Nino’s Mission

My Training Regime: Leg Day

December 12th, 2006

Hello again! I’m really EXCITED to see that you are still logging in and following along with my training journals because it’s about to get very interesting! If you’ve been keeping track of all the workouts we have done together so far, you realize that there is ONE body part remaining… which I purposely wanted to save it until last. That’s right, LEGS!

I know you may be thinking, “NINO, I know you train legs… BUT HOW????” Have you ALL forgotten my theme already… well, if so,  let me refresh your memory: NO EXCUSES!!!!

That applies to ALL of us, all the time! GOD has given just about ALL a set of legs right? Well in my case, four if you include my crutches! (God has also given me a GREAT sense of humor!)

Believe it or not, LEGS is the body part I LOVE to train the most! I could be making TONS of excuses why I can’t train my legs. Like… “I walk with crutches, how am I supposed to train legs?”  THAT excuse would be good enough for just about anybody.

Well, if allowed myself to think that way, I would probably be a couch potato today instead of a competitive bodybuilder and I wouldn’t even be here writing this message to you.  So let me take you through my NO EXCUSE LEG ROUTINE, and show you what I do instead of making excuses, which has many of my fellow gym members totally baffled as they look on!

Are You Ready?

Here we go again!

When I train my LEGS, I like to go to failure with each and every set. Whether it’s the best way to train or not, or whether it’s “overtraining” or not, doesnt matter, because that’s the ONLY way I know I’m not making EXCUSES for myself!

I will do three specific exercises that target all the muscles in my legs, doing four sets a piece. The first exercise that I love to start with is LEG EXTENSIONS, so my legs will be properly stretched to help avoid cramping. Just to let you all know ahead of time, YOU will see alot of the number fifty being performed here (as in REPS!!!)

The first set 70 lbs 20-25 reps, second set 80 lbs 20-25 reps, third set 100 lbs 25-30 reps, FINAL set the BIG ONE 130 lbs 50 reps. There’s that number again, as you’re all seeing already the weight and reps INCREASE with each set I do!

Now that my legs are warmd up, I’m off to my second exercise, THE SEATED LEG PRESS MACHINE! Since my legs are already warmed up, I’m going to jump right into it. First set 250 lbs 20-25 reps, second set 280 lbs 25-30 reps, third set 300 lbs 30-35 reps FINAL set 350 lbs 50 reps. Let me tell you after those four sets, I DEFINITELY need my crutches to assist me to the FINAL exercise! (did I mention that I DO have a sense of humor?)

A lot of people would do this next exercise first, because it takes the most of their strength to do this exercise. Any ideas on what the exercise might be? No? Couldn’t possibly be????  Ok, let me help you out… SQUATS!

 Like I stated in the beginning to ALL of you, where there’s a WILL, GOD has always allowed me to find a way! Remember, NO EXCUSES! I’ll DO whatever it takes to get it DONE! So instead of making excuses and saying “I can’t do squats,” I said to myself, “HOW can I do squats?” There’s always an answer - I simply do them in the Smith Machine.

Doing squats on the smith machine, the bar is already balanced for me, I just have to push the weight up! First set 185 lbs 20-25 reps, second set 225 lbs 20-25 reps, third set 275 lbs 15-20 reps FINAL set back to 185 lbs 50 reps. Let me tell you after that workout my LEGS feel like JELLO!

Well there you have it, my NO EXCUSE leg routine! I sincerely hope that my training blogs, has hit a nerve for ALL of you out there! As you’ve all seen there is NO secret in ALL of my workouts I do, or magic pills I take to perform the exercises and the amount of reps that GOD allows me to do! It ALL comes down to one thing: I’ve made NO EXCUSES! So you might want to ask yourself that question again: If Nino Can do it, Why Can’t I. The answer is… YOU CAN DO IT!. Just STOP MAKING EXCUSES!!!!

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