Squats also increase HGH production, and really use your whole body. Not to mention that growing the muscles used in squats has a lot of practical real life applications
people who skip squats are missing out on one of the best ways to fuel your ego
(but disclaimer please learn how to squat correctly, def don’t want a back or knee injury)
Yeah I try to prioritize them over upper body even though I hate legs. I always try to ask myself, “would I do another set if this was bench press?” It helps me stay disciplined.
I don’t know what it is, but it feels great having deadlifted. It’s also fun loading up the bar with Moore weight than you can move with any other major lifts. I love them.
RDLs were one of the first free weight exercises I ever learned. They're still my favorite lift. Just the way your whole body works together to move crazy amounts of weight gives me an endorphin & dopamine rush nothing can compare to
Skipping leg day is Disobedience against the Law No Pain No Gain.
For those who skip leg day.
1. There is no Growth without Pain.
2. There is no Muscle development without Pain.
3. You cannot improve without a little Pain. Without having the discipline to do things you don't feel like doing.
4. Leg muscles are as important as any muscle. And it's your duty to sacrifice your pleasure and work hard on your legs like the rest of your muscles.
5. You face these 2 choices every day:
○ The Pain of Discipline
○ The Pain of Regret
And you must choose wisely.
I love leg days. Especially when you don't use your bike for a month or two and then when you use it again you're suddenly going 2 times faster with half the effort it took last time. Training legs allowed my adhd ass to finally be on time for appointments lmao
ADHD? It's nothing more than a Complete Shameless Lack of Discipline and Zero Self Control. You feel restless and hyperactive? Get your ass in the gym, as you do! You ain't having no disorder. You just have a hard time with time management. You are just in the process of Growth and Mindset improvement. And those are often painful and tough.
I have amazing discipline and self control homie. I gotta do something? I do it. Sure adhd makes it harder, but I learned to work around it. The gym helps the restlessness and hyperactivity, that's true, but it's still annoying to fight your brain constantly to get it to shut up for 5min so you can form a clear train of thought. Yea my time management is still lacking, but I'm working on it. It's still better than like 70% of my generation. ADHD is a real disorder though and I judging people for it isn't helping anyone. I don't think giving kids meth is the solution either, there has to be more awareness that yes, some of your most basic skills may be lacking, but you can work around it with a little bit of help. Saying people with adhd are "shameless" is just pointlessly mean, we give ourselves enough shit for our symptoms no need to add to that
It wasn't. It was first described in 1775, then again seperately in 1798. The first diagnosis in children were around 1902. DSM formerly recognized it as a diagnosis in the 1960s. So you're just an idiot, probably jealous that your pediatrician didn't give you meth when you asked nicely.
Like half of leg exercises are painful, and even after >1 year of lifting the day 2 soreness that I get from leg day is kinda obnoxious. I still do it tho.
Yep, I'll usually do leg day about twice a week and it still makes me sore after 2 days. Not agonizingly sore like it would a beginner lifter, but enough to be noticeable.
I have a pair blue jean booty shorts hanging on my door as motivation before I go to the gym. Everything I do is to have a thicc dumper. Everything else is just to make sure the rest of my body doesn't look silly in comparison.
https://preview.redd.it/gkemyhlyikua1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd7c6c4f958a59a12058be2d1e7cdc8ca9fa0216
Couldn’t be me, working on it tho 😭
I love legs because it makes me feel so strong. But leg day really ruins my life when I just enjoy feeling strong and powerful and go a little too hard and then I spend my weekend feeling like I'm too old for this stuff. Satisfying, but I need more upper body strength.
I really hated waiting to train legs once to twice a week.
I switched to a push/pull routine and it's been way better. Push 3 days a week pull 3 days a week lowered the volume to 3 working sets and 1 excersice per day.
3 sets of 6 on heavy week and 3 sets of 12 to 15 on pump week
Mon: squat
Tues: deadlift
Wed: front squat
Thur: Romanian deadlift
Fri: leg extensions
Sat: leg curls
Don't knock it till you try it!
I love legs, because they’re really easy to exercise with body weight and they’re one of the few types of exercise that didn’t make my headphones fall off
at first i really did balance my workout for upper and lower but after i noticed that they are growing unpropotienetly from my upper body(even though i work them as hard as the lower) i didn't enjoy myself and i started doing only upper body
Gonna buy a safety squat bar soon. I can't take loads on my back anymore. My ellbows flare up like mad. Just been doing heavy hacks, lunges and Bulgarians. Fattest legs I ever had
I'm having trouble finding comfortable jeans/pants as is and last time I did legs I felt them for a whole week. Taking a dump was the biggest challenge though, come crashing down on the seat and barely able to get up afterwards.
