Leg Day!!

[Devil3]

I'm a lean fella. 5'11" tall at 198-205lbs at the moment. Currently approaching the end of week 4 of pct. I feel great, my mood has levelled out, acne clearing up, and my motivation to push harder through each rep is rising each session; feels great.

Tonight was leg day. I've been hitting legs more often as I had an MCL injury many months ago and it took some time to rehabilitate.

That's back to normal and I'm not scared to bust chops, so today I decided to go a little harder. Ended up getting 315 for 8, after 2 sets of 245x10. Heaviest I've gone the past 2-3 months was 225x10 for 4-5 sets; ass to grass. I know those numbers arnt anything to write home about, but it was a HUGE step forward for myself in terms of confidence and motivation. I'm hungry.

Can't wait to see if I can safely keep pushing myself. I don't want to overtrain but lately I've just had a leg high! I always want to do legs!

Finished off with dumbbell lunges 10 steps/foot 75-80-85lbs, crushed the quads heavily with 4 sets of pauses, and demod the hammies/calves to the point where my walk resembled an unfortunate Prison Guard from OZ.

''Twas a good night

Edit: I'm not sure if this should be posted in the training section. My apologies if it should; feel free to move it!

 

[SuperMaroid]

Good to hear you recovered from your injury and your back training legs again. Those are some decent numbers! Keep up the good work!

 

[MindlessWork]

You came a long way so keep at it. Those squat numbers should improve as you work at it.

 

[Devil3]

Thank you fellas. A pat on the back does feel good once in a while . All of this was done with my belt as well, anything over 225ish I add a belt.

 

[SuperMaroid]

Thank you fellas. A pat on the back does feel good once in a while . All of this was done with my belt as well, anything over 225ish I add a belt.

I always wear a belt when I squat even at 135lb.

 

[Hotrods12]

Good job, glad your healing and getting stronger, Im the same way anything over 225 I use my belt

 

[Devil3]

I have to say, I think frequent foam rolling has sped recovery up. I don't feel as tight; muscles feel more independent and free.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Congrats. More people need to learn to love working their legs. Anything over 5 reps in a set seems a little crazy to me though, lol.

 

[Devil3]

Congrats. More people need to learn to love working their legs. Anything over 5 reps in a set seems a little crazy to me though, lol.

Thank you sir. I find a leg high just as enticing as chest/biceps. From what I've read you're more of a power lifter was that you? Lol if so I get the 5 rep thing lol.

When I try to really aim for more hyperteophy and overall strength I rely on my 6x6 routine.

 

[Boston1977]

MCL sucks dude such a shit recovery, hardest part for me was getting past the fear of doing a leg work, glad to hear your feeling better.

 

[Perrin Aybara]

Thank you sir. I find a leg high just as enticing as chest/biceps. From what I've read you're more of a power lifter was that you? Lol if so I get the 5 rep thing lol.

When I try to really aim for more hyperteophy and overall strength I rely on my 6x6 routine.

That's me, I train almost entirely for strength most of the year besides a little hypertrophy in the off season. Although I eat pretty clean and stay fairly lean for equal parts vanity, staying in a weight class and also the amount of food I have to eat to really put on a ton of weight makes my life miserable.

I've come to really enjoy doing legs, too. Didn't for a long time until I figured out what worked and got better at it. I greatly prefer working legs to arms.