Starting all over on legs…
Ego not only left at the door this morning, I’m pretty sure I punted it across the parking lot and over someone’s fence in their back yard where their pet of choice saw fit to assault and decimate it. Yeah, legs today was bittersweet. In the spirit of the last couple days stressing form and reps instead of weight that presented me with a predicament when it came to squats and leg press. I know I need to work my medial thigh, but its not always comfortable to turn my feet outward on a seated leg extension. So for squats I’m going a little wider and adding a very slight turn out, and leg press I’m going much wider with a V stance. I’m also going full range of motion, so that means on squats the hams are touching the calves and for leg press my knees are being brought all the way to touching my chest/shoulders. This also will hit the glutes and hams more in addition to the medial thigh. Heavy leg extensions will see fit to hit the rectus femoris. Anyhow… The weights today were much lower than usual and reps were taken slower. Everything felt better and more complete overall (with a lot of rest-pauses). Best of all was that I felt no knee discomfort at all and didn’t have to use my wraps. I want to use the next few weeks to really stress form and get complete strength back in my legs before I kick in the Xtreme Stack. So, with that, here are today’s numbers:
Leg Extensions (For Warm-Up): 4×20 - 50, 60, 70, 80
Squats: 5×20-12 - 95×20, 115×20, 155×17, 185×14, 205×12
Leg Press: 5×20-12, 90×20, 110×20, 140×18, 160×15, 180×20
Leg Extensions (Heavy): 4×10-12, 130×12, 140×12, 140×11, 140×10
Standing Calf Raises: 5×20-30, 180×30, 190×23, 180×20, 170×20, 160×20
Seated Calf Raises: 5×20-30, 90×30, 92.5×27, 92.5×25, 92.5×23, 92.5×20
April 23, 2008 at 9:34 am
Sounds like you had an excellent workout. You have continued to make strides every since you became Mr. Gemini Jedi in late December. It is fascinating watching the progress the 2 of you complain, as well as reading others cursing your prescribed workouts. Keep moving forwards, and enjoying your journey
April 23, 2008 at 9:38 am
Those numbers of reps are insane!! And going with the legs theme - I’m absolutely addicted to Bulgarian Split Squats (and the effort is definitely getting noticed by the guy:))!! Thanks for showing me the way, Trixter
April 23, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I hope that pet of choice didn’t tear up your ego too much, lol. Your work out sounds absolutely insane just reading it makes my legs hurt . . . then again I suppose that’s why you look the way you do!
April 24, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Holy reps! I’m surprised if you guys can move the next day! Awesome work. Maybe I should go back to form instead of weight.