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Can't learn to love leg day
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weighted chinup
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Squat more frequently and structure your workouts around movements you want to get better at instead of muscle groups.
(1) You'll make incredible gains everywhere. Squats and deads made my arms grow more than years of isolation exercises. Plus ab development far superior to dedicated ab work.
(2) You get to lift heavy stuff - I mean really heavy stuff. It just doesn't compare to anything else. It's kinda cool to come home from the gym and reflect on the 20,000+ pounds you just lifted. If you can get excited about arm day but not about this, I don't know what to tell you.
DonQKong
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Not to mention the thrusting power you get on, behind and under the ladies
I've read - dont know if it's actually true - that squats and compound leg movements stimulate the most natural growth hormone release than most any other exercise. I think dips were a close second. I always assume this is why so many people say that once they really started doing squats they would notice other muscle groups really take off. Squats work just about every muscle as well which helps. Anyways, when I read this it motivated me to put more effort into leg day and it most certainly paid off, abs especially.
Get motivated to be a legit and well rounded weight lifter and focus on those legs more and I bet you'll start loving the results you work for.
Get motivated to be a legit and well rounded weight lifter and focus on those legs more and I bet you'll start loving the results you work for.
Advice straight from the big guy ^^^. "Learn it , love it , live it !" 
Nat2Syn
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I am in same exact boat, honestly though getting on a cycle is giving me a lot of motivation to train legs harder than ever.
In the past I will admit I neglected legs. Reason being my calves and legs have always been genetically big. Anytime I trained legs I would not be able to fit in nice fitting jeans. So I stopped training legs for hypertrophy or weeks where I just wouldn't even train them at all.
But its 2016, and legs is up there in my priority list. Just wished I never slowed down in training them, sometimes its disheartening seeing much smaller guys squat more than me.
In the past I will admit I neglected legs. Reason being my calves and legs have always been genetically big. Anytime I trained legs I would not be able to fit in nice fitting jeans. So I stopped training legs for hypertrophy or weeks where I just wouldn't even train them at all.
But its 2016, and legs is up there in my priority list. Just wished I never slowed down in training them, sometimes its disheartening seeing much smaller guys squat more than me.
I am the opposite bud. I Gotta train legs whenever I can. If I don't train legs for say 2 weeks it's like they are shrinking. Hate it.
Great thing about squats is results are quick and long lasting . Once you build them its easy to maintain them . I can do squats once every 10 days and they stay near the same size/density . I started training legs seriously, late in life , but I made quick progress and they dont look out of place , although my upper body is farther ahead .
I haven't trained legs in 3 weeks maybe 4 now? They are easily as dense and muscular as they were a month ago. Not that I plan to continue this trend but I got some issues I'm trying to sort out
Nat2Syn
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Oh another reason I hated squats...my hips would shift to one side which looked abnormal. Hated it and could never figure it out. Anytime I would add heavy weight on the bar I would start shifting to one side going up.
So now I stick to Leg Press...
So now I stick to Leg Press...
D-Ballin
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I get caught in the same trap. I will never have chicken legs, so it's easy to get lazy with them.
Taking a strength oriented approach makes them way more rewarding to train for me.
Hang out here, TEK, trukker, OGH and all the power lifters will have you feeling like a pussy in no time, lol. No better motivation out there.
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weighted chinup
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Current programming has me front squatting 3x a week @ 90%,85%,and 75% undulated every day the session is repeated during the week.
I don't think I will squat less than 3x / week ever again, this feels too damn right.
I don't think I will squat less than 3x / week ever again, this feels too damn right.
weighted chinup
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Why not address the hip problems instead of dropping one of the best movements you can perform in the gym?
Kelly Starett has plenty of videos on this topic..
Hips shift to the side on the eccentric? Is it painful at all?
I have a friend who has this same issue and it's debilitating him. He couldn't do a full meet in December bc of it. He ended up doing a push/pull. We're working on fixing this but it's a disc/spinal issue as well and will take time. It's better to address the issue than avoid it.
Did you just call me a powerlifter
D-Ballin
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LOL, no. But it kind of looks that way upon second inspection.
Nat2Syn
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Happens on the concentric movement. No pain at all.
If no pain and only on the concentric portion you're lucky. Could be much worse. I'd look at the videos WeightedChinup posted to help with mobility. Should be enough to get you up to speed
Did you just call me a powerlifter
Yep , your a powerlifter . You made it bro . lol
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