Tom Platz' Leg Routine

[Buff_Ass]

I am using his routine for thighs, and it is the best routine for legs I've ever tried. It kills, after I'm done I can't even walk

Squats: 8-10 sets, 5-20 reps
Hack Squats: 5 sets, 10-15 reps
Leg Extensions: 5-8 sets, 10-15 reps
Lying Leg Curls: 6-10 sets, 10-15 reps

I got this from the October 2004 issue of FLEX. I give all the credit to them. Try this routine you'll love it!

[black toned]

Unless you are on steroids, you will not last long with that routine.

[Buff_Ass]

You are so wrong, I did everything! You just aren't dedicated enough

[Aftershock]

u cant take routines out of flex everything in that magazine is for ppl who are on everything


those are WAY WAY to many sets unless u have all kinds of juice in you 2 handle and recover from that

[black toned]

Aren't dedicated enough? I use to have an eating problem before I started bodybuilding. I had choked on a piece of shrimp and was scared ****less about dying at that moment. For about a year I went with eating limitedly and weighed like 125 pounds at over 5'10. I'm about 6'2 now but have gotten to around 162 pounds because of my dedication. I knew I couldn't lift without eating enough so I started and now I'm nearly over that eating thing.

FLEX and those other magazines has good info on supplements and dieting tips...workouts are not a good thing from them as all the guys are juiced up or very gifted.

[Gibblets]

if that routine is so amazing why isnt every pro bodybuilder following it?

[Omar]

flex magazine is a comic book as mike mentzer said. Train till failure to grow.

[USMuscle9403]

Tom Platz was Tom Platz. He did crazy **** with legs. He had out-of-this-world genetics for them. This is why black toned said you'd probably have to be on steroids to stay with that routine for long, has nothing to do with dedication. I am dedicated enough to follow Arnold's routines, that doesn't mean they'd benefit me.

[bigcalves]

even on roids, that routine is not good

[Anabolic Delts]

Tom Platz was Tom Platz. He did crazy **** with legs. He had out-of-this-world genetics for them. This is why black toned said you'd probably have to be on steroids to stay with that routine for long, has nothing to do with dedication. I am dedicated enough to follow Arnold's routines, that doesn't mean they'd benefit me.

man usmuscle9403... everytime im going to make a post in a thread your there with what im going to say..

must be because were so smart

[LiL_JaY]

8 - 10 sets of squats.. i cant even move my legs by doing 5 sets of squats..

[Uber-neggR]

ppft, that **** aint real.

Tom Platz did MORE than that for legs.
He also used a certain number of weights and go none stop for like 5-10 minutes. I would like to see you try that.

And before his leg workouts, he used to ride a bike for miles (to get to the gym).

[Max Protein]

While it is true that the legs are the largest muscle group in the entire body (glutes are the largest muscle if anyone's interested) and were designed for great endurance to carry man, that routine IS overkill. Tom Platz was a (possibly insane) pro who found he could work his legs to an extreme degree. I'd say he got that routine down after 10 or so years of training. You're 15 YEARS OLD. End of discussion.
Keep up with your cardio work, as that helps to develop the legs as well, (jogging/cycling) about three times a week unless you're bulking, and use a routine like this (I'm using it and getting great results).

Squats: 4 sets of 15, 12, 10, 10
Leg Extensions (occassionally superset with Leg Curls): 3 sets of 15, 12, 12
Leg Press (heavy): 3 sets of 12, 10, 10
Stiff Legged Deadlift: 3 sets of 10
Leg Curls: 3 sets of 15, 12, 10
Standing Calf Raise: 4 sets of 15
Seated Calf Raise: 3 sets of 15

[bruno]

you are going to overtrain on that routine. do half the number of sets for all the exercises and stick with that.

[LittleStud]

Tom Platz would squat 225lbs for 10 minutes, doing continuous reps w/o breaking....


Dude was a freak..

[musclemando]

i support buff etc.

this routine isnt too much volume. in fact tom platz did much more than this!

if you eat a lot of clean food. maybe around 4 to 5 thousand calories and have a day of rest before and after this you will be fine. he also advised against aerobics 24 hours prior to leg training excluding the bike ride(warm-up)

besides tom said to do this every 11-14 days.
Thats two weeks! he would only work his legs every two weeks!

if you guys do this every week then of course you arent going to recover!

geez guys use your brains! or at least ur computer to do research!

[Uberwaffle]

even on roids, that routine is not good

Yeah Tom Platz had terrible legs

[Gibman]

Yeah Tom Platz had terrible legs

hahahhaha seriously! but no Tom Platz had the BEST legs to have ever walked this earth. no one will match him ever. look at his routine. it is freaky. sorry to say but most of you dont have the will power of Tom Platz. just watch him train and you will see that pain is more than a feeling to him, it is everything. i have a picture of him on my wall because when i go to train, i wanna train like him, and arnold. to the limit. and most people cant do the routine. not even the pros. thats why you wont see legs like his. it has nothing to do with steroids, because if it did you would see tons of tom platz legs walking around. the guy is a true legend that will be remembered for years. the closest i came to his workout was 10x10 squat with 245 each set (but i took as much rest as needed to recover. usually from 2-5 minutes) 5 sets of leg extension, and 5 sets of lying leg curl. and it will be a long time before i do that again. it was absolutely brutal.

[shaneee]

Unless you are on steroids, you will not last long with that routine.

lmao are you retarded? I honestly wouldn't consider that even all that high of volume especially considering it's legs.
anyways seems like a decent leg routine i would make sure to do at least 7+ sets of the laying leg curls to make sure you're getting adequte hamstring stimulation though