Morning Leg Session

Working out this morning felt great. It always seems as though I have more energy and strength in the morning. I decided to work on LEGS to benefit from the superhuman power I felt being awake early at the gym!! Woooow! 

tiny note: I added links to videos for each exercise. just click in order to see the exercise demonstrated (not by me though).

I started with Squats on the Smith Machine. I added one 45lb plate on each side with an additional 10lb plate on each side and proceeded to do 4 sets of 13 reps. (12 reps + 1 for good luck 😉)

tiny note: I like to keep my reps between 12 to 16 reps depending in the exercise. If you can do more than that you should probably be doing more weight because you're not challenging yourself enough. 

Following that I got on the Angled Leg Press Machine and put two 45 lb plates on each side and did 16 reps for 4 sets. That was a tough one, had to really push through.

Then I went along a dead-lifted an 80 lb straight bar, did Cable Donkey Kicks at 40lbs each leg at a time, Lunges with two 25 lb plates in my hands, worked my lower back on the Roman chair and Calf Raises with a plate on the ground. 

Leg day is always fun. its always cool to see your body do something that it couldn't do 2 weeks ago. 

I'm hoping to fit in a cardio session later today, I haven't decided on what just yet. Trying to get much more cardio in my exercise routine in general. 

We'll see how my legs are feeling tomorrow. 😳