Monster Leg/Thigh Workout
Posted on | November 16, 2008 |
Today’s leg workout was ferocious. At least the first part of it was. I was pretty drained after the first round of exercises.
First off, I only do squats with thighs PARALLEL to the floor. None of those girly squats where guys only go down an inch and that’s the extent of their rep. That’s just plain weaksauce. Be a man! Squat with thighs parallel. If you can’t do em right then drop the weight
James, B.J and I started out with
• 2 warm up sets of 135 lb squats.
These were especially hard for me because I didn’t have time to warm up and my chest was so tight from the day’s workout before. I had to try and stretch my chest while holding the bar behind my neck.
Today I decided to do my squats without shoes on. It was something I watched in the movie, Pumping Iron, and it felt really good. Felt like I was driving straight up with through the floor. Definitely something you should give a try.
• After the 2 warm up sets at 135lbs,
• we did 2 sets of 225lbs at 12 reps per set.
• 275 lbs at 10 reps was next.
I had some extra motivation because at the squat rack next to us was this guy (we’ll call him Stinky because his body odor is sickening) who was doing squats as well. He had 4 plates on each side, and squatted down about a quarter of an inch per rep. There is a running joke at the gym because this guy’s form is the worst I have ever seen. I wish I could video tape it to prove it.
• 315lbs at 8 reps was the next set.
It really was a tough one. Call it lack of sleep the night before, or my jack in the box that I had for lunch, but it was brutal. It was one of those where when you squat down, you don’t know if you are coming back up.
The final set was a major Superset. Squats superset with Leg press
It is so beneficial to have a partner when doing this set. I like being last because it gives you a chance to beat your partner’s reps. When you go first, you might not do as much as you are actually able to because you have no bench mark.
BJ went first today.
• He did 14 reps at 225, and 6 reps at 270 lbs on the press.
I was next.
• I hit 22 CLEAN reps at 225, and then got only 10 reps on the press. My lower back was toast by rep 5.
James
• hit 18 reps at 225 and 10 reps on the press.
THAT felt good to beat everyone. Beating each other is part of the fun and definitely makes you stronger. After that workout, I was toast. I was feeling weak and nauseas. I finished up with hamstring curls and some cardio and called it a night.
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November 18th, 2008 @ 10:28 pm
Sounds like a killer leg workout
May 6th, 2009 @ 9:21 am
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July 15th, 2009 @ 12:25 pm
That is not bad for a workout, but try this.
Warm up with 135 doing squats or a few plates on the leg press.
Go to the leg extensions and do a very heavy set to failure and try to hit at least 12-15, but failure as in you cannot move your legs and they are shaking on the last rep. Bring the last rep down slowly….breathe a little…go immediately to the leg press and load up with say 1 or 2 plates (45’s) on each side less than normal. Try to hit 12-15 to failure..break for 1 minute….pull off 50-60% and do it one leg at a time until failure..not snot bubbling failure, just failure. This is where u cannot walk to good and trying to catch ur breath but the next step is important. Quickly get over to either the hack squat or regular squats and burn out 8-12 reps..on the very last rep u should be ready to pass out (almost) and stop.
This entire leg workout should last about 10-12 minutes, but you will feel it. When ur workout is over and you are driving home, you will get out of your car with a surprise…pain.
try it…for the next 2-4 days you will have trouble walking. Make sure you rest at least 7-9 days after this b4 doing another leg workout and rest your entire body 3-5 days depending upon how u feel.