Hezha’s BodyBlog

Hello everybody! So yesterday (Sunday) was time to workout the legs. I gotta admit that i have mixed feelings, when it comes to leg training days, i dread it since i know that I’m gonna destroy my muscles with hard training and going to be sore as hell the following 2-3 days, but on the other hand excited to lift heavy weights as my legs are my strongest body parts by far. As i have mentioned previously, i don’t take any pre-workout supplements before leg training, because the pumps would be too painful and i would start cramping. I just drank 1 liter of pineapple juice before and during my workout to keep my energy level high.

Before we go to my workout, be sure to check my own blog site out at: xtransformation.wordpress.com as i might forget to post some of my workouts to bodyspace.
I warmed my body up by doing 10 minutes on the cross trainer

After which i did some explosive stretches lightly to wake my muscles up, i usually don’t do conventitional static stretches BEFORE my workouts, but i do light static stretches to the muscle I’m working in between sets and after workouts at home.

Let’s get to my workout:

Leg extensions light (to warm my knees up)

2 sets of 15 reps with 50kg/110lbs

Deep squat (same as traditional squat, but i go really deep to shock my leg muscles and get more muscle fibers involved)

Set 1: 10 reps with 80kg/176lbs

Set 2: 10 reps with 90kg/198lbs

Set 3: 8 reps with 100kg/220lbs

Note. I did the reps in a slow, controlled fashion. Slower than normally, to force the muscles to work and not have any momentum helping my lift the weights up.

Sumo squat
3 sets of 8 reps with 90kg/198lbs

Note. In order to do this exercise correctly, make sure that your knees and feet are pointing to the same direction from start to finish of the exercise, your feet should be pointing outwards slightly.

V-squat machine ( i rarely do this, just wanted a bit of a different angle to work my quads)

Set 1: 12 reps with 60kg/132lbs

Set 2: 10 reps with 75kg/165lbs

Set 3: 8 reps with 85kg/187lbs

Note. I tried to position my feet fairly down on the machine platform to target my quads more instead of my hamstrings.

Seated leg curls for hamstrings

3 sets of 12 with 50kg/110lbs

Note. I have trouble with putting up big weights with hamstring exercises, i have to work on that more. To hit the hamstrings from a different angle during this exercise, make sure your feet are pointing forwards instead of upwards, you will notice a difference and the weight will become heavier. This reduces the help you receive from your calves and relies more on the hamstrings alone.

Dumbbell deadlifts

3 sets of 10 reps with 26kg/57lbs dumbbells

Note. Gotta remember to stick your butt out to keep your back straight throughout the movement and slight bend in the knees are ok, have control over the dumbbells and really feel your hamstrings stretching and working. Don’t over-stretch your hamstrings as you might pull a muscle.

Seated calf raises

6 sets of 12-15 reps with increasing weight, starting from 40kg/88lbs pyramiding all the way to 70kg/154lbs.

Note. As mentioned, i do calves in a two-motion phase, i push 60% and pause for a split second then squeeze the remaining 40% of the movement. I do this to really cut my calves in two and have a noticeable peak to it. You guys should give it a try.

Last but not least abdominals:

I did weighted crunches, leg raises, some ab machines etc. I tried to go heavy on them, to develop my abdominal muscles and force them to grow. As for the last years i have done abs without weights for the most part, and like any other muscle they need resistance to grow bigger.

That’s it for my workout from yesterday. Tried my newly bought HD camcorder, not sure if it’s really any good, gonna try to have somebody take some clips of me to post here or gonna have to buy another one, that is better.

Remember keep training hard and stay motivated, don’t slack off. Sometimes it’s easy to miss practices and eat junk food since it’s summer, gotta have self-discipline. Make promises to yourself that you can keep, but even if you break them, don’t feel to bad about it, just make sure not to break too many promises!

Be sure to check my blog at xtransformation.wordpress.com

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