Splitting Up Leg Workouts |
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| Posted by: RandyOrton Jul 1 2008, 04:52 PM |
| does anyone hear split their leg workout into two seperate days...like hamstrings one day and quads another? I was thinking about switching back to two body parts a day, and split up my legs into two days and absolutely hammer both parts on seperate days. The only problem i see is that most leg exercises you are using pretty much the hams and quads at the same time. Anyone have any suggestions on what to do here. Is it possible? besiides straight leg deads, leg extensions, and leg curls i couldnt think of anything that woud soley isolate each part of the leg seperately. Or is it just easier and more efficient to keep it all together. If anyone understands any of this shit i just wrote, some input would be appreciated thanks |
| Posted by: SFW_SFW Jul 1 2008, 06:08 PM |
| i think in theory that would work out well but i dont think it would actually work. the most important compound exercises that you perform in a leg work out include not only quads and hams but gleuts calves and stabilizers as well... so my suggestion would be to keep it all together. but that's just me. |
| Posted by: RandyOrton Jul 1 2008, 07:47 PM | ||
yeh i was thinking that also right after i posted...there is like a 99% chance ill keep it all together, i just kind of wanted to see what the options could be, to change things up a bit |
| Posted by: tree33 Jul 1 2008, 08:02 PM |
| well if a part of your leg is lagging you could hit that real hard on a Saturday and really Isolate it. Like me I think my hamstring needs some extra attention so I will go in on Saturday and just concentrate on pounding just my hamstring and it don't take very long cause there isn't much you can do to hit it. So now I hit hams and quads on wed. more less just really concentrating on my quads and calves and not even worry about hams and then just hams on Saturday. So you could do it like this. Wednesday Squats leg presses hack squats leg extensions Then work your calves Saturday Leg curls straight leg dead lifts Sprints really help build hamstrings and you can even hit your calves again if there lagging and anything else that hits the hams and then your done. Hope this helps. |
| Posted by: accent115 Jul 1 2008, 08:14 PM |
| Is it only possible to do this on saturdays? Do legs grow better on saturdays? |
| Posted by: tree33 Jul 1 2008, 09:20 PM | ||
Here is my schedule. Monday Chest and tris Chest about 20 sets Tris about 14 sets Time 2 hours Tuesday - Back, bis, and Traps Back 16 sets Bis 12 - 16 sets traps 6 - 8 sets Time 2 - 2.5 hours Wednesday - Legs and calves About 18 sets about 1.5 - 2 hours Thursday - Shoulders About 16-20 sets 2 hours Friday Bis and Tris 30 set 2 hours Saturday - Hams and calves 1 hour |
| Posted by: Arnoldclone Jul 1 2008, 09:57 PM |
| Ive tried, but it doesnt work for me because on the days say my quads are very sore, doing hamies at the same time sucks if I gotta do laying curls, or seated curls where Im locked in. So I cant do as much weight. Plus I think if you get everything goin, just get tons of blood in the leg, you might aswell hit it all, same reasoning why I think doing arms together is good. |
| Posted by: tree33 Jul 1 2008, 10:04 PM | ||
Usually if I work legs out on Wednesday they are ready to go by Saturday unless I haven't hit them for about a month. |
| Posted by: Roids Jul 1 2008, 10:08 PM |
| Quads grow best on wednesday mid morning. Hams tend to grow much better on thursday afternoon between 3:18 and 5:27. |
| Posted by: azfittrainer Jul 2 2008, 02:03 AM |
| Most athletes train some portion of legs everyday, just in lower volumes. For instance they may do squats on Monday, Step Ups Tuesday, Front Squat Wednesday, SLDL Thursday. It works great for them, it will for you too |
| Posted by: Arnoldclone Jul 2 2008, 06:39 PM | ||
*noted* |