Best squat night ever

[JoBu]

I had my best squat night ever tonight. I haven't been focusing particularly on legs lately but I try to get squats in ever 7-10 days. About a week ago I got 3 very sloppy reps with 315...spotter assisted. It felt like crap. Tonight was a different story completely. Warmed up with 5 min on the eliptical then some stretching and one light set of leg extensions and one of leg curls. Finally one set of 15 with just the bar then got to work:

225x12
275X9 close to failure
315X6 close to failure...spotter was there but didn't touch it
275X9 ""
275X7 ""

I finished with 3 moderate sets of leg extensions and 5 sets of calve raises.

My legs are now shot...I could barely keep the shaking under control while driving home

JoBu

 

[leatherface]

Solid Workout...good job & keep em coming

 

[needsize]

good stuff bro, careful of the leg extensions though, they cause brutal shearing force on the knees

 

[JoBu]

I don't go too hard on the extensions. My gym has an electronic machine that sets the weight and then sets a heavier negative portion along with 3 reps increase, 3 reps decrease, and 6 reps at max weight. I just use it to warm up and maybe finish off. I focus my leg time on squats and hack squats for heavy stuff.

 

[Lord_Suston]

good job, always nice to own the weights on squats

 

[Tweakle]

Very cool, 3 extra reps in a week is awesome. Keep it going and you'll be at 4 plates before you know it.