leg question

[ROCKETW19]

do any of you ever do leg presses before squats? or is it always squats first? i have always done squats first but i feel like the leg press hits my legs better. leg day looks like this
standing calfs
squats
leg press super setted with single leg, leg extensions
im thinkin that the squats take my strength thats why the presses feel so good?

[Stonecold54]

I would never do them in the same workout crazy, lol...i can't squat because of my knees anymore but I never did that.

[caged]

try doing squarts last for a month..... aaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!
shocks the hell outta my legs.

[ROCKETW19]

Originally Posted by caged

try doing squarts last for a month..... aaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!
shocks the hell outta my legs.

thats what i wanted to hear! it will mess with my ego a lil but i think it will be worth it.

[ROCKILLER]

I dont usually do them together. I've been having some weird popping in my right knee lately though so I'll do squats and leg extensions. When I squat heavy I dont need anything else for my quads, they get sore enough as it is.

[ROCKETW19]

Originally Posted by Stonecold54

I would never do them in the same workout crazy, lol...i can't squat because of my knees anymore but I never did that.

i actually got the super set of cybex leg press and leg extensions from you about a year or two ago. at first i couldnt do them together(with squats) but my stamina got better and better. thats one thing i notice about myself my partner can be stronger at first but about half way threw a muscle groupe hes done and im still goin, we both go balls out! what causes that?

[coffee-guy]

Originally Posted by ROCKETW19

i actually got the super set of cybex leg press and leg extensions from you about a year or two ago. at first i couldnt do them together(with squats) but my stamina got better and better. thats one thing i notice about myself my partner can be stronger at first but about half way threw a muscle groupe hes done and im still goin, we both go balls out! what causes that?

No shorts???

[Chadd77]

I mix it up brother. Most of the time I will hit squats before presses but I'll switch it up from time to time. My leg day looks like tis most of the time:

Squats
Front squats
Presses
Extensions
Curls

I usually always end with extensions and curls but I will switch the order of the other exercises up. I do notice when I do this I'm usually extra sore the next day. No matter what my legs always get sore the day after my leg workouot.

[beefcake]

I always squat first then leg press. I'm stronger on the presses for some reason. Extensions come next. I do hams and calves on a seperate day though.

[ROCKETW19]

Originally Posted by fog_hat1981

No shorts???

sorry bro i dont understand?

[ROCKETW19]

Originally Posted by Chadd77

I mix it up brother. Most of the time I will hit squats before presses but I'll switch it up from time to time. My leg day looks like tis most of the time:

Squats
Front squats
Presses
Extensions
Curls

I usually always end with extensions and curls but I will switch the order of the other exercises up. I do notice when I do this I'm usually extra sore the next day. No matter what my legs always get sore the day after my leg workouot.

wow thats a lot! im like beefcake i do hams on a different day.

[coffee-guy]

Originally Posted by ROCKETW19

we both go balls out! what causes that?

Originally Posted by fog_hat1981

No shorts???

Originally Posted by ROCKETW19

sorry bro i dont understand?

Make sense now?

[G-S]

I'm of the belief that if you squat properly, you don't have enough gas left to do another pressing movement. I keep squats and leg press's seperate.

[ROCKETW19]

Originally Posted by fog_hat1981

Make sense now?

yes fucker!

[FitnessBrat]

Originally Posted by G-S

I'm of the belief that if you squat properly, you don't have enough gas left to do another pressing movement. I keep squats and leg press's seperate.

Doin' a show G-S?

[Stonecold54]

Originally Posted by G-S

I'm of the belief that if you squat properly, you don't have enough gas left to do another pressing movement. I keep squats and leg press's seperate.

back in my squatting days I would agree with this...if not only for the leg stamina but overall body stamina, squats kicked my ass in a "Whole body" way....I can leg press and my quads will burn but I can still do a full workout after...when squatting sometimes I would just walk out of the gym after a few 20 reps sets of squats (well, hobble, not walk).

[ROCKETW19]

what are the weights and reps you guys are doin to do just squats and thats it? here is what i do.
squats
135lbs 20 times
225lbs 12 times
315lbs 12 times
455lbs 8 times
455lbs 8 times (sometimes less)
cybex leg press/1 leg extensions
490lbs 12-20 times/80lbs 12 times
580lbs 12 times/90lbs as many as i can do not more than 12 usally around 8-10
580lbs 12 times/same as above
oopps i do 5-6 sets standing calfs first usally a drop set at the end.
of coarse all this changes from day to day but that is close to normal for me, any suggestions. other than im gonna try leg press first!

[Stonecold54]

way back in my squat days I would hit over 250-300 for the 20 rep sets...I never went real high in weight, I liked longer sets....

[mr8907]

leg press x3 sets
270x10
360x10
450x10
squats x5 sets 135 x10 all 5
over head squat 1x6 95 lbs
then extentions and curls
my legs are currently hurting 5 days after that work out.