Beefing The Legs

[Goku]

Ok before I considered the martial arts......I was into bodybuilding. I was good too for a 15 year old. I've read VARIOUS books on it too. Of course bodybuilding is good for both getting size and for toning. Of course any leg exercise is going to build you up if done with the right sets and reps. This one guy only does 1 set but he does like 2 or 300 reps. I recomend if you want to just put on mass to do heavy weight.....about 10 reps and 4 sets.

[SevenStar]

one set of 300 reps? who?

 

10 reps and 4 sets isn't really mass building range. I would take it down to 3 sets of 6 - 8, especially if you are doing other exercises besides squats.

[SevenStar]

http://www.hardgainer.com/articles/11-55.html

 

Overtraining is a possibility with any program-even 8rep programs. That's why you need to significantly cut down the days you train legs if using the 20 rep routine.

 

yeah, you definitely have to cut back, which is what I was saying above.

 

Natural bodybuilders can't use the same routines they see in FLEX magazine, or MUSCLE AND FITNESS. If you did, you'd be overtrained in one week.

 

That's something I think alot of people don't realize. There used to be (may still be, not sure) a magazine for natural bodybuilders. If I remember right, it was called Natural Bodybuilding. I'll have to dig through my old zines and check.

[WolverineGuy]

Muscle and Fitness isn't nearly as bad as FLEX...most of the routines are sound. Perhaps a bit much for the casual weight lifter, but nowhere near as damaging as the ones in FLEX.

[Goku]

the thing is with the workouts in flex magazine and muscle and fitness is that you need a million supplements and whatever else they use (illegaly) to make them work. Actually 10 reps and 4 sets is a mass gaining no. of reps and sets. You just have to do it with heavy weight.

 

I can't remember the name of the guy with the insane workout.....i'll have to go check the magazines out.

 

For anyone who is looking for an awesome overall fitness book on lifting weights and exercises....get the book "encyclopedia of bodybuilding" by Arnold Schwarzenegger.....I have it.....it's not just for bodybuilders it's actually an overall book on working out.

[SevenStar]

For lifting, strength training in particular, check out "power to the people"

[SevenStar]

Actually 10 reps and 4 sets is a mass gaining no. of reps and sets. You just have to do it with heavy weight.

 

10 reps is acceptable, but 4 sets is too much, particularly if you are doing other exercises for that bodypart also.

[Goku]

Sevenstar.....i'm only 15 and it works for me.......I do like 5 to 6 exercises for each body part. Of course I feel it burning that day later on....and even the next day.......but that's how it's supposed to be. I do intense workouts for intense results. It isn't bad.......but I have also been working out for 2 years now......I started at 13 (which was probably too soon) and now i'm at the stage I am now. I guess different workouts work for different people. I can't expect to do that insane workout of 300 reps.....it just wouldn't happen. Certain things work better for certain people.......I just said what works for me.

[SevenStar]

I was doing that when I was 15 too. I'm 26 now. I train smarter then I did back then. Especially considering my training schedule - muay thai twice a week, judo twice a week, bjj 4 days a week and in the gym every day...

 

working out doesn't have to burn later that day either. Strength training is neuromuscular training. I am never sore after a workout, except when I do 20 rep squats...

[WhiteBelt]

I didn't see it mentioned but definitely add goodmornings, straight-leg deadlifts, and maybe the glute-ham-raise to the list of leg exercises. They also work your lower back so adjust accordingly.