First I felt nauseous, then I got a headache, then I was dizzy. And that was just halfway thru the workout.

Dave Tate mentioned in his log that I sent him a leg workout last week. It was one of the tougher ones I've done, and the DOMS lasted almost the whole week (I train legs once per week - on Mondays). I actually sent that workout to two people - Dave and another friend of mine - and neither were able to complete it. I sent it to them out of love, obviously.

Well today I trained legs again and this workout blew last week's out of the water. It's another John Meadows concoction (see his article on leg training that I just posted earlier in my log today) and it was BRUTAL.

Here it is for anyone looking to try it. If you do, please write in and let me know how it went. For anyone interested in checking out more of John's work, this is his website: www.mountaindogdiet.com


THE WORKOUT

leg curls - 2 sets of warm up - then 4 sets of 15 reps. Do all rest pauses. So let your legs straighten, relax, and curl. You won't be able to use as much weight with this style. Also, have someone gently push down on your lower back while doing it, or you can drive your hips into the pad as you do these to better isolate.

Leg press - 3-4 warm up sets of 20 reps. Feet a little wider than shoulder width, and a little higher than usual on platform. Again this will be a lot of hams the first few sets, before your quads start screaming. After warm ups, do sets of 15. Keep pyramiding up in weight until you can't get 15. I want this to take around 4 sets to accomplish.

Smith machine lunge - 4 sets of 15 on each leg.

(AT THIS POINT I WAS READY TO THROW UP - I COULD HAVE WENT HOME AFTER THIS AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD WORKOUT)


Squat - 1 warm up then 3 sets of 15. Go fairly wide and turn your toes out like a duck. Go down to parallel, not below that. Go down with a 2-3 second descent. This will be very hard after doing the other stuff, but it will destroy your legs.

(AT THIS POINT I WAS STILL NAUSEOUS, BUT ALSO STARTED TO DEVELOP A HEADACHE AND WAS GETTING DIZZY TOO.. BUT QUITTING IS FOR PUSSIES... OR DAVE TATE)

Dumbell stiff legged deadlift - 3 sets of 12. Flex hams and glutes at the top - come all the way up. Go down nice and slow and stretch everything out.

(I FORGOT MY NAME AT THIS POINT. ALL SENSES WERE BLURRED)

Hyperextensions - 1 set to failure. Do only your bodyweight. Every rep you come up, I want you squeezing your hams and glutes. Try to get at least 45 reps…it's only 1 set, so kill it.

(I STARTED SPEAKING IN TONGUES AT THIS POINT AND MY HEAD ROTATED AROUND 360 DEGREES ABOUT 3 TIMES.)

I finished off with some stretching for hams and quads and then slowly hobbled to the locker room.