Psychologists say dressing inappropriately for weather is one of the first ways to gauge mental illness; bodybuilders know wearing sweats in triple digit heat is one of the best ways to gauge whose been skipping leg day.
If your squats haven’t increased since the second Bush administration or if you are tired of looking like an egg on stilts—I have the leg workout if you have the work ethic.
Get to Work
Do this leg blaster once a week and experience a new level of growth and a surge in strength levels. No fancy equipment is needed—just a pair of cojones and a willingness to work. Time to hit the pig iron.
75% intensity. Do as many reps as possible on the last set but stop one rep shy of failure. Perform each rep controlled on the negative, squat to below parallel; explode on the positive as hard as possible.All other sets hit specified reps.
Go to momentary muscular failure, rest 10 seconds, repeat this process until 100 reps total is complete; this is called the total repetition method. 20 rep max per set.
Exercise 4 of 5
Lying Leg Curl
Equipment
Sets
3
Reps
6
Rest
6- sec
Go as heavy as possible each set without sacrificing range of motion. ROM is more important than going heavy. Hamstrings have two functions to flex (bend the knee) and extend the hips; here, we are working knee flexion.
Exercise 5 of 5
Romanian Deadlift
Equipment
Barbell
Sets
12
Reps
2
Rest
90 sec
Control the descent and explode the ascent, emphasizing hip extension; here, we are working the hip extension function of the hamstrings.
