Did legs for the second time yesterday

[Lestat]

So I've been working out for a year and like most newbies neglected my legs.

Now I am starting to do them once a week like I should have been. Yesterday was the second consecutive week.

After I was done I felt like I was gonna puke for about 10 minutes, but after that subsided I had THE BEST endorphin rush. It seriously felt like I had popped a vicodan or done a small line of coke, it was that good. Last week I had the same thing, but I could barely walk for 3 days. Today I am sore but can walk without looking like I just got reamed in my ass.

Here was my workout

Squats

12 reps @ 135 (warmup)
8 reps @ 185 x3

Leg Press
3 sets
10 reps @ 250 x 3

Hamstring curls
8 reps @ 80 x 3

Leg extentions

10 reps @ 60 x 3


No calves yet. Any comments or suggestions?

My lower back is hurting a little bit today, I think from the squats.

Brian

 

[frorider6]

Drop the leg press, do more squats. Drop the hamstring curls and do Stiff Leg deadlifts. It's a hard exercise to perfect but brutal when done properly.

Just general guidelines

 

[gymtime]

Drop the leg press, do more squats. Drop the hamstring curls and do Stiff Leg deadlifts. It's a hard exercise to perfect but brutal when done properly.

Just general guidelines

I must disagree with chickenlegsrider. If you've never done legs before, stick to what you're doing for now. Do about half compound (squats/deads), half isolation (ext/curl) to get your legs adjusted to being trained. But toothpicks has the right idea. Isolation excercises become less important as you go along.

 

[frorider6]

I must disagree with chickenlegsrider. If you've never done legs before, stick to what you're doing for now. Do about half compound (squats/deads), half isolation (ext/curl) to get your legs adjusted to being trained. But toothpicks has the right idea. Isolation excercises become less important as you go along.

 

[gymtime]

 

[Y_lifter]

Fro just likes to see Newbies Suffer painful injuries...

 

[Enock]

Drop the leg press, do more squats. Drop the hamstring curls and do Stiff Leg deadlifts. It's a hard exercise to perfect but brutal when done properly.

Just general guidelines

I also disagree, Legpress has its purpose you usually can't squat to complete failure.

 

[110%]

do u guys really feel your hamstrings being worked more in sldl than in lying leg curls, i think i have wrong form on sldl or something cuz i hardly feel them. any tips so i can feel my hams being worked more.

also i think leg press is the second best movement other than squats, and u dont want a quad workout consisting of only squats so i would keep htem.

 

[frorider6]

do u guys really feel your hamstrings being worked more in sldl than in lying leg curls, i think i have wrong form on sldl or something cuz i hardly feel them. any tips so i can feel my hams being worked more.

also i think leg press is the second best movement other than squats, and u dont want a quad workout consisting of only squats so i would keep htem.

I never really feel a burn in my hamstrings (the way you would in say your biceps). It's the next day that I feel they've been worked.

The best form for me is with my feet close together, toes pointed slightly out. When I take the weight down, I slightlly bend my knees until I'm at a full stretch. To begin the movement back up I simutaneously start pulling with the glutes and taking my knees from slightly bent to straight (not locked). Mine are still wicked sore from leg day on Wed.

 

[gymtime]

do u guys really feel your hamstrings being worked more in sldl than in lying leg curls, i think i have wrong form on sldl or something cuz i hardly feel them. any tips so i can feel my hams being worked more.

also i think leg press is the second best movement other than squats, and u dont want a quad workout consisting of only squats so i would keep htem.

Could be a few things bro. You're either bending your knees too much, not going low enough, or you're just accustomed to them.

I used to do leg curls all the time, as a supplement to my compound lifts. But once I started doing deads (regular), I could really feel it in the hams, despite all those curls I'd done.