A Quad-Tastic Leg Workout

On the blog this year, I will be sharing a lot more of my workouts with all of you. I am even contemplating putting in a workouts tab for anyone who is interested. I always get asked by people I know personally as well and I receive numerous e-mails, so I'm thinking about it. We shall see! :)

I am going to share a good leg workout with you that I did. I've been on and off with legs recently. In the beginning, my legs were like toothpicks and I was always really self-conscious of them. Therefore, I loved working legs whenever I got the chance. Then, I reached a period where I absolutely dreaded doing legs and had to force myself to complete a workout, which is sooo not me. But I've switched up my mindset when it comes to training legs now and I actually enjoy it!

To build the legs, I believe you always have to switch things up. Doing the same thing over and over again will get you nowhere. However, what remains a staple in building shapely legs, in my opinion, is doing heavy squats, lots of plyometrics, and switching up rep ranges every now and then to give the legs a stimulus to grow.

Here's the workout that I competed, and yes, unfortunately for the squats I had to use the Smith machine because someone was using the squat rack for bicep curls... don't even get me started. 

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...Anyways, this is it:

That is an image, so you can save it if you would like. Here is a good video that demonstrates what a Smith machine donkey kick is. Do NOT put too much weight on and focus on form, or else the exercise is pretty much redundant. Here is a video demonstrating the Smith machine vertical leg press. Like the donkey kicks, focus on form and if the movement doesn't feel right, listen to your body because it probably isn't.

I did more reps with this workout because I've been training my legs with heavy weights for awhile, and my training needed a shake-up. Do not fear high reps, because I know the traditional bodybuilding mindset is that high reps are for muscular endurance and won't shape your body, which is untrue. Your body will plateau if it gets too used a certain rep range, even heavy. You need to switch up your rep ranges if this is you. Not to mention that your body can only lift heavy for so long before it needs a slight break.

I will be posting a plyometrics workout that is my staple soon. Plyometrics are my favorite! I hope you enjoy this workout; it focuses more on the quads but you get some hamstring and glutes work in there as well.

I will see you all soon with that plyo workout!

Questions: Do you like training legs? What's your favorite leg exercise?

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