My Lazy ass is gonna start legs, suggestions please

[cokewithvanilla]

Alright guys. I am really bored. Anyone who knows me thinks I am stupid because I don't do legs. Well, I am going to get this over with and start legs. I am torn between a few things, but what I have decided to do (right or wrong) is simply add a legs day. My current upper body setup works well as far as gains.

I usually do 5 exercises, 4 sets, 6 reps. I think I will start at 8 reps for legs. Anyhow, anyone wanna suggest some leg exercises? or even a one day routine.


Thanks guys.

[Edge118]

Alright guys. I am really bored. Anyone who knows me thinks I am stupid because I don't do legs. Well, I am going to get this over with and start legs. I am torn between a few things, but what I have decided to do (right or wrong) is simply add a legs day. My current upper body setup works well as far as gains (not so much in weight, but i'll have to decide if I want a bulking program later).

I usually do 5 exercises, 4 sets, 6 reps. I think I will start at 8 reps for legs. Anyhow, anyone wanna suggest some leg exercises? or even a one day routine.


Thanks guys.

My favs are squats for quads and SLDLs for hammys...don't forget to do your calves too

Also, enjoy your 5 day leg soreness afterwards :-)

[cokewithvanilla]

haha. I will, thats one reason I have avoided legs forever.

I do stiff leg dls on back day so I wasn't gonna do those

I was gonna do
Squats
Leg Press
Dead Lift
Calf Raises

however, I am terribly not advanced on legs .... to say the least. I would call them untrained. perhaps I should just do squats, dl and calf raise

[sircharles032]

Personally I don't like squats and deads on the same day. I feel like I have to sacrifice a lot on one if I do the other before it. If you are untrained I'd start out with squats/presses/calves otherwise you won't be able to walk for a month. Progressively you can add in other things but I think I'd start out simple.

[cokewithvanilla]

thanks man! thats sort of what I was looking for. I'm a mad noob when it comes to legs - ima give it a try

[Tornado_Chaser]

Squats, hams, and calves would be a good start. Don't try to make it too complicated.

[cokewithvanilla]

yeah, I don't want to. My biggest fear right now is hitting the gym and having to do this crazy low weight :P

in order for my squat to keep up with my bench it would have to be 300+ lol. How unfair.

[Tornado_Chaser]

Start doing squats and you may find your bench going UP... Plus you don't want chicken legs right? It will absolutely SUCK ASS at first but trust me it will get easier after a few weeks.

[BenReilly]

Squats....lots of them....

[SpudsMackenzie]

haha. I will, thats one reason I have avoided legs forever.

I do stiff leg dls on back day so I wasn't gonna do those

I was gonna do
Squats
Leg Press
Dead Lift
Calf Raises

however, I am terribly not advanced on legs .... to say the least. I would call them untrained. perhaps I should just do squats, dl and calf raise

If you're doing Squats I wouldn't do Leg Press as well. Squats are such an effective leg workout that you don't really need to supplement with another large lift. Also if you're going to do deadlifts on the same day, I'd honestly do the deadlifts first, I find my legs can get wobbly on deadlifts if I've hit Squats really hard.

[jonbfg]

Lots and lots of squats

[RanX]

You might want to do a unilateral movement as well. Lunges, BSS, stepups...something like that.