Scientific Workout For Building Huge Legs #2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2025
- This is a sample workout designed in accordance with the scientific principles of hypertrophy training.
PLEASE feel free to try it yourself!
To determine rest times per set, unless otherwise specified in the video, do your next set once:
Your target muscle is no longer still burning from the last set,
You feel like you can push the target muscle hard again, and are mentally ready for another hard set,
Your breathing is more or less back to normal, and
Your synergistic and stabilizer muscles are recovered and ready to support your target muscle in the upcoming set.
Because the training session shown here was for a PEAK WEEK (the last session before a deload), it might be a bit of a tough place to start. For best results, START with about half the number of sets and keep about 2-3 reps in the tank on each set (2-3 RIR). Then, slowly add weight or reps and add sets as needed. Detailed guidelines on how to progress can be found here:
• Mesocycle Progressions...
and here:
renaissanceper...
Enjoy!
To keep things nerdy, the Quad and Ham workouts in this series are all named after radioactive elements.
This workout is nicknamed "Plutonium:"
Pause Squat (5-10 reps per set) 4 sets 0RIR (no reps in reserve)
Hack Squat (5-10 reps per set) 4 sets 0RIR (no reps in reserve)
Lying Leg Curl (10-20 reps per set) 4 sets 0RIR (no reps in reserve)
Set numbers are only for working sets. Warm up sets count on top of those.
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Legend has it that Paul just recovered from his first leg workout with Dr. Mike
lmao
This is still applicable...still recovering. Lol
Commenting so that the youtube algorithm makes this video more popular
Delete this now. We must keep the gains for ourselves.
@@sumdudenorris106 What he said.
Agree!
Dr Mike have a such a calming voice. He should be narator on documentary.
This is the documentary of your gainz
Have you seen his Only Fans ?
@@GusI727 Does it have hairy-shouldered lat spreads and exclusive webcam face and chin footage?
I'm told that He does Voice over for JOI videos .... not sure what they are but I'm sure they are Fantastic
Damn same guy got both leg workouts so far, poor dude.
PLEASE make more PEAK WEEK VIDEOS! Love these!
legend says that paul is still crawling out of the gym
Love you Dr. Mike and RP. I'd love to see more videos just like this one. I'm sure Paul is up for it.
Dr Mike I love your workout. I love science backed workouts and professionals like you truly make it easier. You are like Athlean X in that you use science to back your workouts but are more personable. Keep up the good work, glad to support you!
Comparing him to Jeff ‘this one movement is going to SODOMISE your shoulders’ Cavaliere is insulting Mike and RP, hahaha
@@MrCrossfireno1 I was only comparing him to Jeff because they both use science to back up their methods. You may not like Jeff but he is quite knowledgeable about exercising and is an aid to many people (myself included). I like to pick and choose certain things from these experts and create my own personalized way of doing things. It's definitely within reason to find value in both Dr. Mike's and Jeff Cavelier's methods.
Jeff who? Never heard of her
Sharieff Peru Jeff uses a thin veneer of science, really. Even as a medical student, to me, his info on injury is out of touch and makes me cringe, especially the clickbait and harmful way it is presented. I’d stick with RP and sources like barbellmedicine.
@@sharieff13baby Athlean X doesnt mix science with anything. Its pseudo science. Mike would probably agree on this.
Great example of basic leg training! Most of these videos so far have been ‘peak week’ as you say so the hardest you can train practically. Could you give an example of a session in the first week of a mesocycle so we can see what RPE 6/7 and MEV looks like?
Watching Paul lift is such a genuine pleasure. His form and rom is just muah!
Tried it after watching. I love it. Sweetly killing the heck outta me. Hit a damn mrv had to wait 6 days for the quads to recover. Altho i did hit hamstrings for a fatality in thesame week, must admit that the burn in the quads made it damn hard to go up tge stairs for awhile! 🔥🦵🔥
Paul Kanu shaking like he got that original COVID-19
HOLYGHOST-19
Maybe he has it🤔
Late to the party but the dude gave you maximum effort. Great job on his will power and determination. Sub for sure
Very informative, thanks Mike!
