Legs how much is to much?

[Ozz2001]

Ok been doing really well with my legs at once a week,but i want more! lol dont we all...Anyways i am trying to get them caught up with my top so how many times a week can i hit them for maxium growth? There long you know the hard ones that take for ever to get big...So lets keep it simple once a week twice....NOT looking for cut! I cut event bulking...Thanks

 

[JL_204]

In MC2's 5x5 he has you squating 3x per week for the first 4 weeks at 5sets of 5reps.
So id say just give er. Squat like a maniac.

 

[thelion2005]

Ok been doing really well with my legs at once a week,but i want more! lol dont we all...Anyways i am trying to get them caught up with my top so how many times a week can i hit them for maxium growth? There long you know the hard ones that take for ever to get big...So lets keep it simple once a week twice....NOT looking for cut! I cut event bulking...Thanks

Twice a week with no cardio ...

A few stretches ... a light set of 25 extensions ... Then ....

Up - Down Full squats ... Feet about 18" apart, toes out.

10, 10, 8, 8, 6, 6, 4 ... raising the weight.

Every third week, 100 reps with 1/2 your body weight.

4 sets of ham curls 8 reps

4 sets calf raises 12 reps

Old school Tom Platz approach.

 

[dahamn]

Twice a week with no cardio ...

A few stretches ... a light set of 25 extensions ... Then ....

Up - Down Full squats ... Feet about 18" apart, toes out.

10, 10, 8, 8, 6, 6, 4 ... raising the weight.

Every third week, 100 reps with 1/2 your body weight.

4 sets of ham curls 8 reps

4 sets calf raises 12 reps

Old school Tom Platz approach.

Is that 10 sets of 10 or all at once?

 

[thelion2005]

Is that 10 sets of 10 or all at once?

You want to eventually do 100 in a row ... nice steady pace. Platz was a machine using 225 for this.

To begin, first set is max you can do ... then keep adding sets until you get 100.

It is very sneaky in its effect and you must recover later.

 

[TheOak84]

tom platz has squatted 500 for 23 reps, 400 for 50+ and 300 for 100...

so ive read.

but i did see the video of him squatting 500 for 23... SICK!

 

[Guinness5.0]

He was also heavily drugged. Apples to oranges IMHO.

 

[BiggT]

Tom Platz.......brings back memories to an era when bodybuilders were ALL strong and actually gave a crap about proper training.

For leg size you should center your routine around the squat.....more importantly, progressively increasing the squat poundages in the same rep range. Pick 8's....5's.....4's....whatever you like (I prefer 5's, or something in the 4-6 range) and shoot for 25 total working reps and up the weight 5-10lbs a workout while still using good form and completing all your reps....(your spotter touching you or the bar is not a rep).

You can go 3 times a week heavy(100%)-light (80%)-medium (90%) and make great gains, but you need to eliminate crap like extensions, leg presses, hack machines because these get you excessively sore and really are a waste of time because if you progress on the squat and jack up your weekly workload your legs will respond.

You cn also do something like 10's on monday, 3's on Wed, and 5's on Fri....there are lots of options.....the only thing that matters is that you focus on progressively upping the squat poundages.

 

[BiggT]

Tom Platz.......brings back memories to an era when bodybuilders were ALL strong and actually gave a crap about proper training.

For leg size you should center your routine around the squat.....more importantly, progressively increasing the squat poundages in the same rep range. Pick 8's....5's.....4's....whatever you like (I prefer 5's, or something in the 4-6 range) and shoot for 25 total working reps and up the weight 5-10lbs a workout while still using good form and completing all your reps....(your spotter touching you or the bar is not a rep).

You can go 3 times a week heavy(100%)-light (80%)-medium (90%) and make great gains, but you need to eliminate crap like extensions, leg presses, hack machines because these get you excessively sore and really are a waste of time because if you progress on the squat and jack up your weekly workload your legs will respond.

You cn also do something like 10's on monday, 3's on Wed, and 5's on Fri....there are lots of options.....the only thing that matters is that you focus on progressively upping the squat poundages.

 

[BiggT]

Sorry for the double post above......I don't know what happened there, lol.....but here is a link on a squat-based program.......again, the reps are 20, but the point is the same.....that sets and reps and the 'routine' itself aren't what works, it is the progressive increase of weights on a core lift.......

www.ironworkout.com/20_rep_squat.htm

 

[thelion2005]

Platz is a very interesting case.

As a young guy in the Detroit area, he falls in with older power lifter types. They get him doing squats and over time, he gets really good at it. Receiving the approval of "men", he gets Reeeeeeeally good at it.

His upper body lagged, but it was still dam good and he took local prizes, including Mr. Michigan. Juice, gear...whatever you want to call it ... was pretty limited back then. So while he had some "help", he sure did the work.

My point was ... he did pure squats, including those super high rep days and built some amazing quads.

 

[Jim Ouini]

Sorry for the double post above......I don't know what happened there, lol.....but here is a link on a squat-based program.......again, the reps are 20, but the point is the same.....that sets and reps and the 'routine' itself aren't what works, it is the progressive increase of weights on a core lift.......

www.ironworkout.com/20_rep_squat.htm

Is this the 'Super Squats' program? I just ordered the book from Amazon for like 10 bucks.

I wasn't planning on doing it anytime soon, just looked like fun reading.

 

[BiggT]

Jim, I've never read "Super Squats", but from what i hear it is a good, solid read and well worth the 10 or 12 bucks or whatever it costs. From my understanding there are a few options for the program, the link I posted is pretty much like one of them, there might be rowing instead of pullovers or something, but the squatting is the same......I think Strossen recommends doing the routine twice a week if 3 times is too much.....Anybody read the book??

 

[Ozz2001]

Twice a week with no cardio ...

A few stretches ... a light set of 25 extensions ... Then ....

Up - Down Full squats ... Feet about 18" apart, toes out.

10, 10, 8, 8, 6, 6, 4 ... raising the weight.

Every third week, 100 reps with 1/2 your body weight.

4 sets of ham curls 8 reps

4 sets calf raises 12 reps

Old school Tom Platz approach.

Thanks ill give this a shot...See how my legs react to this program...

 

[Beachbum1546]

i always thought platz trained squats with high reps? Bill Grant mentions that in the squat bonus video in this link http://bodybuilding.com/fun/gastelu18.htm