Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Leg Day

Legs. They're responsible for carrying you for miles upon miles on runs. They support your entire body. Yet so many people skip leg days. Most guys only train legs so that they aren't top heavy, not because they want to. I personally hate leg day. So I've found a better system rather than dedicating a single day to it.
I take it in doses. First, let me explain something really quick. I work out in 3 different places and only 1 place has machines for legs. I work out either at home, school or my gym. I go to the gym when I feel like it (so like 3 or 4 times per week) and when I go to the gym I do legs. So a small portion of my workouts at the gym are legs. I spread things out so that I don't hate my entire workout at least once per week.
When I do train legs,I do squats with a squat rack and I use the leg extension and leg press machines too. I immediately burn out the rest of my legs that are already on fire with the stairmaster on level 9-12 for 5 minutes to really get a good workout in my legs. I feel like throwing up and my quads are on fire for a soild 15 minutes but it's really the only way I  can get the legs done! Sometimes I do air squats and weighted lunges too but only on the same day that I use the squat rack.
I don't even know what normal people do on leg day but I know that it's not fun at all. Recently I've been playing around with different types of squats. I started (correctly) doing lowbar squats thanks to a few friends who were willing to teach me the right form. I alternate between high bar and low bar squats to work all 3 areas of concern (quads, glutes and hamstrings) and I can really feel it the next morning even if it's the only leg exercise I do that day.
Long story short, don't skip out on leg day simply because you hate it, we all do. Just find a way that works best for you to make it doable and something that you can easily add into a workout. (386)

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