Tom Platz-esque Quadriceps
Ahh Who doesn’t love Leg Day? (For those of us who do in fact train legs seriously). Before I jump into heavy squats, whether they be front, smith, or back, I like to do some light warm-up sets on the leg extension machine to get the blood flowing. So I did 4 sets, 30/40/40/50 for 10-20 reps.
Then it was Game Time. Smith-machine Squats, 3 warm-up sets up 135/225/275 then onto 335 x 8, 355 x 4/3 and 365 x 2. I believe that was the heaviest I have ever gone on Smith Squats, so I felt pretty good about that.
Leg Presses were next. No warm-up sets, I just dived into 720. I did 4 sets, 720 x 12/12/8/8. Last set went something like this: 720 x 8/630 x 3/540 x 5/450 x 6/360 x 6/270 x 8/180 x 10/and finally 90 x 15. I love doing a huge drop-set for my last set of leg presses, it really makes you want to cry at the end.
Hack’s were next. 270 x 15, 290 x 12, and 320 x 8/6, again last set was a drop-set. Whew!
I usually just do extensions after these 3 exercises and call it a day, but today I threw in lunges for ****s and giggles. With 135, I got 12/10/8…then I used 95 and rest-paused 30 reps…then I rested one more minute and did a set to failure. Extensions were last, 180/160/140/130 for 12-8 reps, last 2 sets=drop-sets.
And that was it. When I got home I was already having trouble walking up and down the stairs, so you know the next couple of days are going to be really tough. Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to lay on the couch all day and watch football!
Happy Lifting…and have a great weekend
