Day 310: Brutal Hypertrophy Lower Body Workout - Let's Share Our "Squat" Stories!
G'day,
You ever get that feeling when you can barely walk up or down stairs after a tough leg workout? I had that today...and then some!
Hypertrophy Lower Body: By The Book
My Hypertrophy Lower Body session called for 8 sets of quadriceps, hamstrings and calves today.
The recommended strategy is to perform 2 "core" exercises for 3 sets each and one "targeted" exercise for the remaining 2 sets (totaling 8 sets).
I followed this pattern for hamstrings and calves using a variety of free weight exercises (straight leg deadlifts and dumbell calf raises) and machines (leg curls and standing calf raises).
Takin' It To The Max!
However, I decided to take it to the max with quadriceps by doing all 8 sets with the granddaddy of all exercises...front squats.
The reason why I did all 8 sets on squats is simple. This is because front squats are regarded by most experts as the best exercise to stimulate the most muscle fiber across the whole body, not just the quads.
Whether this is correct or not, anyone who regularly does multiple sets back-to-back of front squats can vouch for the fact that while they are tough to do, they also build the lower body like nothing else!
Anyway, like I said at the start of today's post, I could barely walk up the stairs to the locker room after my workout...that is all the proof I need!
Do You Have A "Squat Story" To Share?
Do you a brutal squat story to share? How do you know when you've had an awesome workout?
I'd love to hear from you, just leave a comment to this post and we'll share some squat "war stories"!
Until tomorrow...
Eat Clean,
Shred Hard,
Think BIG!
Cheers,
Adam Waters, NESTA-CPT
P.S. Did you notice something about my blog today? That's right, the links on the header graphic now work! I trust you'll now find it much easier to navigate this blog (gets kinda hard with over 280 posts!)
I also want to give a special shout-out to Garry Egan again, I don't know how he did it but I am very grateful. Thanks Garry! If you need a professional to help you with your website/blog I highly recommend Garry, he's an expert! Below is a link to his website.
P.S.S. Below are Day 310 pics for September 14, 2007: Mission 3 Phase 2 - Day 16 of 70