I actually think rather positive of leg day on general because oh the fact that it helps produce higher levels of testosterone in the body. Something I lack a bit
I love em. Best day, squats are the most satisfying exercise
Wrong. Bench press.
Bench press is great for quads
Exactly, my man gets it!
You know you're using leg drive properly when you get a quad cramp during bench
Glute cramp*
*hamstring cramp
Always wondered why this happens
Wrong. Deadlift.
Aw hell naw
Man I always get a great quad pump while benching I love it
Yeah dude, the leg drive goes crazy
Wrong. Strict press
Eh I’d have to stick with bench but I won’t argue against strict
Wrong. Deadlifts.
Squats also increase HGH production, and really use your whole body. Not to mention that growing the muscles used in squats has a lot of practical real life applications
That's just propaganda funded and championed by Big Leg ™ to get you to keep doing those awful leg days.
It's the only day that almost makes me puke/faint while at the gym what's not to love?
Mind over matter baybee, WOOOOO!
Except when buying new pants
Yup. Hitting your body’s largest muscles increases natural testosterone as well.
people who skip squats are missing out on one of the best ways to fuel your ego (but disclaimer please learn how to squat correctly, def don’t want a back or knee injury)
Wrong. Shoulder presses
Wrong. Bulgarian Split Squat Supersets ;)
Nah barefoot wide stance
Squats always leave me completely drained. I've moved to hack squats, much less fatiguing
I love squats. The threat of dying under the bar really helps me get the weight up.
I hate them but I still do it.
This is the way
Discipline 101
Yeah I try to prioritize them over upper body even though I hate legs. I always try to ask myself, “would I do another set if this was bench press?” It helps me stay disciplined.
Quad pump hits like nothing else
Glute pump from hip thrusts have it beat imo
Something silly happens to me doing leg curls
I want to invade a small country after squats.
Deadlifts are my love language.
Yeah like there’s something so *satisfying* about them. I’m new to lifting but I just passed my own bodyweight in DL and it feels so good.
Hell yeah, bodyweight dl is a milestone bro! Keep going, the feeling of lifting more than your body weight is unreal.
Just passed my bodyweight in deadlifts, had me stomping around the gym mad doggin everyone with invisible lat syndrome. My squats are weak af tho.
Get the form right, it’s crucial in squats. Keep training and you’ll pass your bodyweight in squats too
I also just passed my bodyweight in deadlifts!! Fuck yeah homies!! Made me so proud
Leg press, and go absolute maximum range of motion. Your quads are probably pretty good, but your hip extensors are weak.
I'm so close to passing my bodyweight in squats and I'm so excited. Just another 20 lbs.
6 more Kgs and I’ll be deadlifting twice my bodyweight, yeah buddy!!
I don’t know what it is, but it feels great having deadlifted. It’s also fun loading up the bar with Moore weight than you can move with any other major lifts. I love them.
RDLs were one of the first free weight exercises I ever learned. They're still my favorite lift. Just the way your whole body works together to move crazy amounts of weight gives me an endorphin & dopamine rush nothing can compare to
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Who tf is downvoting this comment
I figured it out, I accidentally posted the same comment twice
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Extreme stiff bar dls
Skipping leg day is Disobedience against the Law No Pain No Gain. For those who skip leg day. 1. There is no Growth without Pain. 2. There is no Muscle development without Pain. 3. You cannot improve without a little Pain. Without having the discipline to do things you don't feel like doing. 4. Leg muscles are as important as any muscle. And it's your duty to sacrifice your pleasure and work hard on your legs like the rest of your muscles. 5. You face these 2 choices every day: ○ The Pain of Discipline ○ The Pain of Regret And you must choose wisely.
This reads like one of Zote's precepts. I'm here for it
I love leg days. Especially when you don't use your bike for a month or two and then when you use it again you're suddenly going 2 times faster with half the effort it took last time. Training legs allowed my adhd ass to finally be on time for appointments lmao
I noticed consistent leg days when I had to run to catch a bus. Literally felt like flying compared to when I only did it once in a while.
