Question about legs

[Wallbag]

Does anyone split up their leg day into two days?

I've been doing it for a few years now, Quads and Calves on one day, 3-4 days later I do Hamstrings and Calves. I've noticed a large improvement PERSONALLY because trying to do every exercise in one day is just physically and mentally too much for me.

What are your thoughts on it?

Edit: Hamstring day I'll do quad sweep and thighs also.

[Buadain]

Same here.
I split quads and hams.
I do heavy SLDL's for hams and heavy squats and leg presses for quads.
Trying to do both during the same workout would wipe me out.

[chef mcnasty]

totally agree splitting it is the way to go especially since starting out i noticed a lot more development in my quads and lacking in my hams. so now i do a quads day and hams and calves day four days later

[H4TW]

Does anyone split up their leg day into two days?

I've been doing it for a few years now, Quads and Calves on one day, 3-4 days later I do Hamstrings and Calves. I've noticed a large improvement PERSONALLY because trying to do every exercise in one day is just physically and mentally too much for me.

What are your thoughts on it?

Edit: Hamstring day I'll do quad sweep and thighs also.

^^ so really you're hitting quads twice here^^ I would guess with obviously different movements and rep counts ect..

Kinda:

I have done quads/hams and saved calves for another day.

I've done quads and calves one day and then trained my hams on dack day, doing siff leg deads and regular deads.


I have never done just the strick quads one day and hams another like coleman would do though. I just hit my legs now on the same day mainlly because I HATE leg day 70% of the time because I have a knee that's going to need to be rebuilt before too many more years and two I would think our lower back would just get hammered doing quads on a seperate day...Unless you did them with back which as I mentioned I have done.

[Wallbag]

^^ so really you're hitting quads twice here^^ I would guess with obviously different movements and rep counts ect..

Kinda:

I have done quads/hams and saved calves for another day.

I've done quads and calves one day and then trained my hams on dack day, doing siff leg deads and regular deads.


I have never done just the strick quads one day and hams another like coleman would do though. I just hit my legs now on the same day mainlly because I HATE leg day 70% of the time because I have a knee that's going to need to be rebuilt before too many more years and two I would think our lower back would just get hammered doing quads on a seperate day...Unless you did them with back which as I mentioned I have done.

I didn't think doing the leg adductor (Sp?) would impact my quad recovery too much considering I don't feel too much direct work from doing squats, kind of the same idea with thighs?

[The Joker]

When I was able to train legs again after I hurt my back I could only do it by splittin them up into different days. It is starting to look like I'm going to have do that again real soon.

[inhiliator5000]

i used to do quads & hams on separate days too.

Actually, i'd split up my back days as well.

Rows & deadlifts with Hamstrings
Pull downs & Pull ups with quads

[Buadain]

i used to do quads & hams on separate days too.

Actually, i'd split up my back days as well.

Rows & deadlifts with Hamstrings
Pull downs & Pull ups with quads

Good idea.

[Gap]

If you split legs into two seperate days, what do you with legs on each of these days?
I like doing legs with shoulders, I could not see splitting legs with anything else.

Chest? No.
Arms, totally different muscle.
Back? Heh, exhausting.

[Julienne_Salad]

I just do a double -- calves/hams in the morning, and quads int he evening. Follow it with a day off.

Works best for me.

Dorian used to have an interesting method -- finish quads, then have a protein shake, rest about 10 minutes, and then hit hams.

[joe d]

Does anyone split up their leg day into two days?

I've been doing it for a few years now, Quads and Calves on one day, 3-4 days later I do Hamstrings and Calves. I've noticed a large improvement PERSONALLY because trying to do every exercise in one day is just physically and mentally too much for me.

What are your thoughts on it?

Edit: Hamstring day I'll do quad sweep and thighs also.

if it works it works. keep going with it until you need a change.

i like squatting 2 days per week when my recovery is good. i just go ass to the floor until my lower body is trashed with no other leg movements. if im not recovering well i go once per week with the same plan still no need for any other movements unless i was prepping.

[joe d]

just saw this thread is over a month old lol. oh well

[Wallbag]

just saw this thread is over a month old lol. oh well

I'm still reading. Twice a week? These sound like good ideas, pretty hard though.

I'll have to try the Dorian Yates method, since his style has been working fairly well for me.