The playoffs have arrived, and your team is in the mix! This can throw many bodybuilders into a tizzy. You want to sit at home and watch your favorite team slug it out in the conference semi-finals, but you don’t want to miss your training session. Here is a nice method for enjoying a moderately good leg and cardio training session while not missing a moment of your game! The only equipment you will need is a pair of 50 pound dumbbells and a little room to move around.
Squats
The recipe for the first quarter is simple. Squat for high repetitions with a 50-pound dumbbell in each hand. Watch the game while you do it. You’ll find yourself training longer and harder than ever before, because you won’t be noticing how painful the movement is, ...If you like this article, click here to share:
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There are a few different ways you can train in the gym. Do you train like a person who walks on eggshells, timid of an injury and never really ready to push yourself to the limits? Do you train halfheartedly, giving incredible focus to some body parts while neglecting others? Or do you train all-out, like a man with nothing to lose? If you are looking for a leg workout which allows you to completely saturate the upper thighs with blood and delivers serious growth, you’ve come to the right place! Let’s get started.
Leg Extensions
This intro to leg day movement should be automatic. Three sets of 25 to 30 repetitions with very light weight will get the quads filled with blood and help to prevent injury.
Squats
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Walk into any gym in America and find a guy completing his leg day workout. Chances are, he’ll be completing his workout in the same manner each time. He’ll begin with 5 minutes of walking on the treadmill. He’ll stop by the water fountain for a quick drink, and then he’ll immediately head to the squat rack to begin lifting heavy. He may feel he’s hitting the front thighs while they’re at their strongest, and he’s right. But if his goal is to be a bodybuilder, and not a powerlifter, he may be sabotaging his own progress. Let’s examine why.
The squat is a compound movement which involves many muscle group besides the quadriceps. The hamstrings, glutes, hips, calves, and back all contribute to this movement. This makes it a great movement for overall growth. ...If you like this article, click here to share:
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Most bodybuilders are able to construct a set of decent quadriceps (thigh muscles) through the use of a few basic exercises. Squats are a key movement for building up the quad size. Leg extensions help bring out the shape of the 4-headed muscle group. Hack squats help with size and shape. Yet even after years of training, most bodybuilder’s still lack development in one key region – the lower front thigh, or the teardrop part of the muscle. Leg can extensions help to bring blood into this area, but they aren’t useful for building size in that area. If you have found you need more teardrop mass (and most bodybuilders do), give lunges a try.
Lunges are a great overall thigh development exercise which hits the quadriceps like no other exercise can. The front ...If you like this article, click here to share:
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Most bodybuilders are able to construct a set of decent quadriceps (thigh muscles) through the use of a few basic exercises. Squats are a key movement for building up the quad size. Leg extensions help bring out the shape of the 4-headed muscle group. Hack squats help with size and shape. Yet even after years of training, most bodybuilder’s still lack development in one key region – the lower front thigh, or the teardrop part of the muscle. Leg can extensions help to bring blood into this area, but they aren’t useful for building size in that area. If you have found you need more teardrop mass (and most bodybuilders do), give lunges a try.
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Q: Why are lunges downed so badly as chick exercises? I did some the other day and my legs were destroyed! Yet, I don’t know where to fit them into my current routine, really, or which ones to do – barbell or dumbbell, walking or stationary. Any advices on how to best use them?
A: Lunges are great exercises, and I’ve never heard them referred to as chick exercises, but maybe. Point is, if it is intense or it hurts, or it works, that’s all that matters. And lunges meet all that criteria. Lunges are a brutal exercise that is highly effective. They are also very underrated. I would fit them in either as a pre-exhaust or a finishing exercise one time per week or occasionally. I think they are a great superset with leg extensions. The soreness you get from lunges is different ...If you like this article, click here to share:
Q: What do you think of cable exercises for the legs when preparing for contests? Do you think they are beneficial or take too much energy away from size-preserving exercises like squats?
A: Everyone is different. I’ve seen guys get ready for shows still doing squats, leg press and hack squats, with absolutely no finishing type exercises and look separated, sharp and cross striated. I’ve also seen guys do lunges, leg extensions and other specialization exercises and look fantastic too. I think it really knows how your legs respond to stimulus. Do you, for instance, respond well to either high rep or low rep training and still have fantastic legs? If that’s the case, you can’t make that many mistakes and anything you do will benefit your legs. However, if you’re the kind of guy who doesn’t really do well with low rep ...If you like this article, click here to share:
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Q: Why are lunges downed so badly as chick exercises? I did some the other day and my legs were destroyed! Yet, I don’t know where to fit them into my current routine, really, or which ones to do – barbell or dumbbell, walking or stationary. Any advices on how to best use them?
A: Lunges are great exercises, and I’ve never heard them referred to as chick exercises, but maybe. Point is, if it is intense or it hurts, or it works, that’s all that matters. And lunges meet all that criteria. Lunges are a brutal exercise that is highly effective. They are also very underrated. I would fit them in either as a pre-exhaust or a finishing exercise one time per week or occasionally. I think they are a great superset with leg extensions. The soreness you get from lunges is ...If you like this article, click here to share: