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Title: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: the trainer on May 21, 2014, 05:33:45 AM
So yesterday I did leg press and hack squats and leg curls to rest my back, no lunges, squats or sissy squats and this morning when I woke up I already feel recovered, if I did squats I would have being sore as hell and crawl out of bed, squat puts a different stress on the body and I guess thats why people stay away from it.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: wes on May 21, 2014, 05:37:12 AM
You`d never recover through one of my leg press sessions......guaranteed!!
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: the trainer on May 21, 2014, 05:38:30 AM
You`d never recover through one of my leg press sessions......guaranteed!!

Why not leg press are so easy you just lie there and push the weight up.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Royalty on May 21, 2014, 06:27:38 AM
So yesterday I did leg press and hack squats and leg curls to rest my back, no lunges, squats or sissy squats and this morning when I woke up I already feel recovered, if I did squats I would have being sore as hell and crawl out of bed, squat puts a different stress on the body and I guess thats why people stay away from it.

Squats really stress the muscles that are attached to the spine.... Which is good. But it's not good to have the spine stressed in that manner every single week.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: ChopperRider on May 21, 2014, 06:30:32 AM
So yesterday I did leg press and hack squats and leg curls to rest my back, no lunges, squats or sissy squats and this morning when I woke up I already feel recovered, if I did squats I would have being sore as hell and crawl out of bed, squat puts a different stress on the body and I guess thats why people stay away from it.

Putting your feet on your boyfriend's shoulders and pushing during a rump rootering is not leg presses.

Cockstrangler
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: trapz101 on May 21, 2014, 08:33:51 AM
one of the tricks that i learned from a veteran is that after a heavy squat session,do some barbell pullover lying on bench,not across it..it will help release some of the stress that was put earlier on lower back/spine..
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: DroppingPlates on May 21, 2014, 08:37:33 AM
You`d never recover through one of my leg press sessions......guaranteed!!

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Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Wiggs on May 21, 2014, 08:44:37 AM
You`d never recover through one of my leg press sessions......guaranteed!!

I'd like to hear your leg press work out Wes.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: wolfrittner on May 21, 2014, 08:48:21 AM
You`d never recover through one of my leg press sessions......guaranteed!!
Could you please share your routine ?
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Man of Steel on May 21, 2014, 08:49:27 AM
You`d never recover through one of my leg press sessions......guaranteed!!

Toughest 85 yr old man on GB!!
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: DroppingPlates on May 21, 2014, 08:58:17 AM
Could you please share your routine ?

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Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: LittleJ on May 21, 2014, 09:00:10 AM
Toughest 85 yr old man on GB!!

I agree great great grandpa wes is a tough cookie.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Man of Steel on May 21, 2014, 10:21:53 AM
I agree great great grandpa wes is a tough cookie.

I love to sit and listen to his stories about his battles in the civil war.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Knooger on May 21, 2014, 10:32:44 AM
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Holy Shit! Wes is so old his workout is written down in hieroglyphics? Damn, soon he'll probably died for us bitches. PIP  :-[
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: wes on May 21, 2014, 10:33:36 AM
I'd like to hear your leg press work out Wes.
OK,on a good day,I would do a little something like this:

(Adjust poundage to your own needs.....this is simply an example)

1 plate per side-50 reps
2 plates per side-40 reps
3 plates per side-30 reps
4 plates per side-20 reps
5 plates per side-10 reps
3 plates per side- total failure,when you fail,take a plate off each side and go again to failure.and I mean until you can`t budge the platform.

^^^Rest only as long as it takes to change weight, and then go just before you are fully recovered.


Another tough scenario would be to warm up with a light weight for 25 reps....rest a full 2 minutes,load the bar up with a moderate poundage and go for 100 reps.........this is a fucking monster, unless of course you`re using 5 pound plates!!   :D

If you fail before you hit 100,strip off a plate and keep going until you hit the 100 rep mark......one set to complete failure which should be 100 reps if the weight is challenging enough.

After that it`s the rest of your normal leg workout.

Don`t ever lock the knees,even between reps if rest pausing.

The "Time Under Tension" generated by these routines is the key, and they`re also painful as hell to boot.

