Happy Saturday my sweet friend(s)! Below is my leg workout from today. Which is actually quite different from a typical leg workout—I’ve been tweaking the style of my workouts as of late to beat boredom in the gym. I have to say, leg day is a love/hate relationship. I love it because I’ve started to notice the changes in the shape & definition of my legs. (woohoo!) I hate it because it’s crazy hard & you actually have to put in EFFORT!
Your glutes (aka your booty) are the biggest muscle group in the human body—which plays a big part in leg day. So it should come as no surprise that leg day is a sweat inducing, grunt filled, powerful day! I’ve always had ‘shapely’ legs, I played sports growing up & ran at least 5 days/week. But within months of squatting with actual weight on the bar, I really noticed changes in the shape of my legs. (not at all did they get bulky & manly as I feared!)
Warm-up with some leg swings, air squats–any sort of dynamic movement to wake up your muscles & open up your hips. Notice any tightness you might feel or pulling, anything that doesn’t feel right. Spend some extra time in those areas to get the blood flowing & loosen up.
Onward…
→Squats-usually I warm up with the bar & some light weight, then do 4-8 working sets depending on the day. Today I did 4 sets of 15 at 95lbs + leg extension machine + squat jumps (quads are burning)
→Next GIANT Set was hamstring curl machine + hip thrust + straightleg dumbbell deadlifts + ab crunch machine
→Leg press + lateral BOSU squats + hanging leg raise
That was the entire workout. My legs were burning from the first superset–but what I like about this workout was it’s quick, intense & got my heart rate up. Some days I like to take my time, focus on strength & other days I want to get in, get it done & get on with my day.
Try it out & let me know what you think!