Is a 1 hour 45 min weights workout too long?

[SolidToTheCORE]

15- 20 sets of Quads.

Squat - 5 sets
Leg Ext - 4 sets
Lunges - 4 sets
?? ?? ??

It may be a little much on some days but it can be done. 20 sets yeah?!?!?! Once a month I will Squat for 10 x 10 and 10 x 20. You need a wheelchair after you train. Man, I love leg day.

 

[gr81]

Legs are big muscle, you gotta blast them like no other BP. Besides I don't have such high volume WO's all the time, i mix it up. For alot of people it could be too much. My leg training is intense as fuck, I love them more than anything else, my favorite time of the week, and I don't just mean training-wise but just in general. Besides my hormone levels are pretty high right now

 

[Pumping Iron]

no doubt gr, leg day is by far the best day. shows you what kinda balls you got. can't walk right for a week afterwards.

 

[gr81]

The thing that sucks about my gym (well one of the many things), the weight room is up a long flight of stairs so they obviously weren't thinking of real lifters when they designed the place. There have been a few times that I just felt like falling down them b/c it was too much to walk down normally, it is dangerous.

By the way, I like the new quote PI

 

[Pumping Iron]

thanks gr,
since its "almost" Olympia time, i'm gonna try to "reincarnate" former Olympians.

sucks you gotta walk up and down stairs. i think if i didn't want to fall on the way down, i'd have to crawl.

 

[gr81]

hey, good times right. Haney had quite the physique, whooo!
Hey PI, have you ever seen the 2nd pumping iron, I think it was called "stay hungry"?? I have never been able to locate it and I would like to see it, I don't know anyone else that has seen it either. Just thought I'd ask

 

[Pumping Iron]

have i ever seen it? course man! i bought a bootleg copy off ebay that has the first and 2nd "pumping iron" on the same tape, its the best purchase i ever got

its actually called "the comeback". it focuses on Arnold about 80% and Platz 20%. Arnold doesnt look nearly as good, but Platz explains that he "would" win "if" he competed b/c hes the best. Platz looked great, but didnt do too hot for some reason. Arnold talks about (and you can see it), for the first time ever, that he is actually almost fearful. there's a good reason that Zane broke his trophy outside the theater, Mentzer quit the IFBB, and the crowd booed Arnold offstage (which it didn't show in the film),and even though he's my fav, i think it was almost fixed.

Without giving anymore away, buy yourself a copy off ebay, like $20. its great to see these guys in there prime again.

If you want the full story, buy the Arnold unauthorized biography. that has the true story....

 

[Bodferret]

PUMPING IRON DO YOU COMPETE MATE!!

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[firestorm]

Originally posted by gr81
hey, good times right. Haney had quite the physique, whooo!
Hey PI, have you ever seen the 2nd pumping iron, I think it was called "stay hungry"?? I have never been able to locate it and I would like to see it, I don't know anyone else that has seen it either. Just thought I'd ask

GR8,, Stay Hungry was an Arnold film but not a documentary. It co-starred, Sally Fields and Bo Bridges. A ton of bodybuilders are in the movie towards the end of the film.

There was also a sequel to Pumping Iron by the same title "almost" but Arnold wasn't in it. It was called Pumping Iron 2,, the women. Rachael McClesh was one of the gals documented and I forget the rest.

I never heard of the movie Pumping Iron mentioned in the above post but will look into getting a copy of it. It isn't even listed in Arnolds movie credits I believe.

 

[SolidToTheCORE]

BACK IN THE DAY -----------------

I worked out at a gym that the weights where on the second floor the stair case was this weird cutback so there was like a MILLION stairs.

I would have to sit down a lower myself from step to step.

IIIIIII LLLLLLLLLoooooooooovvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeee LLLLLEEEEEEEEGGGGGGGGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[firestorm]

Hey Marine,,, post a pic of those legs man!!!! Sounds like you work them hard, must be impressive. peace

 

[SolidToTheCORE]

I dont think I have a pic of JUST my legs ..... Most of my weight comes from my legs .... my glutes .... lol.

 

[firestorm]

hahaha ya got the squat butt going on? rock on bro. post what pics you have in the Members PIc sec. By the way, welcome to IM.com.

 

[gr81]

Originally posted by firestorm
hahaha ya got the squat butt going on? rock on bro. post what pics you have in the Members PIc sec. By the way, welcome to IM.com.

Damnit I got a little bit of squater ass going on as well, especially when I am at a higher BF%, I have a nice round behind for sure, all those deep deep squats. I feel ya Solid

 

[dumbell]

Read Mike Mentzer's H.I.T. and go to Bill Pearl's website at billpearl.com. Bill was a five time Mr. Universe and outlines a twenty month beginner program in detail for free. Bill does'nt beleive in training to failure and you can find out why by reading through his program. Mike Mentzer I believe nails it on the head in describing intensity as well as many people have done in this thread. If it takes you that long to do a workout, your not pushing yourself hard enough, and your not using enough weight.

 

[firestorm]

Hey there is a blast from the past!! Bill Pearl. Damn I used to train at one of his gyms in Hamilton twp. NJ many years ago. What a hell of a nice guy.

 

[firestorm]

Damn thinking back I must have been around 15 or 16. that was over 20 years ago!! fuq I'm fuqing old!!!! fuq

 

[dumbell]

i beleive in 6-10 upper body-abs included, 12-20 lower body-calves included.