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Title: Hardest leg exercise outside of SQUATS is......
Post by: Monster_Everything on January 30, 2007, 09:04:38 AM
Lunges by far....

No one does them because they destroy egos and annihilate your legs (esp Hams)


I do three sets (only)

10x 50lbs db
8x 60lbs db
6x 75 db , drop set with just a bar(45lbs) x 6-8

Be a man and LUNGE bitches


discuss
Title: Re: Hardest leg exercise outside of SQUATS is......
Post by: Bluto on January 30, 2007, 09:08:52 AM
I like lunges but I rarely get around to do them  :(
Used to be that I put them last, but that don't work because my legs are shaking too much at that time... so I probably will have to do them first.

Title: Re: Hardest leg exercise outside of SQUATS is......
Post by: Option D on January 30, 2007, 09:15:58 AM
Lunges by far....

No one does them because they destroy egos and annihilate your legs (esp Hams)


I do three sets (only)

10x 50lbs db
8x 60lbs db
6x 75 db , drop set with just a bar(45lbs) x 6-8

Be a man and LUNGE bitches


discuss

I do 3 sets of i guess its like 12 with 135bb (dumbbells are harder though because i can only use the 50's with the db's)... i just video taped it. Ill put it on you tube. I cant do no drop sets though. but the lunges are awsome.
Title: Re: Hardest leg exercise outside of SQUATS is......
Post by: pumpster on January 30, 2007, 09:26:14 AM
Lunges & step-ups to a bench. The only downside to lunges is possible knee strain; keep the reps higher.
Title: Re: Hardest leg exercise outside of SQUATS is......
Post by: Jr. Yates on January 30, 2007, 10:46:07 AM
Lunges are so tough, I usually do them though.
Title: Re: Hardest leg exercise outside of SQUATS is......
Post by: Your MAAAAaaaa on January 30, 2007, 11:28:02 AM
lunges are shit imo, saying that i have problems with them, in every way imaginable.


They seem unnecessary to me, do you guys think that they should be incorporated or can one live without them?

Personally I have no need for them as yet but maybe in the fututre who knows


ta ta
Title: Re: Hardest leg exercise outside of SQUATS is......
Post by: Jr. Yates on January 30, 2007, 12:50:09 PM
lunges are shit imo, saying that i have problems with them, in every way imaginable.


They seem unnecessary to me, do you guys think that they should be incorporated or can one live without them?

Personally I have no need for them as yet but maybe in the fututre who knows


ta ta
why do you not like them?? Legs can take a beat'n i never do less than 25 lets for quads alone.
Title: Re: Hardest leg exercise outside of SQUATS is......
Post by: Montague on January 30, 2007, 04:59:07 PM
If there’s no class going on in the cardio room we do walking lunges with a loaded barbell.
Longer strides and deepest ROM possible with a pause at the bottom (no bouncing up) hits the hams, but DESTROYS my glutes.
They’ll also blow you up, leaving you huffin & puffin after a set.
And good form is CRUCIAL. As somebody mentioned, mind your knees on these.

We’re also thinking of trying one-legged squats on a Smith Machine, propping  the foot of the non-working leg on a bench positioned to the rear – just for something different.
And if I can talk my training partner into it, we may even try step-ups in the near future.

But you’re right, lunges are tough to beat.
I actually like doing them, but I still hate f*cking leg day.
>:(
Title: Re: Hardest leg exercise outside of SQUATS is......
Post by: Fury on January 30, 2007, 07:15:30 PM
Personally, I hate SLDL. But that might be because they're my last exercise and my legs are absolutely fried by time I get to them.