Dave Palumbo on quad shots

[Poppy]

going to hard and fucking up some joints or tendons

Guilty!!!

Hard NOT to do…train with your head brother not your heart. It’ll all come together.

 

[Ripgut]

Just remember when you’re adding plates there is 2.5’s, 5’s, and 10’s

I know I know… Also went to the train harder not longer method cut the workouts down by 45 minutes to an hour here’s the chicken leg reveal…

 

[Poppy]

Those are NOT chicken legs.

Story #1475

There was a young dude that used frequent my home gym a couple times a week. He was a real surfer dude. He had a great physique except for when he turned sideways… he was like a potato chip aaannnnd he never never trained legs… we called him “polio”. His legs were ridiculously skinny compared to his upper body.

 

[Dirtnasty]

Your legs match your top half better than mine do

 

[Ripgut]

Thanks brother man that’s a compliment times 10 coming from you. …

 

[Ripgut]

Thanks poppy. I was going for a decent PR today on squats but I need to invest in a belt before I get to crazy.
After doing maybe seven or eight sets I threw on 295 and hit that once and moved on. Felt a little something in my right hip… Not anything painful but more like a warning sign that I did a good job… tap out and move on to the next exercise…:crazy_face: I did these eight sets maybe a little under 15 minutes… My rest pretty much came in when I move d the weights taking them on and off… Appreciate the props y’all

 

[Poppy]

A bit of advice…. I know you didn’t ask but maybe think about staying away from one rep stuff.

Everyone is different but generally your legs will respond to higher reps. You can undulate between hypertrophy and strength every handful of weeks. Strength being 3-6 reps… hypertrophy being 12 plus

 

[Ripgut]

Actually now that you mention it I did do one set after that because I like to finish with a pump. And did 15 reps. Offff 135… didn’t wanna gas out…than through on 8 plates on the press and continued on with the 10-12 rep range…either good to know thank you poppy…

 

[Ripgut]

I was doing a high rep range hence my 2-hour sessions but I’m cutting that shit down lifting heavier keeping it at 10 to 13… Feel like I’m activating the muscle more this way

 

[Poppy]

lifting heavier keeping it at 10 to 13

My fav range

 

[Poppy]

I’ve honed my training down to 30-45 minutes.

Of course it’s my home gym and there’s zero waiting

 

[Mossy1985]

Legs look pretty good to me. Definitely not chicken legs. Try standing with your heels in towards each other and toes turned out driving down with your heels and those quads will pop even more.

 

[Ripgut]

Everyone is different but generally your legs will respond to higher reps

I feel part of my problem is not maximizing the gear and I’m not talking about the PR… Let’s say I struggle doing 10 with a certain weight… But yet I’m adding 20 or 30 lbs finding out I’m struggling the same doing those 10 reps but with heavier weight… I guess I’m saying I’m cutting myself off too soon with adding weight…keeping it in the 10 rep range…i get keeping away from or rep max… But I just wanted to push myself… Doing it safely…not trying inpress no one adding increments of 20 to my squat per set…

 

[Uglyman101]

Agreed… my legs respond much better in the 12-15 rep range.

 

[Poppy]

How ya been?

Hitting it hard still?

 

[Uglyman101]

Yeah brother, cutting down right now. Sitting around 205lbs. Just running test right now at 500mg a week. How bout you? Things good?

 

[Poppy]

Alls cool in the motor pool brother

 

[Ripgut]

I would just like to add for any fellow readers that I did say 15 bucks going to med lab route… So thanks @Mossy1985

 

[Mossy1985]

No problem bro. Glad to hear you saved money. Especially since the shipping was more. I dig it bro.

 

[Dirtnasty]

Wooo