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Okay, so it was a return to 195 lb for box squats.

Box Squat: 195: 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Box Squat: 205: 1

Squat: 135: 12

Front Squat: 145: 5, 5, 5

Leg Curl: 130 RP: 9+5+5 (for 19 total)

Wow, big leg day. I started with 195 lb again like last time. After doing 1 set of 3 and remembering how hard it is, I remembered some box squat training philosophy from Louie Simmons located here. Specifically, I had been wanting to try his method of 8-12 sets of 2 reps while resting only 1 minute between sets. So I committed to it. After that set of 3, I only rested 1 minute, then did another set of 2, and continued this way (resting 1 minute) for the remaining sets of 2. Louie is right: it is a hard workout! After these sets, I rested a good 5 minutes or so and decided today was the day I box squat over 200 lb. I loaded up 10 more pounds onto the bar and pushed out 1 rep. I felt like my legs could have handled another rep, but I was pretty light-headed after a lot of heavy breathing, and didn’t want to pass out with that much weight on my back.

After box squats, I lowered the weight down to just 135 lb for 1 straight set of regular deep squats. I had it in my head that I wanted 20 reps! haha. Anyway, I ended up squeezing out 12 reps before I had to rack it. It was a lot harder than I thought after all the heavy box squats.

I then put the weight up a bit to 145 lb for front squats since I had been doing 135 on them no problem. Pushed out 3 really challenging sets of 5 and my legs were on fire. Nevermind walking… even just standing was misery.

Onto the cable lying leg curls. I am still hungry for 20 reps on a rest-pause set, and have been getting closer with each leg workout. I loaded it up to 130 lb (same I’ve been using,) and ended up with a total of 19! So close! Maybe next time

Finished up with some extreme stretching: 60 seconds on each quad, and probably around 90 seconds on the hamstrings.

Tags: legs

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