Leg Training Last Night and Blog Direction Change

I am going to expand the scope of this blog somewhat. While it will still contain some training and diet logs as well as training articles and write ups I am going to start focusing more on writing more personalized stories relating to training. Funny things that can happen in the gym, how rough working the day after training legs heavy can be, shitting yourself during a set of 20 rep squats, etc. For one thing straight training logs and articles are usually incredibly boring to read and even more boring to write. For another thing there is only so much you can say. Seriously what works has worked for years. There are no secrets. People quite literally make shit up to sell books or make them look like some "guru" when really their methods either suck or they are just taking old training methods and repackaging them under a new name. I could give you some examples but I am running out of time. Maybe I will later. I wanted to shower this morning so I passed out before I could shower last night but now I am running behind on time.

I wish I had enough money to hire a full time sniff checker for me. Their job would be to smell my arm pits, balls, and taint and let me know if I absolutely need to shower or if I could wait another 8 hours. I try to cover that ground myself but I am not exactly an impartial source and Missy unequivocally refuses to take up that job. She helps me in every other way, I am not sure what the problem is with that but she insists on playing no part in that. Well I think I am going to jump in the shower after all. So I better get on with the leg training thing.

Because my low back is still pretty sore from that last week of the weight loss challenge I decided to forgo a typical leg day for us that might look like this--

Squats (Back or Front) - 5 x 6-12
Leg Extensions- 3 x 10-15
Leg Presses- 3 x 10-15
Stiff Leg Deadlifts- 3 x 6-12
Dumbbell Leg Curls- 3 x 8-10
Back Raises- 3 x 12 reps

My low back needed a break so squats, stiff leg deadlifts, and back raises were out. Instead I did this--

Leg Presses- 5 x 10 reps
Leg Extensions- 3 x 10 reps with the last set being a drop set and closer to 25 reps
Leg Curls- 3 x 10
Hack Squats- 3 x 1-10 reps

I went really heavy on the leg presses and leg extensions and by time I got to the hack squats I could barely use my legs. I have not trained them heavy for a couple weeks so it was a rude awakening. I am not a big fan of hack squats but they can be used for variety or if you are having low back issues in place of squats.