
Posted on 2/20/17 at 11:47 pm to athenslife101
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Is the spin class interrupting the healing cycle from the leg exercise?
How intense is the spin class? Cardio can help recovery. Throwing the cycle into high resistance the whole time wouldnt be great.
Posted on 2/20/17 at 11:48 pm to athenslife101
I work my legs out once or twice a week not every other day.
Chest
Back
Shoulders
Biceps & triceps
Legs
I mix in abs between sets most days
If I make it to the gym a sixth day I do 2 sets of every body part and then have a rest day.
Leg day
Squats
Deadlifts
Leg extensions
Leg press
Calve raises
Leg curls
Chest
Back
Shoulders
Biceps & triceps
Legs
I mix in abs between sets most days
If I make it to the gym a sixth day I do 2 sets of every body part and then have a rest day.
Leg day
Squats
Deadlifts
Leg extensions
Leg press
Calve raises
Leg curls
This post was edited on 2/20/17 at 11:53 pm
Posted on 2/21/17 at 5:31 am to athenslife101
A light spin can help recovery. Loosens up the legs, gets the blood pumping. But you don't want to feel any fatigue at all in your legs. Really don't want to get your heart rate up very high either. Both will set back your muscle recovery which would be a waste.
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 6:38 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 6:47 am to athenslife101
Just get one of these
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 7:10 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 8:01 am to athenslife101
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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 9:39 am to athenslife101
quote:
Fitness Questions (Leg Day
You mean squat day? That's all you need.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 10:24 am to athenslife101
Leg day
Posted on 2/21/17 at 11:03 am to athenslife101
If you do legs right, you don't wanna touch them or move for the next few days.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 11:25 am to athenslife101
If you are not doing squats you are cheating yourself. There is no leg day without squats.
Posted on 2/21/17 at 2:37 pm to athenslife101
Do a DC training leg day. Widowmaker is the toughest thing I've ever done. That and the calf exercise.
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