Earlier I trained hips, glutes, hams, quads and cardio. I don't usually do cardio after legs but I done 10 mins on the hardest setting on the exercise bike so it was like an extension of my weight training (but harder
). I decided to dose my synthetine/syntheselen pre and post workout today for a change. That combo plus 1 scoop of pre workout and 1 tab of DMAA and I looked like I had just jumped in a swimming pool about 30 mins into training
My workout lasted about 2 1/2 hours and looked like...
Warm up on exercise bike for 5 mins.
Hip Abductor... 5 sets of 25-20 reps going up to full weight rack.
Hip Adductor... 5 sets of 25-20 reps going up to full weight rack.
Side Leg Raises... 3 sets of 20 reps for each leg going up in weight.
Glute Raises... 5 sets of 20-15 reps for each side going up in weight to full weight rack.
Glute Raises (slightly different variation)... 1 set of 30 reps for each side.
Standing Leg Curls using Leg Extension Machine... 4 sets of 20-12 reps for each leg going up in weight each set. I incorporated some static holds at the end of the last 2 sets.
Seated Leg Curls... 8 sets of 20-10 reps plus partials on some sets. Some sets included 20-10 partial reps and static holds too.
Sumo Leg Press (pushing with heels)... 5 sets of 20-15 reps going up to 7 plates a side. I don't go heavy on leg press anymore and just try to make every rep as hard as possible.
Leg Press... I added 3 sets of close stance leg press at the end with 3,4, and 5 plates a side for 20 reps.
Horizontal Leg Press... about 8 sets of 20-12 reps using a close stance. Quite a lot of these sets included a short range of motion but really hitting the quads. I would rest 10 secs between sets and I couldn't walk after these.
Leg Extensions... about 15 sets of 21-10 reps... these included all sets of rep schemes, static holds and partials etc. I did do 6 sets of 21's on here nearer to the end going up in weight each set.
Body weight squats... 1 set to complete failure after the extensions (53 reps).
Exercise Bike... 10 mins on the hardest setting.
Back and leg stretches for about 10 mins.
So that's about 76 sets plus the bike and stretching.
My legs are very sore now but feel good. I have been eating more carbs recently for extra energy. Today I have ate...
1. Synthepure shake and 1 tablespoon of peanut butter.
2. Large salad with prawns, crab, eggs, avocado, tomatoe, cheese, blueberries, carrot and cucumber.
3. Oats with banana, peanut butter and sticky toffee pudding protein powder mixed in.
Amino shake intra training.
4. Chicken, basmati rice with spices.
5. Bifidus yoghurt, strawberries, bluberries, pineapple and lemon juice.
6. Tuna with salad drizzled in olive oil and balsemic vinegar.
Pre bed I will have a synthepure protein shake with some nut butter.
As you can see that diet isn't exactly very restrictive but it's good for my long training and has given me a big boost today. It's still fairly low in calories for me though. However most days will be much more restrictive and many meals will consist of canned tuna with salad so very little calories. The last few days though I have upped things slightly and it felt good. But I will be more restrictive most days. Although the recent inclusion of more fruit will definitely stay as I feel so much better with a variety of fruit in my diet. My fruit will mainly be berries as they are low in calories and full of anti-oxidants. However I also like to have 1 banana per day and pineapple from time to time. I actually have a fresh pineapple in the fridge for 2moro
2moro will be calves with upper body but not sure so I will decide closer the time.