Clint’s Corner

     You can ask 20 different people for training advice and you’ll get 20 different answers. Because everyones body is different. No matter what the magazines or the know it all personal trainers tell you, there is no cookie cutter or universal workout plan that fits everyone. You may have a muscle group that grows faster than the next guy or one that grows slower. Your body may react different to a type of diet or cardio than the next guy. The best thing to do is to learn your body and how it reacts to different things like rep range, sets, exercises, training styles and diets. Keep a note book with you and write down your workouts and diets. Then if you notice a change in your body you like or dont like, you can go back and see what it was that caused it and make the changes you need.

     Do your research. Take the time to learn the different exercises, to do them correctly and the muscles they work. It is the ones that take the time to do this that take their bodies to the next level and a step closer to reaching their goals. Remember Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither were the top athelets and bodybuilders of today. Its years of training and years of trial and error, while figuring out what works best for you.

      For some knowledge is power! For others ignorance is bliss! Its your body, your choice!

    Okay, I keep getting a lot of private messages and comments on my legs so I decided to post one of the leg routines I did.  Keep in mind I change it up from workout to workout. This is the workout me and my friend Matt did yesterday. It made us both pretty sore.

    First thing we did when we got to the gym was warm up with light leg extensions and light leg curls. 3 sets of 20-30 reps on each and we stretch between every set. After warming up we decided to start off with heavy walking dumbbell lunges 4 sets of around 20 reps.(we just go from one wall to the other and back)  Then we went on to the hack squat machine. Doing 4 heavy sets of 10 reps and using full range of motion.(Below parallel, No quarter or half squats) From there we decided to use the smith machine for squats instead of a barbell. On the smith machine with a very narrow stance we did 5 heavy sets of 10 reps going way below parallel with every rep. Then we went on to heavy leg extensions using drop sets for 4 sets of 8-10 reps and 10-12 reps after we drop the weight. Again using full range of motion. From there we went on to a plate loaded single leg curl machine. Squeezing the weight up like you would working your biceps on a preacher curl bench (not kicking it up) we did 4 sets of 10 reps. Then we went on to the leg press. We did single leg with a very high stance to involve more of the hamstrings for 3 sets of 10 reps. After that we did laying leg curls using drop sets for 4 sets of 8-10 reps and 10-12 reps after we had drop the weight. Again squeezing and flexing the hamstring like you would a bicep. Then for our last exercise we did stiff legged dumbbell dead lifts, getting a full stretch at the bottom then standing up and stopping right before the stress of the weight gos to your spinal erectors, keeping the hamstrings under constant tension. We did those for 4 sets of 10 reps.  Then we went and puked!