Well it was another tough morning but once again I just about managed to get there.
I trained legs as planned and I have to say it felt really good. I've always enjoyed leg training and I'd like to push this a bit harder than I have on previous returns to the gym.
Started with a steady warm up then moved on to leg extensions, leg curls, squats, adductors, abductors and finished with calves. I wouldn't normally do this much but I was going very light to ease myself back in to it so it wasn't a problem doing more exercises than standard.
Today's exercise of the day:
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The good old squat. You really can't beat squats for leg development in my opinion. Purests would prefer a free squat as it works the stabilising muscles as well but the variant above in a smith machine is also great for overall leg and glute development.
Free squat:
When free squatting you really need a squat rack for the weight. You'll usually be doing quite heavy weights and to have to lift it off the floor, put it behind your neck then put it down again after a set would be impossible.
Squat rack:
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Today's squatting effort...... 60kg. Previous best....... about 160kg!! Sighs.....
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