Thread: Wanting some opinions

You shouldn't neglect legs. If you're training your upper body and not your lower you'll develop severe muscle imbalances and could potentially endure injuries (plus you'll look ridiculous!). Besides, the leg muscles are the largest in the body; why would you not take advantage of the growth hormones released from training them with squats and deadlifts? A program isn't a program without squats and deads. Those two lifts require more muscle, power, and focus than any other.

Also, just to be clear, when you say military press are you talking about in the standing position? I ask because a lot of people post programs with military press but they actually mean shoulder press, which is the seated variation. Military press -- which also includes bringing the DBs/BB down to your shoulders/chest -- is much harder.

I don't do weights with legs because I do sprint interval training, use them a lot in gymnastics, and walk a minimum of 4-5km a day to uni and back. My legs are strong and big enough for my liking, and i'm in no way disproportionate nor will I be training to the point that I would be. I could start each session with 4 sets of leg press I suppose to get some more anabolic benefit, but I always find free weight leg exercises uncomfortable, I know my form won't be great. Yeah I suppose I am doing shoulder press not military press. Do you think the program I posted is a decent overall upper body regime though? Enough push/pull etc, intensity, volume.

sounds like you fuck a lot of sheep . . I hear you kiwi's are into that shit . .


. . anyway enough of your bad habits.

If you want to put on some LBM you cannot neglect working the legs. Squats, Lunges and Deadlifts.

Also I hear Gears certainly help.

Anyone who doesn't want to work legs will get pretty much ignored around here. Walking to "uni" and doing sprint intervals is not the same as working the chain.

I just don't want any soreness that will affect the rest of my daily life. If someone could suggest and exercise with a number of sets and reps to try that shouldn't result in much soreness I'd be more than willing to throw it into my program and give it a go. I've never done legs before and managed to put a solid 10kg of muscle on in the last 2 years, but I take it much of that would be natural growing and initial benefits from being completely untrained.

TheCapt'n, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'gears'? You don't mean supplements do you?

I just don't want any soreness that will affect the rest of my daily life. If someone could suggest an exercise with a number of sets and reps to try that shouldn't result in much soreness I'd be more than willing to throw it into my program and give it a go. I've never done legs before and managed to put a solid 10kg of muscle on in the last 2 years, but I take it much of that would be natural growing and initial benefits from being completely untrained.

TheCapt'n, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'gears'? You don't mean supplements do you?

I just don't want any soreness that will affect the rest of my daily life. If someone could suggest and exercise with a number of sets and reps to try that shouldn't result in much soeness I'd be more than willing to throw it into my program and give it a go. I've never done legs before and managed to put a solid 10kg of muscle on in the last 2 years, but I take it much of that would be natural growing and initial benefits from being completely untrained.

TheCapt'n, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'gears'? You don't mean supplements do you?

I do four sets of Squats and Deads.
Squats on leg day at 4x10/8/8/6 increasing weight each time. (I am a few inches taller than you ,and squats are a bitch for me.)
I do Romanian Deadlift's on back day a little heavier then I probably should since I don't get to go too heavy on Squats. But I use a hook grip (One palm facing me and one facing away). 4x10/10/8/8. Also adding weight. I rest about 45 Secs to 1 minute between sets. Since you do a full body routine I am not sure of how many sets you should be doing. And I promise you if you lift these correctly and moderately heavy, then you will be sore for a few days after the first couple of times you do these.
I also bounce my ass up and down right before i start a set of deads. < this definitely has some effect.

Originally Posted by Phedder

TheCapt'n, I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'gears'? You don't mean supplements do you?

Gears, my innocent friend, are the route of all evil.

Originally Posted by ceazur

Gears, my innocent friend, are the route of all evil.

Along with women.

I didn't realize it posted three times, sorry my internet can be terrible sometimes. I don't want to do legs on tuesdays because I have gymnastics the next day, but I'll try starting thursday with some leg presses and saturdays with some deadlifts, does this sound ok?

Originally Posted by Phedder

I didn't realize it posted three times, sorry my internet can be terrible sometimes. I don't want to do legs on tuesdays because I have gymnastics the next day, but I'll try starting thursday with some leg presses and saturdays with some deadlifts, does this sound ok?

Squats < Leg Press

Originally Posted by Phineas

Along with women.

ahaha.

Whats with squat < leg press?
Your implyin leg press is =/< squat? I didnt know that. I suck at squat. I don't think I actually perform a true squat. I cant quite get my legs to a 90 degree angle, definitely can't get my butt to drop..