Bring a puke bucket and have fun!  ;)
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Nails on May 21, 2014, 10:34:26 AM
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LMFAO


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Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Nails on May 21, 2014, 10:36:07 AM
i like doing

1 plate -10 reps
2 plates - 20 reps
3 plats - 30 reps
4 plates -40 reps
5 plates -50 reps
6 plates - 60 reps
7 plates - have yet to get the 70 in there  :(

one day ill do the 10  x100
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: wes on May 21, 2014, 10:36:54 AM
(http://www.eternalgloriouslight.com/Plaatjes2/hierogliefen.jpg)
I didn`t see this!!  LOL  ;D
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: wes on May 21, 2014, 10:38:19 AM
i like doing

1 plate -10 reps
2 plates - 20 reps
3 plats - 30 reps
4 plates -40 reps
5 plates -50 reps
6 plates - 60 reps
7 plates - have yet to get the 70 in there  :(

one day ill do the 10  x100
Just my opinion brother Nails,but wouldn`t that mean that you`d have to start out pretty heavy for the 10 rep set?

When you`re old and brittle and shit,you have to be careful.  :(
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: wes on May 21, 2014, 10:39:26 AM
I love to sit and listen to his stories about his battles in the civil war.
If I knew I wouldn`t get put in "Time Out",I`d start a farewell thread!  :(









;D
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Man of Steel on May 21, 2014, 10:39:59 AM
AHAHAHHAAHHHAAH y'all train legs
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Nails on May 21, 2014, 10:43:25 AM
Just my opinion brother Nails,but wouldn`t that mean that you`d have to start out pretty heavy for the 10 rep set?

When you`re old and brittle and shit,you have to be careful.  :(


i was meaning pyramid up to 10 plates for 100 reps

but no need, by the time i get to 7 plates my legs are like jello

i will usually warm up on the hack squats ill do low reps on that 8-10 up to 5 plates maybe 6

the last couple years i felt my legs respond better to leg pressing with very high reps and low weights 


Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: dyslexic on May 21, 2014, 10:43:38 AM
You`d never recover through one of my leg press sessions......guaranteed!!


Nor mine... at least not overnight. Never.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: the trainer on May 21, 2014, 10:45:06 AM
OK,on a good day,I would do a little something like this:

(Adjust poundage to your own needs.....this is simply an example)

1 plate per side-50 reps
2 plates per side-40 reps
3 plates per side-30 reps
4 plates per side-20 reps
5 plates per side-10 reps
3 plates per side- total failure,when you fail,take a plate off each side and go again to failure.and I mean until you can`t budge the platform.

^^^Rest only as long as it takes to change weight, and then go just before you are fully recovered.


Another tough scenario would be to warm up with a light weight for 25 reps....rest a full 2 minutes,load the bar up with a moderate poundage and go for 100 reps.........this is a fucking monster, unless of course you`re using 5 pound plates!!   :D

If you fail before you hit 100,strip off a plate and keep going until you hit the 100 rep mark......one set to complete failure which should be 100 reps if the weight is challenging enough.

After that it`s the rest of your normal leg workout.

Don`t ever lock the knees,even between reps if rest pausing.

The "Time Under Tension" generated by these routines is the key, and they`re also painful as hell to boot.

Bring a puke bucket and have fun!  ;)

Wes I can handle your workout no problem remember I use to do 20 rep squats on leg day before I strain my back last week.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Hulkotron on May 21, 2014, 10:46:45 AM
(http://www.eternalgloriouslight.com/Plaatjes2/hierogliefen.jpg)

 :D
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: wes on May 21, 2014, 10:59:32 AM

i was meaning pyramid up to 10 plates for 100 reps

but no need, by the time i get to 7 plates my legs are like jello

i will usually warm up on the hack squats ill do low reps on that 8-10 up to 5 plates maybe 6

the last couple years i felt my legs respond better to leg pressing with very high reps and low weights 



Damn man,sorry,I completely read your post wrong.

I haven`t squatted in quite a while,though I was a good squatter,especially considering I have no quads,but I hurt myself (lower back) doing heavy hacks years ago,hence the leg presses.

Jello is a good fitting word when doing this kind of training.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: wes on May 21, 2014, 11:01:04 AM

Nor mine... at least not overnight. Never.
Takes a few days at times.....train legs on Monday,sore on Tuesday,then DOMS on Wednesday!

