Getbig.com: American Bodybuilding, Fitness and Figure

Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: SF1900 on May 31, 2019, 03:17:59 PM

Title: Leg training
Post by: SF1900 on May 31, 2019, 03:17:59 PM
I have not trained legs in a while.

I just lost care and since I don’t compete, I have no strong desire to train them.

They stay pretty well conditioned with cardio.

Anyone else ignore leg training?
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: robcguns on May 31, 2019, 03:22:04 PM
I have not trained legs in a while.

I just lost care and since I don’t compete, I have no strong desire to train them.

They stay pretty well conditioned with cardio.

Anyone else ignore leg training?

Sucks.

With that said,I train calves like crazy almost every time I train.I do a lot of cardio up and down hills and I work on ladders allday etc... So my upper legs stay strong and somewhat muscular but they are small and I could not possibly care any less.Big legs never intrigued me and I’m not a bodybuilder so it’s what ever.Also I have bad knees and hips.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: SF1900 on May 31, 2019, 03:27:06 PM
Sucks.

With that said,I train calves like crazy almost every time I train.I do a lot of cardio up and down hills and I work on ladders allday etc... So my upper legs stay strong and somewhat muscular but they are small and I could not possibly care any less.Big legs never intrigued me and I’m not a bodybuilder so it’s what ever.Also I have bad knees and hips.

To be honest, I just got lazy with training them. ??? ???

I was thinking about training them again, but don’t have enough care.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Dave D on May 31, 2019, 03:31:05 PM
Legs are important for daily activities like walking.

Train your legs for for functional purposes.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: robcguns on May 31, 2019, 03:33:09 PM
To be honest, I just got lazy with training them. ??? ???

I was thinking about training them again, but don’t have enough care.

Do a high rep set of body weight squats every other day and it will keep them strong.Simple and not a lot of work.If you are like me and don’t care it’s plenty.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: SF1900 on May 31, 2019, 03:35:13 PM
Legs are important for daily activities like walking.

Train your legs for for functional purposes.

Functional strength is overrated!

I want bodybuilding strength and purpose.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: SF1900 on May 31, 2019, 03:36:09 PM
Do a high rep set of body weight squats every other day and it will keep them strong.Simple and not a lot of work.If you are like me and don’t care it’s plenty.

Thanks for the input.

Walking in the park has helped keep em strong.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Powerlift66 on May 31, 2019, 03:39:22 PM
Been doing belt squats since my disc's are shot. Did start light again today on the regular squats while I go on a lower back rehab program.

I miss heavy squatting, but I like walking a lot better...
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: deadz on May 31, 2019, 03:41:52 PM
Legs get trained every Sunday.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: oldtimer1 on May 31, 2019, 03:43:23 PM
If you don't train legs you're a lazy no work ethic poser.  Your bodybuilding card is revoked. You should be banned from posting here. Anyone who benches and curls bragging about their bench but doesn't train legs is in violation of the get big by laws.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: SF1900 on May 31, 2019, 03:43:44 PM
Legs get trained every Sunday.

What’s your leg workout?
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: SF1900 on May 31, 2019, 03:44:53 PM
If you don't train legs you're a lazy no work ethic poser.  Your bodybuilding card is revoked. You should be banned from posting here. Anyone who benches and curls bragging about their bench but doesn't train legs is in violation of the get big by laws.

Good thing I never claimed to be a bodybuilder and never bragged about my bench!👍🏻👍🏻
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: oldtimer1 on May 31, 2019, 03:53:53 PM
Good thing I never claimed to be a bodybuilder and never bragged about my bench!👍🏻👍🏻

Actually one of my favorite trainers was actor Brad Harris. He never trained his legs with weights. He supplemented his upper body weight training with distance runs and sprints.  In his later years he added bicycle riding. He was in amazing shape almost his whole life. Actually it was a great system and it worked for him. In his younger years few could keep up with him running. How many guys who train legs with weights can't run, sprint or jump?  What good are their legs?
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: oldtimer1 on May 31, 2019, 03:55:56 PM
Brad Harris. It says he is 78 but he is about 60 in this picture.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Bevo on May 31, 2019, 03:56:53 PM
I never train legs, I feel like I can’t fit into my skinny jeans if I do, even an inch of growth throws it all off
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: robcguns on May 31, 2019, 04:11:00 PM
If you don't train legs you're a lazy no work ethic poser.  Your bodybuilding card is revoked. You should be banned from posting here. Anyone who benches and curls bragging about their bench but doesn't train legs is in violation of the get big by laws.

Do I have to give up my getbig card?If so I may off myself.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: oldtimer1 on May 31, 2019, 04:14:40 PM
Do I have to give up my getbig card?If so I may off myself.

