Wednesday, March 27, 2013

I know what the extra's on "The Walking Dead" do before they go on set....

Legs. They do legs!! 

If you haven't guessed it, I am currently walking like a zombie from a leg workout that I did on Monday. Holy Moly. I could totally be an extra on TWD right now. But I love it! I have a love-hate relationship with these thighs of mine. (As I'm sure other girls do, too). Anything that makes them sore DAYS later is just fine with me! 

I figured I'd share my leg workout with you. In case anyone else wants to give it a shot. 
I did not make up this workout. I saw it on Instagram posted by the fit and fabulous Puertoricanfitchick. I changed a couple of the exercises to best suit my needs and here it is:

Warm up for 5-8 min. on the treadmill. Fast walk to slow jog. 

Barbell Squats      40lb BB  x 12 reps x 10 sets
Barbell Deadlifts   40lb BB  x 12 reps x 10 sets
Cable kickbacks         7.5lb x 12 reps x 6 sets (each leg)
Bosu ball squats         15lb x 15 reps x 4 sets
Hamstring curls           40lb x 10 reps x 3 sets
Leg press                    70lb x 20 reps
                                    90lb x 15 reps
                                   110lb x 12 reps
                                   130lb x 12 reps

Now, this amount of  weight that I used might be easy for some people. It might be hard for others. I only listed the amount of weight that I used so you have a guide of some sort. 

Also, please do not attempt any kind of squatting without some proper instruction. Ask one of the trainers at your gym or go on YouTube and find some instructional videos. You do not want to hurt yourself!! 

Here is an example of cable kickbacks:

I track all of my workouts in my "Fitbook" but if you want to log your weight and sets to see growth, head to Bodybuilding.com. They have printable workout logs and a ton of other awesome resources. 



Also, go check out Puertoricanfitchick's blog or her Instagram. She is awesome!

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