Originally Posted by Phineas

Squats < Leg Press

Say what now?! Squats are less than leg presses?

Originally Posted by ceazur

I suck at squat. I don't think I actually perform a true squat. I cant quite get my legs to a 90 degree angle, definitely can't get my butt to drop..

Start with light weights, practice your form, and increase your flexibility. If you don't have someone that can watch you squat and intelligently comment on your form, use a video camera, upload it to YouTube, and post it here.

You do not want to miss out on squats. I think it's the king of all lifts. It uses heavy weights, it activates the biggest muscles in the body, and it sits on your god damn back.

If you don't do them, you're screwing over your efforts at the gym.

Originally Posted by DOMS

Start with light weights, practice your form, and increase your flexibility. If you don't have someone that can watch you squat and intelligently comment on your form, use a video camera, upload it to YouTube, and post it here.

You do not want to miss out on squats. I think it's the king of all lifts. It uses heavy weights, it activates the biggest muscles in the body, and it sits on your god damn back.

If you don't do them, you're screwing over your efforts at the gym.

Oh I do em, just probably not correctly ,which is probably worse then omitting the lift. Even tho it is chest and tri day, ima record a set of them with moderate weight ( moderate for me is like 185lbs ), and see if i can get some feedback

Originally Posted by DOMS

Say what now?! Squats are less than leg presses?

After looking where Phedder said he was going to do leg press I'm pretty sure king phineas meant Squat > leg press

Originally Posted by DOMS

Say what now?! Squats are less than leg presses?

Doesn't that mean squats are better than leg press? I thought it was the direction that the wide part is facing means greater than that one because it's as though it's eating it?

Well, either way I meant squats are superior to leg press.

Originally Posted by Phineas

Doesn't that mean squats are better than leg press? I thought it was the direction that the wide part is facing means greater than that one because it's as though it's eating it?

Well, either way I meant squats are superior to leg press.

The open end means "greater" and the small end means "lesser."

Good, for a second there you had me worried. You've said all kinds of smart shit, and then tossed out the notation that squats were less than leg presses. A chilling moment.

Originally Posted by DOMS

The open end means "greater" and the small end means "lesser."

Good, for a second there you had me worried. You've said all kinds of smart shit, and then tossed out the notation that squats were less than leg presses. A chilling moment.

Hahaha, no I'm squats all the way. I've already left 4 girls at the altar to go do some squats!

I agree with Merkaba's ideas.

I don't want to be sore? Come on...

You shouldn't be sore after every workout. Are you sore after every upper body workout.

And yes, squats>leg press

And yes Phineas the alligator mouth EATS the bigger one because he's hungry.

Gotta squat. I squat, and I had double-herniation surgery last year, along with some nerve repair. You want to talk about soreness affecting your daily life? I couldn't tie my own shoes for months...

Nut up and put in the work.

Lifting isn't my life, it's a part of it. Gymnastics is part of my course and I don't want to have decreased performance because I have sore legs. I lift because I enjoy it and it makes parts of life easier and more enjoyable, now if it made some parts of my life more difficult and less enjoyable what's the point in the first place? I've started doing some light leg work to ease my body into it and also improve my form, i'm glad I have started and hopefully i'll see some results, but i'm not going for massive gains in the first place.

MDR, was that double herniation surgery due to weight lifting?

You asked for opinions about your training. If you don't want to squat-don't. But without it there is a huge hole in your training, and in my opinion, a huge flaw. Yes, I was injured in the gym. It happens. I mentioned it because if you want to make progress, you must be willing to make sacrifices. Sounds like you are pretty limited by your mind-set. By the way-I competed in football for four years in college and as a powerlifter for over ten. You can compete in sports and still work hard in the gym. If your not going for real gains, your program sounds perfect.

Originally Posted by Phedder

Lifting isn't my life, it's a part of it. Gymnastics is part of my course and I don't want to have decreased performance because I have sore legs. I lift because I enjoy it and it makes parts of life easier and more enjoyable, now if it made some parts of my life more difficult and less enjoyable what's the point in the first place? I've started doing some light leg work to ease my body into it and also improve my form, i'm glad I have started and hopefully i'll see some results, but i'm not going for massive gains in the first place.

MDR, was that double herniation surgery due to weight lifting?

You won't get massive just from doing squats and/or deadlifts. They're very effiicent exercises, but mass comes from years of dedicated, structured, INTENSE training and -- above all else -- calculated diet.