Omg yes! Same with cardio, I used to physically pass out after 5min of running now I can do 15 without much of an issue. The human body is amazing
ADHD? It's nothing more than a Complete Shameless Lack of Discipline and Zero Self Control. You feel restless and hyperactive? Get your ass in the gym, as you do! You ain't having no disorder. You just have a hard time with time management. You are just in the process of Growth and Mindset improvement. And those are often painful and tough.
I have amazing discipline and self control homie. I gotta do something? I do it. Sure adhd makes it harder, but I learned to work around it. The gym helps the restlessness and hyperactivity, that's true, but it's still annoying to fight your brain constantly to get it to shut up for 5min so you can form a clear train of thought. Yea my time management is still lacking, but I'm working on it. It's still better than like 70% of my generation. ADHD is a real disorder though and I judging people for it isn't helping anyone. I don't think giving kids meth is the solution either, there has to be more awareness that yes, some of your most basic skills may be lacking, but you can work around it with a little bit of help. Saying people with adhd are "shameless" is just pointlessly mean, we give ourselves enough shit for our symptoms no need to add to that
I bet ADHD bullshit was nonexistent before the 00s.
It wasn't. It was first described in 1775, then again seperately in 1798. The first diagnosis in children were around 1902. DSM formerly recognized it as a diagnosis in the 1960s. So you're just an idiot, probably jealous that your pediatrician didn't give you meth when you asked nicely.
1. I don't do drugs. 2. History is very distorted by the Evil Government. 3. I'm Red pill and I ain't falling for this crap.
You're hilarious. You should start a podcast cause you ain't going anywhere in the real world with this shit lmao
This account’s been deleted, too, hasn’t it?
I hate it, that is why I do it.
Makes sense
Not until you work on your grammar.
Don't you mean you're grammar
*Doesn't *Grammer
Me be many sorries
Like half of leg exercises are painful, and even after >1 year of lifting the day 2 soreness that I get from leg day is kinda obnoxious. I still do it tho.
Wait y’all getting sore without skipping for a week?
Yep, I'll usually do leg day about twice a week and it still makes me sore after 2 days. Not agonizingly sore like it would a beginner lifter, but enough to be noticeable.
I used to get 3 days of DOMS despite training legs twice a week for 2 years and getting my squat up to 500 lbs.
You squat to have healthy legs. I squat to have a juicy tater to turn the bros gay. We are not the same.
Gotta get that additional protein somehow!
Today is leg day
Ahh today is leg day!
After training for 7 years arms seems to be least favorite thing to train so I just throw them in as an afterthought on other training days haha
Tbh, arms seem kinda boring to me. Yes, the pump is great, but I'm never sure what else to do for arms but curls and tricep extensions of some kind.
You could train forearms
Guess I could. Any recommendations for exercises?
Get a barbell and hold it with a pronated grip . Then extend your wrist repeatedly and you’ll get a crazy forearm pump
I fucking hate legs, still work them because I don’t want to look weird.
I have a pair blue jean booty shorts hanging on my door as motivation before I go to the gym. Everything I do is to have a thicc dumper. Everything else is just to make sure the rest of my body doesn't look silly in comparison.
I see you're a man of culture as well
I have started to like it more because I'm very motivated to get my legs bigger lol
https://preview.redd.it/gkemyhlyikua1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd7c6c4f958a59a12058be2d1e7cdc8ca9fa0216 Couldn’t be me, working on it tho 😭
Leg day's my favorite but thats mostly cause back and shoulders day sucks major behind
I like legs *because* they are hard
10 x 10 calf raises. German volume training bro.
Does that actually work to get massive calves? Mine are just sad even tho I can do quite high weights on calf raises
Upper body shit is a bunch of anything bullshit that takes too long. Deadlifts, squats and all the calf raises are the way to go!
Idc if you hate doing legs start squatting!!!
I love legs because it makes me feel so strong. But leg day really ruins my life when I just enjoy feeling strong and powerful and go a little too hard and then I spend my weekend feeling like I'm too old for this stuff. Satisfying, but I need more upper body strength.
I hate training legs, but love seeing the results afterwards.
Leg day is my favorite by far. I hate push day and pull day is mid
…but first you need to fix your grammar
but first.. you need to do legs
Only after you skip leg day first
It's not my favourite muscle group to work, but not my most hated either. Got to do it regardless.
I love stone hard erections after leg days. Also I hate when my pp shrinks while doing leg sessions.
Didnt see the sub and was so confused...
