Leg days are hard but with it comes the best feeling of accomplishment when completed. Ever since I started it up again last week, I've been quite fired up and today was no different. I always start up with some stretching beforehand, but right after, the trashing begins. I hit my calves first since I would never have enough energy to finish with them if I started with the upper leg muscles first. Here, I did some calf extensions with a 50-70 rep range and 4 sets, seated toe extensions with toe straight, toe in and toe out and then back to toe straight. Then, I threw on a couple standing toe extensions for good measures and with a 30-40 rep range (to failure).
For the upper leg workouts, I started today with some prone leg curls. I used a lighter weight and went for high rep to failure for 3 of the 4 sets with the first one being a warm up. My hammies were cooked since the lighter weight really allowed me to push the intensity barrier. I hit the kick back machine after and only managed to do 2 sets before I was totally gassed out. This exercises really wears me cardiovascular-wise, so I couldn't do anymore. I finished it up with some leg extensions and leg presses for the quads. The extensions were intense where my first set was probably in the 100 rep range. I hit more weights and still kept the rep range above 50 after. The leg presses were the same, but I did hit higher weights than last week. I was dizzy at the end of the last set and had to fight off puking right after.
For today, I plan on jumping on the spin bike again. I'm really digging the training I get from this. I get to do a lot of core work and get a lot of cardio from it without taxing my legs too much. It seems to be helping with my climbing, so I'll keep this up and see where it takes me.
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