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Big Paul
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Squats
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Squat: 375/395/405x10 (used a light knee wrap on all sets)
Leg Ext: 120x3x12
Lying Leg Curls: 160/180/200x10
Seated Calf Raises: 3plx3x10, 3pl-1qtrx3x10
Hyper Mach: 170x3x20
Standing Abs: 120/140/160/100 to failure

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Horizontal Leg Press: 95x3x10
Leg Ext (1 leg @ a time): 150x2x10, 17.5x1x10
Seated Leg Curls: 50x3x10
Adductor: 50x2x12
Seated Calf Raises: 20x3x10
Hyper Mach: 75x3x20
Ab Mach: 90x3x20


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05-24-2002 05:50 AM



BigDog
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Hay big man, why the wraps? Are your knees buggin you?



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05-25-2002 12:04 PM



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You guessed it right Dog. They are bothering me from the higher rep scheme I am doing, I might also get away from the leg extensions and start hitting leg presses. I think the leg ext are what's bothering them, not too sure but I will see after taking them out for a couple weeks.


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05-26-2002 01:05 AM



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Generally speaking, leg ext. are very tough on the tendons and ligaments of the knee... If you want some quad work may I humbly suggest 1 leg squats w/db's or power-lunges.



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05-28-2002 04:55 AM



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Have you ever done close stance squats?? I am thinking that they might be hard on the knees as well. I use to do leg presses but many people consider them to be "ego" builders and not quad builders. Any thoughts there either??


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05-28-2002 05:35 AM



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Close stance squats can be hard on the knees especially if you let your knees push forward over your feet (which is typically how it has to happen from a mechanical pont of view). I know a lot of folks don't like leg presses, but maybe a variant? Coan does them one leg at a time, theory being you can concentrate on the quad fully? I've never tried them but they seem to work well for him.

I actually like the lunges with the SSB... usually fries my quads fully.



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05-28-2002 06:45 PM



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legpresses with one leg at a time rocks. I have never gotten such a good deep soreness in my quads from anything else then that.



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05-28-2002 09:14 PM



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I have done them one leg at a time and they do rock. I will throw them in this Thursday just for shits and giggles. :->>


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05-29-2002 05:50 AM



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BELT SQUATS...???
BIG PAUL, do u have access to a good belt squat, like the Parillo or we even welded together a pretty good one, no rolling handle, but didnt like that anyway. It lets u put an amazing pump on your legs, takes the lower back out of it and also did a real good job of healing my knees up. Why??, I dont know, maybe the increased blood supply to the knees??
Helps my strength out of the hole on squats and explosion on deadlift. At the bottom youre in the perfect postion for deadlifts of a block.



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05-29-2002 07:49 AM



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I wish I did have access to one, it sounds like something that might work for me. I will however stick to the one legged leg presses for a bit and see what happens. Thanks for your 2 cents.


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