Oh the legs!
DOMS in the legs as I type from yesterdays session 
Doesn’t that feel great? Anyhow, I am in the middle of a M&F routine and unfortunately my gym doesn’t have a Hack Squat machine so I start with Leg Press, do Front Squat (Smith) and then I go back to the Leg Press and place my feet very high on the platform to try and simulate a Hack Squat. Is that reasonable?
This month I am only called upon to do 3 leg exercises. The cool thing is that even though it is only 3 exercises (total of 15 sets and 180 reps) I am pushing so hard that I still get DOMS. Strength continues to increase every single workout, now 7 weeks in. What a great feeling.
I am eating like a pig, about 3200 cals on training days. On non-training days I eat a few hundred less, but still careful to get my 1g protein/lb in. I was reading in this month’s M&F that they recommend 2g/protein/lb while mass gaining. That sure sounds excessive to me…thoughts?
January 24, 2009 at 12:31 am
I’ve heard anywhere from 1-2 g/protein/lb during mass gaining was good to shoot towards. So I don’t think 2 is too high. Dave Draper’s tuna and water diet is all-you-care-to-eat of tuna and water for 3 days. It’s a bit extreme but sometimes it’s easier to be extreme than have too many choices. He says somewhere around the 10th can of tuna, though you start really getting sick of tuna! The water weight and bloating drops off very quickly.
January 24, 2009 at 2:18 pm
Thank you!