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| HARDKUISS: DAY THREE - LEGS POWER 🦵🏋️
Alright kids. This is it. Here we are. The apex of the pyramid. The top of the mountain. Heavy leg days are the closest I’ve ever come to a spiritual experience. The fortitude and nerve you need to put stupidly heavy weights on your back and go down into that hole over and over mean this is as much an exercise in mental power and endurance as it is in physical. But the rewards are more than pure hypertrophy too - leg workouts can yield a primal euphoria that sculpts character as much as muscle. The weight doesn’t get any lighter the longer you wait to lift it, so let’s get going! | | 1 |  | Rise Of The Northstar
Welcame
EXERCISE 1: LOW BAR BACK SQUATS
2x5, 1x3
I know of nothing on earth more physically and mentally draining than heavy squats, and that includes maintaining an account on Sputnik music dot com in the year of our lord 2024. Deadlifts you can just drop if something goes south, and spotter arms or an extra set of J-hooks can quickly save you from your hubris in the event of failing a bench, but you’ve gotta be all in on squats, because a mid-rep bail can turn into a brush with death. And that’s not mentioning the effect a good heavy set can have on your digestive tract. For this reason, we’re taking our time warming up — start with an empty bar and make sure your bracing, walk-out, stance and grip are all flawless before you add a plate or two… | | 2 |  | Fela Kuti
Expensive Shit
BONUS ROUND: INTRA-EXERCISE DUMP
1x15 minute set
We got all the way to our third warmup set (110kg) before needing to tag the toilets with a Dookie Nukem, which honestly, is longer than I’ve been before. Like a kambo practitioner purging before communing with the spirits, after a while the body seems to instinctively void itself when it begins to anticipate the ordeal awaiting it. I’m sure the veritable rivers of espresso-mixed-with-creatine I routinely drink don’t help either. Enjoy spending the next fifteen minutes fighting for your life shirtless in the bathroom. | | 3 |  | Shattered Realm
Broken Ties...Spoken Lies
EXERCISE 1: LOW BAR BACK SQUATS (cont’d)
2x5, 1x3
Back in the game. Lungs burn. Vision darkens. Legs quiver. Sweat sublimates straight from your pores, filling the air with a thick, salty miasma. You’re in the hole with 140kg on your back and nothing exists but this moment. Drive with your hips, your blood pressure skyrocketing as your brace gives out. A ragged “Yass queen!” punctures the low din of the gym as what remains of your valsalva rushes past your vocal folds. Push out that final rep and feel the wave of biochemical ecstasy overwhelm you as you stumble into the rack. Will going heavier allow you to break-through and see spacetime folding in on itself in all its glory? Add another 10kg for the final round and let’s find out. Ignore the bewildered stares of your compatriots. | | 4 |  | Stampin' Ground
Carved From Empty Words
EXERCISE 2: STANDING CALF RAISES
5x12
Honestly, after the sheer spiritual violence a set of heavy squats inflicts upon the Self, the rest of this workout is pretty much a downhill glide. We’re throwing calves in now before we use the dregs left in the tank because it’s super easy to phone calf exercises in when you’re tired, and lord knows mine need some work. We’re doing standing calf raises here because frankly, seated raises are pretty much useless. Franco Columbu said his key to growing calves was that he didn’t start counting reps until they started to hurt — I’m not quite that sadistic, but make sure you focus on the stretch at the bottom of the rep and choose a weight that leaves you hopping from foot to foot trying to shake off muscle spasms if you want to beat the underdeveloped gastroc allegations this summer. | | 5 |  | State Craft
To Celebrate the Forlorn Seasons
EXERCISE 3: LEG EXTENSIONS
3x8, with a 1x15 dropset
What is there to say about leg extensions that hasn’t been said before? For years, reputable sports scientists have been telling us leg extensions are a less than optimal exercise. I don’t care, because at this point in the workout I can no longer stand up straight enough to manage another compound movement, but I am a greedy little thing and want more of that sweet sweet quad pump so I can tear yet another pair of pants on the dancefloor at the wedding I’m now running late to. That doesn’t mean we’re going to cheat by setting the lever arm to max length, the range to the shortest possible setting and rush through these though —like a juicy leg of lamb, low and slow is the way here. Author’s tip: face your toes inward like a cartoon character that really needs to pee to hone in on the vastus lateralis and really develop that quad sweep. | | 6 |  | Aftershock
Through The Looking Glass
EXERCISE 4: LEG ADDUCTIONS
3 sets, pyramid from 12 to 8 reps