Fun activity this killing yourself with heavy iron!  :D
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Wiggs on May 21, 2014, 11:02:07 AM
OK,on a good day,I would do a little something like this:

(Adjust poundage to your own needs.....this is simply an example)

1 plate per side-50 reps
2 plates per side-40 reps
3 plates per side-30 reps
4 plates per side-20 reps
5 plates per side-10 reps
3 plates per side- total failure,when you fail,take a plate off each side and go again to failure.and I mean until you can`t budge the platform.

^^^Rest only as long as it takes to change weight, and then go just before you are fully recovered.


Another tough scenario would be to warm up with a light weight for 25 reps....rest a full 2 minutes,load the bar up with a moderate poundage and go for 100 reps.........this is a fucking monster, unless of course you`re using 5 pound plates!!   :D

If you fail before you hit 100,strip off a plate and keep going until you hit the 100 rep mark......one set to complete failure which should be 100 reps if the weight is challenging enough.

After that it`s the rest of your normal leg workout.

Don`t ever lock the knees,even between reps if rest pausing.

The "Time Under Tension" generated by these routines is the key, and they`re also painful as hell to boot.

Bring a puke bucket and have fun!  ;)

Thanks. I'll give it a go.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: the trainer on May 21, 2014, 11:02:17 AM
Damn man,sorry,I completely read your post wrong.

I haven`t squatted in quite a while,though I was a good squatter,especially considering I have no quads,but I hurt myself (lower back) doing heavy hacks years ago,hence the leg presses.

Jello is a good fitting word when doing this kind of training.

What the fuck how is it possible to hurt yourself doing hack squats where you drunk.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: wes on May 21, 2014, 11:02:29 AM
Wes I can handle your workout no problem remember I use to do 20 rep squats on leg day before I strain my back last week.
Dude,there was a time when I believed in the old adage that if you didn`t do squats,you simply weren`t training.

Old school shit that was drilled into my had.

Give this Leg Press routine a shot bro,if you go all out,your back will thank you for it.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: wes on May 21, 2014, 11:09:44 AM
What the fuck how is it possible to hurt yourself doing hack squats where you drunk.
Nope............my previous best was 5 reps rock bottom with 4 plates a side...old archaic knee shearing type of hack machine.

I felt really good and strong so I knew I could crank out 8-10 deep reps if I went all out,no problem.......got to 6 reps no problem,plenty more left in me,tried for the 7th. rep,and felt a stabbing pain in my lower back.....remember,I always go full ROM,not like the nitwits these days.

Anyway,my back healed up over time,but used to flare up on me at times too.......I still squatted heavy.

One time while prepping for 5 contests in a row,my back went out due to those Hack Squats and my wife had to put on my socks and shoes every morning before I hit the gym.........still won or placed top 5 in all the shows that year.

I tried squatting lighter again not long ago,just going up and down non-lock in a non-stop pistonlike motion........after a few weeks of this,there went my back again.....so now it`s Leg Presses as my main exercise.

My legs still suck,but are better than ever before.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Donny on May 21, 2014, 11:18:31 AM
Have to give wes right on this. Hack Squats are not for everyone.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: wes on May 21, 2014, 11:24:09 AM
Have to give wes right on this. Hack Squats are not for everyone.
Especially on the older model machines.....they weren`t designed well at all.


Thanks. I'll give it a go.
No problem Wiggs,bring a wheelchair so you can make it out to your car after the workout.  ;)
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: deceiver on May 21, 2014, 02:01:16 PM
Hack squats are one of most idiotic, dangerous and useless exercises ever invented. Just do fucking heavy squats and your legs will grow.

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(http://kulturystyka.pl/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/bu%C5%82garia.jpg)

My legs:

(http://i.imgur.com/MpUd71j.jpg)

Only front squats, back squats, deadlifts and occasional sprints and cleans.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: Griffith on May 21, 2014, 02:06:13 PM
I find the leg press much harder on my knees than squats.
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: deceiver on May 21, 2014, 02:08:51 PM
I find the leg press much harder on my knees than squats.

Correctomondo!
Title: Re: The difference in workout for legs.
Post by: thebrink on May 21, 2014, 02:41:46 PM
Why not leg press are so easy you just lie there and push the weight up.

lol