I love the sound of York 45s clanging together.
Awesome breakdown of the leg routine. Definitely will be implementing this into the training 💪🏽💪🏽🤙🏽
Great workout bro keep it up!💪
Please make a video on scientific shoulder workout
That looked intense. That was a decent amount of volume for compound legs. Great video.
Short and sweet.
Well done Paul!
Excellent training info! Paul is a beast!
All this information is free and its so so good
Kids got legs, great training and info as usual.
One of the most brutal parts of doing lying hamstring curls after nuking quads is the incredible pain of pressing your burning, pumped up quads into the seat/bench
Great job i need coach just like you king❤💪🙌
5:08
Mike: “the good news is Paul’s still alive…”
Paul: “whoohoo….”
Some cleannnn squats here. Good work, gents.
That is some beautiful squat form.
If I stop 1 rep before failure - I don't get as exhausted and can do almost as many reps on my next sets, thus my total volume is higher e.g. 10+10+10+11=41 reps (going to failure on the last set). Compare it with only 11+9+7+5=32 reps if you go failure on each set. Plus research shows muscle and strength growth and less strain for both beginners and well trained athletes that don't go to failure regularly. While it's not clear if going to failure on almost every set on the last week before deload is similarly detrimental to progress but my guess is that it's safer to go to failure on the last set of each muscle group only once at the very end of the mesocycle because of less fatigue and more volume. At the same time it's ok to plan your mesocycle to start with 4 reps to failure on the 1st week, 3 reps on the next, 2 reps next, 1 reps next and end with 0 reps on the last week, because as you have become stronger after 4 weeks - your old 0 reps to failure are actually new 1 reps to failure which is more optimal.
No deadlifts. No romanian deadlifts. No hypertrophy blocks. No powerlifting techniques. 1sec-2sec ratio between positive-negatives reps. Thats the workout a bodybuilder should do. Not just going for pr's, doing 5x5 and eating like an obese buffalo. Fitness people are trying so much to bring powerlifting philosophy in gym's and bodybuiling in general. NO YOU DONT HAVE TO LIFT HEAVY to be a bodybuilder. You can bring intesity in your workout by adding volume, more time under tension, smaller breaks between sets etc etc.
Just squats. Hack squat and hamstring curls. Dr Mike is really keeping it simple. As it should be. Intesity=time under tensionXvolume=motherf**ing gains.
Can’t give enough thumbs up !!! Love listening to this. 👍 X’s infinity !
4:43 wtf. Thats some nervous system failure right there🤣👍
no! He's cold, more warm up is needed next time.
amaseaman r u joking ahah he’s already done 7 sets of quads I think he warmed up by then
Was Paul's name Saul before this workout?
Nice one.
explain?
@@unnaturalatrophy8073 In the Bible, Saul was a Roman who was part of the persecution of Christians, until he had a vision of Christ and was temporarily blinded. After that he changed his name to Paul and became a prominent figure in the early Christian community.
Loved this. Know that pain.
Awesome video! Dr. Mike even tells us how to breath for squats at 1:04. This leg workout is actually perfect and more scientific than a leg workout based pseudoscience.
Dr Mike could you do a leg workout working around low back pain please?
Lower back supported hack and leg press machines works for me
I’m late to the party. I had back surgery for a herniated disk about a year and a half ago. I have a garage gym with only free weights, no machines. I’ve found Bulgarian split squats with a front rack position to be awesome for my quads. My favorite glute and ham exercise is a single leg trap bar deadlift. Both exercises limit the spinal loading since they’re unilateral, but you can really push them far!
Thank you
Yes good shit Dr Mike!!!!!😎💯
Serious training, pretty cool.....
