Which muscle group is your strongest?
For me its my legs. They can move weight that my upper body just can’t handle and probably never will. I seriously doubt I’ll be ever to ever move 450lbs with my upper body, but I can with my legs on a leg press.
Now they’re not my favorite looking part because I’m a pear. When I’m lazy and have a big old "what’s the use party" and eat like a piggy then they along with my hips, and ass get the fat. Nobody’s fault but my own, no excuses, no "Oh I’ve been sick, oh I’m anemic right now, heck I didn’t even use "oh I’m having chemotherapy" as an excuse", no if they get flabby it just has to do with my conviction and will power.
I worked them yesterday and they’re thanking me today by having DOMS. But they like that feeling they really do. Secretly they long to look like my upper body, no fat, muscle that shows no problem so the more I abuse them the happier they are.
Yesterdays leg workout:
5min stretching(I have this image of me standing and raising one leg perfectly up by my side like the Juno chick does in The Descent, and I will get there eventually.)
circuits
sumo squats
110×8x3
w/front squats(I always forget about these, then I have to relearn bar and hand position and have to do a lighter weight until I get the hang of them again)
60×8x3
squats feet together
90×8x3
w/standing cable kickbacks
40×8x3
smith lunges focus on front leg
70×8x3
w/calf raises
70×15x3
knee ext
90×8x3
hamstring curls
70×8x3
5min stretching
Today will be 30min of HIIT on my ellpictical.
Yesterday I took my little one to an dino egg hunt. Thankfully there were no insane parents like I’ve seen at other ones, you know running over the little ones to help their kiddos get eggs. Today is his 1st pitching machine game, hopefully it goes well, he tends to beat himself up if he doesn’t hit the ball when the machine throws it at him.
High of 51, game is at 5pm, I see several layers of clothes in our future.
April 11, 2009 at 8:07 am
That’s quite a leg w/o. I used to hate working legs cause I would get nauseaus and had to stop before I puked. But now, that is one of my favorites. Since i started taking glutamine, I don’t even get sore, where before i would be sore for days. Leaves me wanting more. Good job. THE A TEAM.
April 11, 2009 at 8:22 am
Absolutely my legs. If anyone can bench, curl or military press what they can squat, they might consider spending more time on legs.
April 11, 2009 at 8:34 am
Lots o’ leg work. You really do a lot of volume. That’s why I wrote that you could squat that woman
April 11, 2009 at 9:25 am
Even though I have a bad knee I guess my legs are still the strongest. especially my calves.
Took my little ones to an Easter egg hunt once and was shocked at the behavior of so called mature adults. I actually saw kids thrown to the ground by adults over a stupid colored egg. Disgusting!!
April 11, 2009 at 9:45 am
I think legs are also my favorite bodypart, and to offset DOMS, I suck down glutamine like there’s no tomorrow.
April 11, 2009 at 6:38 pm
I so wish I could bench what I can squat.
April 11, 2009 at 7:10 pm
How did your son do with the pitching machine?
My bottom half is definitely my strongest. To have a strong upper body would be nice!
April 11, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Bottom half for me too.
April 12, 2009 at 8:19 am
Ruben-I love glutamine, helps a bunch doesn’t it?
Crab-Exactly they need to step up the leg work then
Brad-Thanks!
Bryan-Some of the parents apparently have forgotten its about the kiddos not them.
China-I do glutamine prior to my workout and after, it helps lessen the pain that’s for sure.
Ryan-Could you imagine how huge your pecs would be if you could bench what you could squat?
Shannon-He did great! He actually hit the ball both times up to bat, 1st time was a foul but second time he got to third before he got tagged out.
Veronique-We have some strong legs don’t we?
April 12, 2009 at 8:30 am
Does he feel less intimidated now? My daughter will be up against a pitching machine for baseball and I wonder how she’ll react.
April 12, 2009 at 10:43 am
I think he does, now that he survived it and didn’t get taken out by a ball with it. I think the noise is what freaked him out the most.