A lot of you will know the adduction/abduction machine as the vastly more entertaining “good girl/bad girl” machine. A Sputnik’s resident good girl, I exclusively perform adductions — you won’t catch me opening my legs in a public place any time soon! I find training my adductors stabilises my squat, especially when taking a wider stance, so this is one of my favourite leg accessories. I make sure to max out the stack for my final set and get my arms involved on the concentric phase of the movement before I hold the negative for as long as possible to maximise the stimulus here. Lock eyes with whoever you can while performing this movement and see who blinks first if you want a real test of mental fortitude. | | 7 |  | Gulch
Impenetrable Cerebral Fortress
EXERCISE 5: LEG CURLS
3x8
After all that exertion, I feel nauseous and lightheaded; like I’ve just seen a notification that there’s a new post in my shoutbox. Luckily, our final exercise involves lying down, so if you do pass out, you won’t fall far. Same philosophy here as on leg extensions, except I’m so physically and emotionally obliterated by the exertion now that the last set is a struggle. I do leg curls at a moderate-high weight so I don’t have to sit through too many reps or sets before I get to go home. This is more about maintenance than anything else. If you’re worried about not hitting the hams hard enough though, don’t be: they’ll get a lot more work on our next leg day. If you’re worried about the lack of ab work in my routine on the other hand, now is probably a good time to mention that I don’t believe in training them. Oops! | | 8 |  | Sade
Love Deluxe
WHAT I WORE: Sade shirt, Slayer socks, Chuck Taylor Hi-Tops | |
Butkuiss
11.06.24 | About time we got this site back on track m/ | bludngorevidal
11.06.24 | one time after leg day i was chillaxing in the steam room and a large older gentleman who bore a striking resemblance to muammar gaddafi invited me to act in a homespun smut movie filmed in the very same steam room | Dedes
11.06.24 | Any recommendations to improve leg curls? i've been hard stuck on like 45 kilos ever since I first really got into the gym and of all things I tend to feel my calves burnout first over my hamstrings. U think pushing calf raises until after leg curls would help? | Jurtz
11.06.24 | If you want insane gains you'll have to fuck with the knuckledraggers | bludngorevidal
11.06.24 | @dedes i ran out of there and haven't been in the steam room since | Butkuiss
11.06.24 | @Dedes you will always get some gastroc activation with leg curls, but play around with exercise order if you’re experiencing that much of an issue. You may also want to play around with the placement of the leg pad, and drop the weight to see if you can feel it in your hamstrings by focusing more on form and tempo.
@bludngore he was me and I was he | kildare
11.18.24 | @Butkuiss: Curious about your opinion of isometric training?
I'm not consistent enough to drop $$$ on a gym yet, but I'm trying to work my adductors (the stability you mention at 6 might help my knees?) and the only thing I've got around the house is a foam cylinder. Better to do reps? Or one sustained squeeze for 20 seconds (or whatever), like a plank?
I don't know if isometric is your thing, but I was debating the issue with myself last night and thought I'd ask | Butkuiss
11.19.24 | The best exercise is always the one you actually do - whether because you enjoy it or because it’s most easily facilitated by the equipment you have on hand. Isometric exercises are better than nothing; even more so if they’re what gets you to work out regularly. Don’t be afraid to play around and find what works for you! | Colton
11.19.24 | the best exercise is the one you actually do as long as you actually do bicep curls | Dedes
11.19.24 | Bicep curls are fun
Also local gym might be getting a hack squat machine soon god I fuckin hope
I want those horse girl legs and I shall obtain them soon | Colton
11.19.24 | hack squat machine rules yeah | kildare
11.19.24 | Thanks. Yeah, I didn't get the vibe this was a big isometric community. I was just curious.
It seems to me it was a big deal around 2018-ish, though. My old 24-hour Fitness -- closed during the pandemic -- had a new apparatus that seemed to be the rage, or at least the staff were promoting it heavily. As I remember there was a lot of hype around it -- "changed my whole workout," "game changer," and so on. But I'm wondering now if it was just a fad. It seems to build strength, but still doesn't feel like a proper lift. | Dedes
11.20.24 | Everything is just another tool at your arsenal, no one lift or workout is going to COMPLETELY round out your health/physique. Unless it's squat rack. Never neglect squat rack. | kildare
11.21.24 | Thanx Dedes good to hear 'cuz squats rule |
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