Leg Workout please help!!

[Goran]

Can anyone tell me why I'm feeling sick every time after I do my leg workout to the point of throwing up?

This is my routine:

Leg Press 3x10
Lunges 2x10
Leg Curls 3x10
Leg Extensions 2x12

Thanks

[shpongled]

hmm, that's not too strenuous. i feel sick sometimes after leg workouts, but that's generally not a good thing. my guess would be you're not eating enough. are you getting 100 g carbs and 50 g protein post workout? also what's your diet look like? oh yeah - and are you drinking 16-32 oz. of water while working out?

if you're doing all these things i would see a specialist as soon as possible and reduce sets until then. perhaps alternate leg presses and lunges.

david

[Sychokid]

People hate leg workouts for too reasons.

1. Becuase it's not their upper body
2. Because they know it's going to be the toughest thing they did all week.

Leg workouts especially when you do squats and go real heavy, you will feel sick afterwards. I don't know why this happens. It might have something to do with going heavy on the compound movements like squats. For example,: after heavy deadlifts I feel sick too. The worst feeling I get from my workouts is when I do 20 rep squats and deadlifts. After this, I can barely do anything else and once I actually threw up after too. And by the way, where are the squats in your workout ? I would take out the leg press and put in squats and maybe add some sets for calves in somewhere in their.

[FullyBuilt]

First off you need to do some squats to build your legs. Do hack squats if you don't like the regular ones. Try breaking your leg day into two diff days. One day quads and one day hammies. It works great for me. That way your not doing so much. Good luck.

[shpongled]

i agree that your training split isn't the best, you need squats, calf exercises (like calf raises), and deadlifts (unless you're already doing those on back day....) those are the three "core" leg exercises IMO.

however, as far as getting sick to the point of puking every time you do your leg workout goes, there's definitely something wrong there. everyone feels sick after a good leg workout (i just did one and can barely stand), especially if they're doing volume training, cumulative fatigue, or high reps. but not to the point of puking every time, especially with 10 sets of medium reps.

i'd suggest that you probably have a nutrient problem of some sort. look up some of the nutrition articles on the site.

david

[Goran]

I used to do Squats but for a change I thought that it would be a good idea to do Leg Press.
For calves I forgot to put them in. After the above leg workout I do 2 exercises for calves:

3x12 Standing Calf Raise
3x12 Seated Calf Raise

Is this all together too much for legs? As Im nit really too happy with my legs development especially my calves.

[FortifiedIron]

This is common for alot of deadlifers. They solved the problem by not eating an hr before the workout. Then eating after wards.


KC

[Sychokid]

Originally posted by Goran
I used to do Squats but for a change I thought that it would be a good idea to do Leg Press.
For calves I forgot to put them in. After the above leg workout I do 2 exercises for calves:

3x12 Standing Calf Raise
3x12 Seated Calf Raise

Is this all together too much for legs? As Im nit really too happy with my legs development especially my calves.

I always keep squats in. Maybe next tinme alterante lunges with leg press. I would also take out the isolation movements with compound exercsies. So it might look something like this:

Squats 3 sets
Lunges (alterante with leg press) 2 sets
hack squats 2 sets
Stiff legged deadlifts 2 sets
3x12 Standing Calf Raise
3x12 Seated Calf Raise