sbogard08’s BodyBlog

So I am now 7 weeks out from my next show and I’m still not feeling like I have made any great strides in my quad development.  I am so frustrated.  I’m almost at the point of deciding to not do the show, but then again I know that the legs and abs are last to lean out.  Once again, my upper body is cut and chiseled almost to perfection, and my lower body still looks soft.  I don’t know what else to do.  Diet is clean.  I dedicate 2 days a week to legs (1 for hams/calves and 1 for quads/ add/abductors).  I do squats and leg presses (variations with weights and feet width) with every leg day.  On quad day, I usually can barely walk when I leave the gym b/c I put my legs through so much.  Sample quad day is Close leg squats (6 sets), close feet leg presses (6 sets), hack squats (4 sets), barbell walking lunges (24 steps/10 sets/wts from 70# down to 30#), extensions (4-6 sets) superset with sissy squats.  Time permitting I end with Plies, adductor, and abductor machines x 4 sets.  I  lift to exhaustion (either heavy wt or high reps).  I also run bleachers and do sprints regularly.  I recently started walking on treadmill at 15% incline at 3.8MPH for 30-40 minutes.  I also do the revolving stairs at least 3 times per week.  Have been getting in 2 cardio sessions about 3 times per week (including 2 HIIT sessions), but will be increasing that to 5 times per week from here on out.  So why can’t I see my quads????  The thing is, my legs feel hard when you press on them.  They just don’t look hard. And I am beyond frustrated and don’t know what else to do.  I’m thinking that I am going to increase my leg days to 3 and combine some of my upper body days since I can stand to slow down a little on the upper body.  I would just like to have some balance and not look like 2 different people above and below the waist…………and my waist, well that will have to be another post.