I wouldn't want that on my conscience. You can substitute your Britney Spears fan club card in lieu of. 
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: deadz on May 31, 2019, 04:16:00 PM
What’s your leg workout?
10 minutes on a stationary bike
Leg press
Hack squat
Leg ext
Seated leg curl
Lying leg curl
Calf raises
More or less
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: robcguns on May 31, 2019, 04:20:50 PM
I wouldn't want that on my conscience. You can substitute your Britney Spears fan club card in lieu of. 

Ok I can live with that.Now if you said my Mickey Mouse club card that would be difficult.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Humble Narcissist on May 31, 2019, 04:36:48 PM
Mostly hill sprints and bodyweight squats for thighs but I LOVE training calves.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Thin Lizzy on May 31, 2019, 04:45:05 PM
Do a high rep set of body weight squats every other day and it will keep them strong.Simple and not a lot of work.If you are like me and don’t care it’s plenty.


Bodyweight squats are very underrated. Most people would see good results doing 3-4 sets of 15 reps 2x a week.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Coach is Back! on May 31, 2019, 05:07:56 PM


https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvk2-GGgpbO/?igshid=db3kapaixngd
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Bevo on May 31, 2019, 05:13:27 PM
Sucks.

With that said,I train calves like crazy almost every time I train.I do a lot of cardio up and down hills and I work on ladders allday etc... So my upper legs stay strong and somewhat muscular but they are small and I could not possibly care any less.Big legs never intrigued me and I’m not a bodybuilder so it’s what ever.Also I have bad knees and hips.

But yet you are benching over 400, dumbbell pressing 120’s for shoulders  ;D
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: robcguns on May 31, 2019, 05:28:39 PM
But yet you are benching over 400, dumbbell pressing 120’s for shoulders  ;D

Yup with ease.Been lifting 27-28 years and at 6’2 245 I should be doing those numbers.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Hendrixian on May 31, 2019, 05:32:30 PM
Legs are my best body part. For a while I just did HIIT in a stationary bike and they stayed the same, it's a nice variation. My calves also improved just from jumping rope.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: AbrahamG on May 31, 2019, 05:51:07 PM
Legs are my best body part. For a while I just did HIIT in a stationary bike and they stayed the same, it's a nice variation. My calves also improved just from jumping rope.

I doggy styled my wife whilst standing up for 31 straight minutes last weekend.  Two take aways:

1.  My dick was beat to shit and out of commission for a couple days.
2.  My calves had as good a pump as I can remember.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: oldtimer1 on May 31, 2019, 05:54:30 PM

Bodyweight squats are very underrated. Most people would see good results doing 3-4 sets of 15 reps 2x a week.

I do body weight squats after my weight thigh program. Usually after leg press, squats, leg extensions and leg curls. They are a killer if you go deeper and don't flop down like cross fit guys trying to beat the clock for reps. Use a moderate cadence. I actually think I could have a great leg program dropping weight squats and substituting something like 200 reps of body weight squats in however many sets it takes to get there. Bet it might even be better results for me. See my post in the training log section about body weight squats. One of my last posts there.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: robcguns on May 31, 2019, 06:40:40 PM
I doggy styled my wife whilst standing up for 31 straight minutes last weekend.  Two take aways:

1.  My dick was beat to shit and out of commission for a couple days.
2.  My calves had as good a pump as I can remember.

Hahaha,That’s impressive,When I do my wife doggy she is on bed and I’m standing with a bend in my legs the whole time,quads get smoked.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: AbrahamG on May 31, 2019, 07:14:39 PM
Hahaha,That’s impressive,When I do my wife doggy she is on bed and I’m standing with a bend in my legs the whole time,quads get smoked.

Same here except I tend to go up on my toes a lot trying to get every last fraction of an inch.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: ratherbebig on June 01, 2019, 01:10:38 AM
how come there's no doggy style type machine at the gym  ???

maybe then people would get the point of functional muscle
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Bevo on June 01, 2019, 01:55:33 AM
how come there's no doggy style type machine at the gym  ???

maybe then people would get the point of functional muscle

Those types of machines are usually at the mirage hotel near the ice machine
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: IroNat on June 01, 2019, 06:33:19 AM
I have always enjoyed training legs.

Squats are my favorite exercise.

I'm serious.

Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Griffith on June 01, 2019, 06:49:11 AM
Body weight squats are excellent.

A lot of pro-wrestlers do them as well. Many of them mention doing hundreds of body weight squats every day.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Taffin on June 01, 2019, 06:53:56 AM
Legs get trained every Sunday.


You walk to church,?
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Taffin on June 01, 2019, 07:05:53 AM
I never train legs, I feel like I can’t fit into my skinny jeans if I do, even an inch of growth throws it all off

Ya, I have that same problem with my junk..



