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I said, many years ago, training calves were the best exercise. Tall lanky guys hate that because they have shitty calves.
Yeah I’m 6’2” and mostly legs. Calves have always been a weakness of mine. I’ve pounded them for years. I’ll post a picture tomorrow to show the definition.
 
Sept. 21
Leg day

10 min cardio on treadmill
Sled pulls- 270lbs
Sled pushes- 270lbs

Hack Squat
94lbs- 20 reps
164lbs- 16 reps
234lbs- 12 reps

Lying leg curls
Single leg- 70lbs- 10 reps each
Both legs- 140lbs- 10 reps
Both legs- 140lbs- failed at 8/ rest pause for 4 more

Leg extensions
120lbs- 20 reps
200lbs- 14 reps
240lbs- 12 reps
240lbs- 14 reps- failure

Superset seated calf raises/ standing calf raises
Seated 70lbs- to failure
Standing- body weight- to failure
Seated 70lbs- to failure
Standing- body weight- to failure
Seated 70lbs- to failure
Standing body weight- to failure

Bent over glute extensions
80lbs- single leg- 12 reps each
80lbs- 12 reps each
80lbs- to failure
I really like the update bro
 
Yes, let's see your picture. Some people just don't have good luck with calves
 
shoring up your legs is #1
 
I think legs are the most important area of the body to train. Strong trunk makes a strong body.
 
A lot of body builders I trained with definitely have weak Calves. That is an area they got to work on.
 
nice training And much respect for training your legs like a champion.
 
i disagree with going to failure. i used to do that a lot in my 20s and 30s and it caused injuries.
I am trying this based off the principle of HIT that Mike mentzer pushed saying that the best stimulation of growth was achieved by reaching failure there by forcing the body to adapt and grow in anticipation of the High Intensity Training next go around. I will be backing off on the weights and upping the volume towards the end of the cycle to try to harden up a bit.
 
Failure is great. The problem is that all of your sets before that last one to failure are so far from failure, that they don’t count as sets at all. This workout, other than calves, has like four total sets. If you just go to failure on the first set, using the higher weight, then do it again on the second, this time probably fewer reps, then you’ve doubled your growth opportunities by spending half the time.
 
I am trying this based off the principle of HIT that Mike mentzer pushed saying that the best stimulation of growth was achieved by reaching failure there by forcing the body to adapt and grow in anticipation of the High Intensity Training next go around. I will be backing off on the weights and upping the volume towards the end of the cycle to try to harden up a bit.
I don’t know that changing rep schemes to harden muscles is really a thing. HIT is probably not totally suitable for people who are still normal size in that we need more than one set to failure because one set is not as damaging to us as it was to a guy with Mentzler’s mass. But I think the relevant research is almost unanimous in that going about 0-3 reps to failure in any given set is where growth actually happens. And that going for thirty reps (to failure) is just 25 useless reps and then a few useful ones. The only reason not to stick with 3-5 reps to failure sets is that it is more mentally fatiguing than are 10-15, but the outcome is the same from 5-30 or so.
 
I know that my two sets or so leading up to the last one seem useless to some since failure isn’t always achieved. I am worried about injuries and those preliminary sets serve to warm up and listen to my body. If I have a tinge or any sort of discomfort I generally cut it short or change the movement. What I am doing is working, I see growth, the people I work with see it. Could it be better? Always, there is always some way to improve whether it’s the pre workout meal timing or macros, the type of pre workout and level of stimulant, hitting failure more often, etc..
 
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