leg day

[sam1976 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sam1976]

i just got back from the gym. heres what leg day looked like. i take little rest between sets and exercises. i've conditioned myself to move fast. i'm proud to say that i've had several people puke following me on leg day lol. as you can see, this routine is all higher reps and i focus on using perfect form and contracting the muscle.

seated ham curls 5x20

leg extensions 5x20

stiff leg deads 4x12-16

walking lunges with a 25 lb plate in each hand 3x about 70 ft walk lol

leg press...
start with 2 plates on each side, go for 20 reps. without rest, add a plate to each side and shoot for 20 reps again. repeat this process until you cant get 20 reps. i get about 7 to 8 plates usually

adductor abductor machines superset, 2 sets each for 20 reps

squats 4x16-20 reps (this is where the workout gets hard)

then i finished with 3 sets of single leg prone ham curls superset with 3 sets single leg extensions, both for about 15-20 reps each leg.

total 1 hr 20 min

done.

[Ares Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ares]

wow thats awful hahaha

[sam1976 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sam1976]

i'll tell you, i feel no pain worse in the gym than what i feel when i'm doing the high rep sqats portion of this routine. up around reps 7, 8, 9, i feel lactic acid building up in my quads and feel the air start to feel thinner in my lungs. rep 10, 11, 12, the lactic acid seems to peak. that is not to say that it gets better, lol. it just stops getting worse. it just seems to stay at the same level of pain for the next several reps. the problem from here becomes cardio endurance for me. i can shut off the pain from my muscle, but my brain wants to go into a panic, telling me that i'm not getting enough air. with each rep, i pull the air as deep as i can into my lungs. its never enough though. by this time, i can feel my heart pounding and pumping blood hard into my lower body. sometimes, it takes everything i have to finish the last few reps of a 20 rep set of squats, especially when they're placed at the end of a workout like outlined above. the last 5 reps are hell to me.

still, i'm not complaining about this. i love every minute of it. i love the challenge

[Pauliuch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pauliuch]

Hey Sam
No doubt, I find those hi rep sets are so much more painful then going real heavy, and the soreness lasts days. This is the part that confuses me. It comes down to bodybuilding vs powerlifting I guess. As painful as those sets are, do you think they get you any bigger, or stronger as opposed to going heavy? I've gotten real strong this summer, strongest I've ever been. Mostly lo reps, heavy weights not too many sets because it knocks me out. The funny thing is I didn't seem to get much bigger. I think I eat fine. Should I be doing more sets? Any ideas, I am more interested in training like a bodybuilder rather than a powerlifter.