I doggy styled my wife whilst standing up for 31 straight minutes last weekend.

The fact you specifically state 31 minutes and not just 30 leads me to the conclusion you did actually time the event!  Hahahahaa! ;D

"Darling, why are you butt-naked except for that thing round your neck?  And is that a pre-workout drink you just chugged..?"

(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61CsV-oXmuL._AC._SR360,460.jpg)
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: ratherbebig on June 01, 2019, 07:12:06 AM
i trained legs today.

1 set of leg extensions.

1 set of lying leg curls.

wasnt terrible hard to motivate myself to get that 5 minute workout in.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Hypertrophy on June 01, 2019, 07:32:32 AM
1) Get a decent bicycle that fits you
2) Ride it 3 days a week for 30 min
3) Every other ride go hard for 15-20 seconds - up a short hill, on the flats, whatever. Repeat this 2-4 more times, 3-5 min easy between sprints.
4) After 2 months get back to us about how your quads are getting huge

As a freebie, you will get outstanding cardiovascular fitness 😁
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: BBSSchlemiel on June 01, 2019, 07:38:42 AM
I have not trained legs in a while.

I just lost care and since I don’t compete, I have no strong desire to train them.

They stay pretty well conditioned with cardio.

Anyone else ignore leg training?

Not at all. However I don't pulverize my body with standard deadlifts and squats anymore. For the past two years I have chosen from leg press, hack squat, glute-ham raises, hip thrusts, and lunges, and split squats, obviously not all in the same workout. I go all out still and I maintained my leg mass just as good as with the other exercises, possibly even improving my hamstrings.

For this week's leg workout, I did:
Glute-ham raise
Walking lunges
Hip thrusts
Dumbbell stiff-legged deadlift

Lower body training is good for overall health and staving off back pain, if done correctly.

I've come to think standard squats and deadlifts are grossly overrated in regards to other exercises if muscle growth is the goal. Plus they just can burn you out.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Coach is Back! on June 01, 2019, 07:54:22 AM
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: SF1900 on June 01, 2019, 08:08:15 AM
Not at all. However I don't pulverize my body with standard deadlifts and squats anymore. For the past two years I have chosen from leg press, hack squat, glute-ham raises, hip thrusts, and lunges, and split squats, obviously not all in the same workout. I go all out still and I maintained my leg mass just as good as with the other exercises, possibly even improving my hamstrings.

For this week's leg workout, I did:
Glute-ham raise
Walking lunges
Hip thrusts
Dumbbell stiff-legged deadlift

Lower body training is good for overall health and staving off back pain, if done correctly.

I've come to think standard squats and deadlifts are grossly overrated in regards to other exercises if muscle growth is the goal. Plus they just can burn you out.

Yeah, that looks like a leg workout I could get into. Thank you.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: chaos on June 01, 2019, 08:24:41 AM
Just squat.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: ratherbebig on June 01, 2019, 11:17:22 AM
ive seen some squatters with terrible hamstring development
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: ponal on June 01, 2019, 11:20:24 AM
ive seen some squatters with terrible hamstring development

Squats with lying leg curls. Stiff Deads or Romanian Deads are hard on the lower back.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 01, 2019, 12:01:11 PM
Body weight squats are excellent.

A lot of pro-wrestlers do them as well. Many of them mention doing hundreds of body weight squats every day.
The Great Gama did 5,000 squats and 3,000 pushups everyday.  Worked for him.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: ponal on June 01, 2019, 12:07:37 PM
The Great Gama did 5,000 squats and 3,000 pushups everyday.  Worked for him.

so he never had a Job or life?
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Humble Narcissist on June 01, 2019, 12:16:00 PM
so he never had a Job or life?
He got paid to wrestle.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Henda on June 01, 2019, 12:38:06 PM
Just go light on squats now due to knee issues (although was never really strong on them) and have only recently resumed regular leg training

Train them twice a week just to keep them in reasonable shape now

Saturday
Olympic pause squat 3x6
Stiff leg deadlift off 4 inch block 2x6
Leg extension 3x12
Leg curl 3 x12

Wednesday or Thursday
Olympic pause squat 5x8
Stiff leg deadlift 3x8
Good mornings 3x12
Leg extension 6x20
Leg curl 6x20

Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Taffin on June 01, 2019, 05:31:55 PM

Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: oldtimer1 on June 01, 2019, 06:38:45 PM


Really shallow leg presses. It would be more work if some of those plates came off and he bent his legs fully.
Title: Re: Leg training
Post by: Sissysquats on June 01, 2019, 06:51:27 PM
how come there's no doggy style type machine at the gym  ???

maybe then people would get the point of functional muscle

Pay attention to the lying leg curl machine......you’ll see it there