Leg Workout

Leg Workout

By Bill Willis, BSc, a PhD candidate at The Ohio State University.

On day one, it's leg Day. We're going to do laying leg curls, three working sets. We're going to go on and perform the stiff leg deadlift, then what I call the 20 rep squat. You're going to do that on the smith machine, you are going to use a weight where you'd only be able to get normally 10 or 12 reps. Your right to force yourself to get 20. I'll explain that later. It sounds like fun, I'm sure. Then on to leg presses. Now granted, all these sets are to failure.

Finally you're going to finish off with walking lunges, just a pair of 25 pound dumbbells. These are not going to be taken to failure. It's just kind of a finishing exercise.