Today is leg day

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  • baconslave
    baconslave Posts: 6,963 Member
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    sardelsa wrote: »
    jessef593 wrote: »
    Low bar squats giving 5x5 a try again.
    Conventional deadlift 3x5
    Front squat 4x10
    Calves


    Also, I don’t understand being sore after leg day. I squat and deadlift 2x a week but still get nothing more than a bit of cramping.

    I usually train lower body 4x per week, and unless it's a new cycle, I rarely get super sore. Probably due to the frequency and volume spread out over the week. I do get some awful growing pain feelings in my legs (nothing I can't train through though).

    Yeah, nothing you can't train through, but still sore. My pain threshold isn't high unfortunately. I've been strength training for years. Still gets the DOMS. Frustrating and annoying as hell. But then I have Sjogren's so my system isn't all that cooperative from the get-go in ANYTHING. I still do the thing regardless.
  • not_a_runner
    not_a_runner Posts: 1,343 Member
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    My quads get sore just thinking about squats.
  • Gymtime771
    Gymtime771 Posts: 75 Member
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    @not_a_runner there with you but it must be done haha
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
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    aeloine wrote: »
    jessef593 wrote: »
    Low bar squats giving 5x5 a try again.
    Conventional deadlift 3x5
    Front squat 4x10
    Calves


    Also, I don’t understand being sore after leg day. I squat and deadlift 2x a week but still get nothing more than a bit of cramping.

    Maybe go heavier?

    Going heavier for the sake of being sore isn't exactly optimal or wise.
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
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    nakedraygun wrote: »
    Bench press singles 310x4x1. 10 Days out.


    Probably the best singles I've seen of you Matt. 350-ish for meet?
  • JAYxMSxPES
    JAYxMSxPES Posts: 193 Member
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    Chieflrg wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    jessef593 wrote: »
    Low bar squats giving 5x5 a try again.
    Conventional deadlift 3x5
    Front squat 4x10
    Calves


    Also, I don’t understand being sore after leg day. I squat and deadlift 2x a week but still get nothing more than a bit of cramping.

    Maybe go heavier?

    Going heavier for the sake of being sore isn't exactly optimal or wise.

    For sure. It's surprising to me how much being "sore" is used in-context with success in training or effectiveness.
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
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    Chieflrg wrote: »
    nakedraygun wrote: »
    Bench press singles 310x4x1. 10 Days out.


    Probably the best singles I've seen of you Matt. 350-ish for meet?

    Thanks Lanny!

    Not sure what my last attempt will be. I have some ideas, but let’s see what squats bring me. If I squat well, I tend to bench well in meets.
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
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    Chieflrg wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    jessef593 wrote: »
    Low bar squats giving 5x5 a try again.
    Conventional deadlift 3x5
    Front squat 4x10
    Calves


    Also, I don’t understand being sore after leg day. I squat and deadlift 2x a week but still get nothing more than a bit of cramping.

    Maybe go heavier?

    Going heavier for the sake of being sore isn't exactly optimal or wise.

    And to expand on this, it’s the eccentric part of the movement which creates the soreness.
  • Okiludy
    Okiludy Posts: 558 Member
    edited January 2018
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    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    ALL THE FUN! Bench, squats and deads!

    Close Squats, Bench, Slingshot Bench, Rack Pulls. Intensity moderate to high with some volume (3x5 @ 85% moving to heavy trips or doubles for a couple of sets).
  • Gymtime771
    Gymtime771 Posts: 75 Member
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    Leg day done, tomorrow all will hurt.
  • jessef593
    jessef593 Posts: 2,272 Member
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    aeloine wrote: »
    jessef593 wrote: »
    Low bar squats giving 5x5 a try again.
    Conventional deadlift 3x5
    Front squat 4x10
    Calves


    Also, I don’t understand being sore after leg day. I squat and deadlift 2x a week but still get nothing more than a bit of cramping.

    Maybe go heavier?

    I squat in the 300s for working sets. That heavy enough?

  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,487 Member
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    Squat and bench today. h.

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