My Log

[burnthiscorpse]

10/5/12 log for Legs, Abs

squats 4x12 (135, 185, 205, 225)
leg press 3x15 (180, 230, 255)
good mornings 3x15 (65, 85, 105)
leg curls 3x20 (40, 60, 80)
hyper extention 3x20
calf raise 3x20 (135, 185, 205)
abs (20, 20, 20, 20)

great workout tonight, i truly hate doing legs but it felt so good at the same time. almost threw up, so i know i pushed myself pretty hard. i need to work on my form for sure, which i guess is to be expected... i havent done true leg exercises like this in years! thanks again Joe for the routine. i appreciate it man

Almost throwing up is a good thing.

Go to youtube and look up stiff leg deadlifts. Drop the leg curls, good mornings and hypers and do these. They will blast your glutes, lower back, hams to hell. Just be careful at first and keep super strict form. Use a lighter weight at first then you think you need because you will be super sore after. These are bar-none the best movement for everything on the back of your legs.

 

[Buildingup24]

What's your depth of the squat on 225 for 12 reps?

 

[burnthiscorpse]

What's your depth of the squat on 225 for 12 reps?

Thats a good point^^^ Depth on all squats for that matter?

 

[stevesmi]

i think more water before your workout is gonna be necessary. when you almost throw up it tells me 2 things.

1. you aren't drinking enough probably beforehand
2. your blood sugar is dropping during your workout, not a big deal but it shouldn't happen like that.. you aren't getting enough calories before your workout
OR and I hope this isn't the reason
3. you are in such bad shape that rigorous exercise isn't healthy for you and you need to strengthen your heart

i would improve your pre workout meal. and on the way to the gym a raw sweet potato works wonders for giving you clean energy without a crash

if you eat crap before a workout then your workout will be crap.

 

[Criminal10dinC]

What does depth mean?


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[Buildingup24]

You aren't going low enough on squats. They're 1/3 squats.
On the leg press, you are going down like 6-8 inches... Go all the way down or as muc as possible.

Good mornings- well I'm not well trained enough on that specific exercise to comment but it seems off.

 

[Criminal10dinC]

Fuck its hard to go all the way down. This is no excuse i'm just saying i'm 6'3", when i go all the way down it takes forever to get all the way back up!

I'm gonna work on that though. I will at least try to get my legs parallel to the ground


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[Criminal10dinC]

i think more water before your workout is gonna be necessary. when you almost throw up it tells me 2 things.

1. you aren't drinking enough probably beforehand
2. your blood sugar is dropping during your workout, not a big deal but it shouldn't happen like that.. you aren't getting enough calories before your workout
OR and I hope this isn't the reason
3. you are in such bad shape that rigorous exercise isn't healthy for you and you need to strengthen your heart

i would improve your pre workout meal. and on the way to the gym a raw sweet potato works wonders for giving you clean energy without a crash

if you eat crap before a workout then your workout will be crap.

I drink at least a gallon of water every day, and my workouts are the last thing i do before i go to bed... So i think i am pretty well hydrated by the end of the day..

More than likely it is my blood sugat if anything i guess. My "pre workout" meal was 9oz chicken breast. No carbs, no sugars.

I'm not in THAT bad of shape bro, come on.


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[burnthiscorpse]

Fuck its hard to go all the way down. This is no excuse i'm just saying i'm 6'3", when i go all the way down it takes forever to get all the way back up!

I'm gonna work on that though. I will at least try to get my legs parallel to the ground


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lower the weights until you can do full range of motion squats. simple as that.

 

[Buildingup24]

At least you're 6'3" .

I'm 5'6" :_(

Haha but seriously, start with 95, go down all the way (at least a few inches below parallel) then start slowly adding weight. The 185 n 225 was eye raising.

Also, leg curls-make sure you're not heaving the weight up, focus only on hamstrings bringing weight up.