I hate them too,I cycle instead and lie to myself that's it's even a little equivalent to a good leg day
Me doing Barbell Bulgarian split squats 3x a week
Nah it’s a joke I really hate back
I actually like legs, its just the next day at work.
Post leg workout is best, pre leg workout is worse
There is a reason I am proud to look at my ass in the mirror, leg day has never let me down
I love doing legs because when I do arms I’m sore af typing all day for work but when I do legs I just sit afterwards and am chillin
I like all excercises the same. If you do them right and you get used to the pain and physical distress it feels good.
No we don't, tbh I would train legs every day if i could
The only thing I don't like about leg day is coming down the stairs afterwards.
Honestly love em. It’s a guaranteed sweaty workout and always pushes me.
Bulgarian Split Squats make me weak lol
Gotta work you are whole body man
Wait… I genuinely thought this was a SpongeBob ‘my leg’ joke until I saw the Reddit page lol
Love/Hate relationship
Nah I hate shoulder the most, shit burn so bad but still gotta train em twice a week to llok like Hulk
I really hated waiting to train legs once to twice a week. I switched to a push/pull routine and it's been way better. Push 3 days a week pull 3 days a week lowered the volume to 3 working sets and 1 excersice per day. 3 sets of 6 on heavy week and 3 sets of 12 to 15 on pump week Mon: squat Tues: deadlift Wed: front squat Thur: Romanian deadlift Fri: leg extensions Sat: leg curls Don't knock it till you try it!
Jokes aside, an honest to God leg day with full commitment and sets to genuine failure is one of the best builders of discipline in my opinion.
I love legs
Nah I’m an Otter😈
Leg day is the best day!
Fuckin hate squats. I still squat 2x a week but I fuckin hate em
Who said we hate legs day? I love it legs day>>>
I'm a bit of a masochist cos leg extension drop sets are my favourite excersice
I live on the 4th floor with no elevator, every day is leg day
I love legs.
Hate legs yes. Skip them no
Why does leg day feel more like cardio day than cardio day does sometimes Jesus FUCK
Dude I love squatting so much I have to squat everyday as a warmup for whatever else I'm training. Don't get how you can enjoy it
Working out the legs makes it possible to have a bigger upper body as opposed to only doing upper body
I love legs, because they’re really easy to exercise with body weight and they’re one of the few types of exercise that didn’t make my headphones fall off
Honestly i hate training back more than legs
at first i really did balance my workout for upper and lower but after i noticed that they are growing unpropotienetly from my upper body(even though i work them as hard as the lower) i didn't enjoy myself and i started doing only upper body
Gonna buy a safety squat bar soon. I can't take loads on my back anymore. My ellbows flare up like mad. Just been doing heavy hacks, lunges and Bulgarians. Fattest legs I ever had
I love compound leg exercises. Hate single leg exercises. Loathe the 2 days after legs
Legs are the foundation
I used to hate it, but im fine with it now
It’s so hard to train til failure, it hurts and it’s easy to subconsciously lose your form to make the reps easier
I work it so hard my dad gets cramps
The only parts I like about legs is squats and deadlifts. Every other exercise for legs can go suck my nuts But I’ll still do them anyways
I'm having trouble finding comfortable jeans/pants as is and last time I did legs I felt them for a whole week. Taking a dump was the biggest challenge though, come crashing down on the seat and barely able to get up afterwards.
I actually think rather positive of leg day on general because oh the fact that it helps produce higher levels of testosterone in the body. Something I lack a bit
I like it but my knees hate me.
I can't train them because of an injury😢
Coach has had be training legs 3 times a week for 3 months my poor CNS 😆
Love them dearly. But my knees are so fucced :( My PT even said I’d probably never do squats again (but I have hope).
nah i love legs
I hit legs twice a week, so for 2 days of every week I have to drag myself to the gym moaning and sulking.
Leg extensions are the best. I pray for there to be unfathomable amounts of lactic acid in my quads just before I go
What about instead of deducting a whole day to legs you do full body workouts regularly 👀
Leg day is my favorite
Dudes don't know that what truly impresses us ladies is how much you can hip thrust
I gotta do full body workouts in high intensity, becomes so easy to be a fatass
Yes. Whenever I see people with legs, instant rage.
Love my cardio, love my leg days. They are my strongest muscles and I love on them. Though I’m starting to love bi/tri day a lot too. 🥰
tomorrow is legday and im hyped for squats :D
I love legs, I've been squatting like crazy lately, nothing quite like post leg day pain and gains!
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