After sustaining multiple low back issues the past year, I'm not focusing on being a bench press specialist for the next year or so (both raw and equipped). I'm currently just trying to increase muscle mass and keep my low back healthy and give it time to rest and recover.

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Wednesday afternoon I was able to get in and get some good bodybuilding based leg work in. This is something that I can push with a lot of safety, so I'm hoping that if anything I can make some good progress and put some good size on my legs, or at the very least maintain a good level of strength with training like this once a week. My Saturday work on max effort day will be lighter, but still rather volume heavy since my CNS is going to be much fresher from not deadlifting and squatting heavy week in and week out. If anything, it's definitely help keeping my mind going strong.


Items Used in this Training Session

Warm Up 10 minutes on the stair climber

A1) TRX Leg Curls 3x12

B1) Single Leg Seated Leg Press Worked up to a top set of 10 per leg

C1) Single Leg Leg Press 4x12 per leg I then did a challenge set on the last set, where I alternated legs until failure with the same weight. After getting less than 6 reps on each leg, I went to both legs for a final burnout.

D1) Leg Extensions 1x15 1x12 1x10

E1) Pull Throughs 3x15

F1) Hack Squat Calf Raises 4x10

G1) TRX Fallouts 4x12


Brandon Smitley
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