Thread: Help build a leg workout

Squats, lunges, squats, calf raises, squats, leg extensions, squats, and a couple more squats

goto trapzilla's trining log, you can google the exercises you don't recognize. dude's a volume beast,helpful dude as well

deadlifts! Great for glutes and lower back. All I do are squats and deadlifts. For my calves I go play basketball

Originally Posted by ceazur

Squats, lunges, squats, calf raises, squats, leg extensions, squats, and a couple more squats

Ha! How do you suggest I do the calf raises

Originally Posted by ovr40

goto trapzilla's trining log, you can google the exercises you don't recognize. dude's a volume beast,helpful dude as well

I'll check it out

Originally Posted by mryar

deadlifts! Great for glutes and lower back. All I do are squats and deadlifts. For my calves I go play basketball

Thanks

Originally Posted by bigcruz

Ha! How do you suggest I do the calf raises

a box, a phone book, anything 2in or higher you can stand on, hang your heels off of it, put some dumbells in your hands and act like your trying to rail a giraffe from the back?

Originally Posted by ceazur

a box, a phone book, anything 2in or higher you can stand on, hang your heels off of it, put some dumbells in your hands and act like your trying to rail a giraffe from the back?

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I like the stiff deadlift idea! Also reg deadlifts are amazing. Do some weighted squat jumps!

Originally Posted by SuperLift

I like the stiff deadlift idea! Also reg deadlifts are amazing. Do some weighted squat jumps!

jump squats! i had forgotten about those. Thanks

How does someone recommend deads for a leg workout. I fkn hate that. Deads are for he back. PRimarily that is. So If you do muscle group splits then do deads on back days. Not leg days. Just sayin

Originally Posted by ceazur

How does someone recommend deads for a leg workout. I fkn hate that. Deads are for he back. PRimarily that is. So If you do muscle group splits then do deads on back days. Not leg days. Just sayin

Altho SLDLs allows you to isolate the mutherfuck out of your hamstrings. Standard DLs I'd save for back day.

Originally Posted by sassy69

Altho SLDLs allows you to isolate the mutherfuck out of your hamstrings. Standard DLs I'd save for back day.

Why not just do calf raises on the squat rack with something under your toes? Go to walmart and buy one of those aerobics deals.

Originally Posted by ceazur

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Originally Posted by SloppyJ

Why not just do calf raises on the squat rack with something under your toes? Go to walmart and buy one of those aerobics deals.

Great idea

Originally Posted by ceazur

Funniest thing i seen all day!

I do squat,sldl,db lunges, ham ex, single calf raises.

Originally Posted by SloppyJ

Why not just do calf raises on the squat rack with something under your toes? Go to walmart and buy one of those aerobics deals.

Even better would be to go to home depot. Buy a long plank (something like 8 inches wide by 1 inch think) and have them slice it up. Then glue them on top of one another to your preferred height.

I sometimes use the aerobic steps at the gym and they flex too much for me. I much prefer the wooden step but it seems to keep disappearing.

Originally Posted by ceazur

How does someone recommend deads for a leg workout. I fkn hate that. Deads are for he back. PRimarily that is. So If you do muscle group splits then do deads on back days. Not leg days. Just sayin

I disagree with this to a degree. Although I don't use a bodypart split, I do think that deadlifts work the legs to a signifigant degree. Deadlifts are far from a back-only exercise. The best deadlifters in the world always have strong legs for a reason. I've always liked to separate deadlift and squat days for many reasons, but the value of deadlifts to overall leg strength is often underestimated, IMHO.

Originally Posted by MDR

I disagree with this to a degree. Although I don't use a bodypart split, I do think that deadlifts work the legs to a signifigant degree. Deadlifts are far from a back-only exercise. The best deadlifters in the world always have strong legs for a reason. I've always liked to separate deadlift and squat days for many reasons, but the value of deadlifts to overall leg strength is often underestimated, IMHO.

+1

Deadlifts done with proper form and ROM fully engage the glutes, hamstrings and even quads to a degree.

calves you can just have dumbells in your hand and put your toes on a plank or something and go to work