My leg work is mostly the usual front squats and deficit Bulgarian squats with double kettles, and Rdls holding 4 big KBs. Occasionally I'll pistol and cossack squat with a mace because it's a fun change and I can't pistol a KB yet. Although the most fun leg work will always be mountain biking in a hard gear. A favorite Mace movement is the single arm 360 into slow curl, switching arms each swing.
I generally agree with your hot take on mace legs, but similarly, ive been curious about high volume and high frequency leg work. I already cannot find pants that fit my quads because of a lifetime of long hikes and slow grinding single speed mountain bikes up mountains. Yeah not bodybuilding legs but meaty kickers. So I've been content to grind 1 heavy leg day a week and enjoy Saturdays mountain biking hard all day. But also most weekdays i either hike the dogs few miles and/or some indirectly legs like snatches or heavy farmer carries up and down a hill or a relaxed bike ride. Is this much leg work on active rest days? Is this lack of a break counterproductive if I can acclimate to it? The goal for my legs is a couple more decades of adventure or rather maintenance. I'm still progressively overloading upper strength work. Second question: I've only had the same skin ripping leg pumps and doms that I get regularly get pedaling SS Mtn Bikes when I tried Leo's laddered mace lunge and switch squats. The volume is relentless. Frankenlegs uploaded a TH-cam video on this a couple years back. Eventhough I Bulgarian every week, I never lunge. So was that pump and DOMS from the crazy volume or the novel movement? It's something that I thought might be a good endurance builder mid week but it was so difficult I've never picked it back up. The crossfit challenges/sport KB volume always seemed to hit me the hardest. What's your professional raw dog take on those 2 questions? Don't sugar coat it!
Nice stuff there’s a couple here I don’t do ; 100% agree about the legs
Thanks man!
My leg work is mostly the usual front squats and deficit Bulgarian squats with double kettles, and Rdls holding 4 big KBs. Occasionally I'll pistol and cossack squat with a mace because it's a fun change and I can't pistol a KB yet. Although the most fun leg work will always be mountain biking in a hard gear.
A favorite Mace movement is the single arm 360 into slow curl, switching arms each swing.
Love it!!
I generally agree with your hot take on mace legs, but similarly, ive been curious about high volume and high frequency leg work. I already cannot find pants that fit my quads because of a lifetime of long hikes and slow grinding single speed mountain bikes up mountains. Yeah not bodybuilding legs but meaty kickers. So I've been content to grind 1 heavy leg day a week and enjoy Saturdays mountain biking hard all day. But also most weekdays i either hike the dogs few miles and/or some indirectly legs like snatches or heavy farmer carries up and down a hill or a relaxed bike ride. Is this much leg work on active rest days? Is this lack of a break counterproductive if I can acclimate to it? The goal for my legs is a couple more decades of adventure or rather maintenance. I'm still progressively overloading upper strength work.
Second question: I've only had the same skin ripping leg pumps and doms that I get regularly get pedaling SS Mtn Bikes when I tried Leo's laddered mace lunge and switch squats. The volume is relentless. Frankenlegs uploaded a TH-cam video on this a couple years back. Eventhough I Bulgarian every week, I never lunge. So was that pump and DOMS from the crazy volume or the novel movement? It's something that I thought might be a good endurance builder mid week but it was so difficult I've never picked it back up. The crossfit challenges/sport KB volume always seemed to hit me the hardest.
What's your professional raw dog take on those 2 questions? Don't sugar coat it!
Rage bait!!!!!!!
How so
@ cause swinging maces is for circus performers