Anyone Else do legs yet this week???

[rippedtrojan]

just finished 2nd leg day this week:

standing calf: 205x15, 265x8, 305x8, 350x8, 395x8, 440x8, 485x8, 530x6

seated calf: 10x10x45lbs, ten sec rest between each set

hack squat: 200x12, 290x12, 340x10, 2 sets 400x10

leg press: 200x12, 290x 12, 380x 12

front squat: 3x95x12

back squat static holds at bottom for 20 sec: 3 times with 95

 

[strong island]

just finished 2nd leg day this week:

standing calf: 205x15, 265x8, 305x8, 350x8, 395x8, 440x8, 485x8, 530x6

seated calf: 10x10x45lbs, ten sec rest between each set

hack squat: 200x12, 290x12, 340x10, 2 sets 400x10

leg press: 200x12, 290x 12, 380x 12

front squat: 3x95x12

back squat static holds at bottom for 20 sec: 3 times with 95

I also do 10 sets of 10 with 10 seconds rest for calves. I do it with standing calve raises and I do one big drop set. I start with the whole rack and by the time I am on set 10 I am only using 60 pounds. Those are the shiznit.

 

[rippedtrojan]

I also do 10 sets of 10 with 10 seconds rest for calves. I do it with standing calve raises and I do one big drop set. I start with the whole rack and by the time I am on set 10 I am only using 60 pounds. Those are the shiznit.

yeah...first leg day this week, i was doing seated calf super set with standing calf, then i finished with 2 drop sets on standing calf. i go all the way down til there is no weight loaded. holy shit does that burn.

and when you get to the 7th or 8th set of 10x10 ten sec rest, that's when the fun starts!!

 

[rippedtrojan]

Here is a shot of my legs:

www.bbislife.com/vb/attachment.php?s=&postid=6466

nice calves.

 

[Deepsquat]

30 sets a bodypart?

Bro how do you consider legs one bodypart?

You have the
Quadracep muscle goup
Hamstring muscle group
Gluteus Maximus
Hip Flexors
Abductors
Adductors

Now if you did 30 sets for chest or biceps that would be too much in my opinion.

I also disagree with your statement about overtraining being the main reason people don't reach their goals. Although overtraining is a problem for some, most people (in my opinion) lack the knowledge and/or the discipline in weight training and nutrition. I believe most people don't know what, how and when to eat for optimal growth. Plus many people don't want "extreme size."

As for me overtraining...its an invalid statement. I am getting bigger and stronger every month. This is obviously not a symptom of overtraining.

Do I train that many sets every workout? no, but that was my last leg workout and it was good one. The hack squats, although not very "intense" definately kicked my quadraceps ass. Now when I say intensity I mean how close to failure I came.

Like I said before, I switch back and forth between volume based training and intensity based training. Its my simple way of periodization.

All righty then. You think 30 sets is too much for chest or bis...but not thighs , because you feell the leg is seperated into so many different muscle groups ...right ...the trouble is the only way to isolate most of these muscle from the others is to do little girl exersices , that do nothing for mass...you know ..the ones they do over in the womens section of the gym ...the ladies might breask a sweat, if they trained hard.

Lets look at your routine (I am not saying thaty only a woman would do your routine , on the conterary,I see only 1 none mass builder (generally speaking).
3 sets of squats works all five sections of the thigh the way you have it broken down Quadracep muscle goup
Hamstring muscle group
Gluteus Maximus
Hip Flexors
Abductors
Adductors
front squats 4sets..the same as squats with less work to the glutes and hams..though more to the quads.
leg ext. 6 sets...isolation .has zero glute or ham invalved
hack 4 sets ...same as front squat
lying leg curl ...hams
seated leg curl ...hams
standing leg curl ...hams
I look at legs as a whole because other then leg curls hip[ adductors and leg extentions ...you can't take the other muscle involement out of the equation.
...Overtraining is not necessarally on a bodypart by bodypart basis..it is systemic..an over all body condition
BTW I could not veiw the picture of your leggs ...though thanks for posting it.

 

[rippedtrojan]

and you gotta love the pain the day after you do calves

 

[PopeyePower]

I love training legs....the high you feel after a great lower body workout is better than just about anything....except sex......I trained explosion and lower body today (sun)...I'll hit it again at 70% on Wed......here's how it went:

Power Snatch: Bar x 5, 95x5, 135x5, 175x3, 195x3, 205x3, 215x3, 225x3.

Power Clean: 135x5, 185x5, 225x5, 245x5, 265x5, 280x4 (did a 5th but i was too spent, recovery sucked, feet all over the place).

Back Squat: 135x10, 225x10, 315x5, 365x5, 405x5, 430x5, 455x5.

Leg Press: 700x20

Stiff Leg Deadlift: 135x10, 185x10, 225x10, 245x10, 265x8, 285x8

Drove to Taco Bell drive-thru, ordered 10 soft beef tacos....came home and washed them down with half a gallon of whole milk, and swallowed some Vit-C and a b-Complex cause i was sweating my balls off and lost all my water soluable vitamins.

On wed I'll do snatches and cleans at 70% and light front squats at instead of backs...and hit 315 for a nice and easy 15 reps on back squat instead of 700 on leg press......in writing it seems like a lot of sets, but a lot of them are warm-ups, and maybe only the last one was done to failure....I'll tell you that 700 leg press felt like a grand after the other work though.

 

[strong island]

All righty then. You think 30 sets is too much for chest or bis...but not thighs , because you feell the leg is seperated into so many different muscle groups ...right ...the trouble is the only way to isolate most of these muscle from the others is to do little girl exersices , that do nothing for mass...you know ..the ones they do over in the womens section of the gym ...the ladies might breask a sweat, if they trained hard.

Lets look at your routine (I am not saying thaty only a woman would do your routine , on the conterary,I see only 1 none mass builder (generally speaking).
3 sets of squats works all five sections of the thigh the way you have it broken down Quadracep muscle goup
Hamstring muscle group
Gluteus Maximus
Hip Flexors
Abductors
Adductors
front squats 4sets..the same as squats with less work to the glutes and hams..though more to the quads.
leg ext. 6 sets...isolation .has zero glute or ham invalved
hack 4 sets ...same as front squat
lying leg curl ...hams
seated leg curl ...hams
standing leg curl ...hams
I look at legs as a whole because other then leg curls hip[ adductors and leg extentions ...you can't take the other muscle involement out of the equation.
...Overtraining is not necessarally on a bodypart by bodypart basis..it is systemic..an over all body condition
BTW I could not veiw the picture of your leggs ...though thanks for posting it.

Bro I already told you your whole argument is moot. I am getting bigger and stronger weekly. If thats overtraining then so be it.

Here is another link to my legs:

www.anabolex.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=462700

 

[strong island]

and you gotta love the pain the day after you do calves

Since I started getting seriously training calves four months ago, I am sore for days following my calve workout. My gastrocs are still sore from two days ago. Wish I had been training them like this for years.

 

[louden_swain]

Bro I already told you your whole argument is moot. I am getting bigger and stronger weekly. If thats overtraining then so be it.

Here is another link to my legs:

www.anabolex.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=462700

Strong, I cannot access your pics, but I already know that you are big and powerful. Believe me, you are not overtraining your legs. Your legs are larger than most people, therefore you need a lot of sets to stimulate the muscle. You are doing the right thing. If possible please list your routine for calves. I am looking to redesign my routine and I would like to compare with another trainer.