Why not squat in the cage where there's spotter arms you can set to the proper height where if you fail there's no danger?
legend says that paul is still trembling after the workout
"Get your sh💩t together" lmfao😂
Mike needs a Medal of Honor
When Paul got up from the Hack Squats, I felt that lol
Brilliant
That's one of my leg days right now, but 3 sets of everything, and I'm using a safety squat bar. Anyone else have a hard time keeping their ass against the pad on hack squats?
You are lucky that in your Gym there Is a safety bar. I can't do front squat for a shoulder problem, and without the safety i can Just Do High bar squats ti hit my quads.
If you have such an issue, mobility work is the key! Increased mobility especially at the hip joint is gonna do most of the work. But, ankle and knee mobility is gonna help a ton!
Opinion on lying hamstring curl vs seated?
I have always preferred seated because I find during lying hamstring curls it is difficult not to engage my erectors and just extend the spine, cheating the weight up.
There's a perfectly good squat rack with safeties yet you still cut the set short of failure?
I've seen whole racks fall over... so idk how safe they are when there's a shit ton of weight on there lol.
@@TryingNotToPanic It is a shit rack if it can't do the job it was made to do
@@overgrownturnip He's only using like 255lbs anyway... That's not going to tip ANY rack over.
Saw “Scientific quadriceps” at the top of the thumbnail and was wondering what would be unscientific quadriceps anyway?
Oh yeah, and his effort is FUCKING OUTLANDISH
Legday with Mike would be the only day when my 1RM was @5.
Or squat inside of the rack and use the safeties at an appropriate height, then you wouldn't have to stress over dumping weight on to your body....
If you’re a novice, yeah sure squat inside of the rack, but sometimes it’s personal preference
Are barbell hack squats/deadlifts (behind the back DL) as good as with the sled, or maybe even better, especially if I'm designing a strength focused concurrent program? Also I'm poor and don't have that machine lol
I tried this today and was just going to do easy pull after. It absolutely smoked me. I ended up leaving after a couple exercises cause it was just slop work.
Looked like Paul was going to seizure at least twice during that! God damn Dr. Mike, you related to Dr. Evil?
Is there any particular reason why he has a mat on the platform on the hack squat?
Looks like 3 RIR on those squats! Easy
3 exercises only is okay?
My guy is going to destroy himself on account of that left ankle. He should be much stronger on the squat just looking at how much muscle mass he has, but it's clear that his instability is causing him to bleed power. He's eventually going to collapse at the bottom and snap something there too. He could really use some ankle mobility work.
Best alternative for hack squats? Smith?
My gym doesn't have one of those unfortunately
Paul!!!
My hamstrings hurt just watching that last set...
What is ORIR?
I think what your asking is.. What is 0 RIR. Zero reps in reserve. You can not complete another rep, but you didn’t go to total failure.
Genuinely curious if he did warm up sets?
what was it called again? big quads but small vmo?
ive never seen someone tremble after hamstring curls
Dr mike didnt u say in the last leg video that starting with hamstring work is better?
"the weight falls on you and you die, hehe" dr. Mike Israetel
Great video, but how much was the rest time between sets?
Pretty sure he passed out for a second during the hack squat. Only ever seen it when people get put to sleep in jiu jitsu. 4:40 doing the bacon.
Mike, why do u tend to use more the lying for hams?
3:49 *deep voice* “Beautiful Rack”
Is there any need for failure sets then if you get the same hypertrophy results from keeping 1 or 2 reps in the tank ?
I need that second song. I've heard it on ELITE FTS videos too
Looks like y’all went to church. You had Paul at the alter at the end.
those lying hamstring curls looked like something that should be outlawed by the Geneva convention
Would this workout be performed twice a week?
1:30 recently happened to someone
What the hell......That damn bwoi came back again ~ thought He would run for the hills.
What about in the last video when you said there's too much systemic fatigue to do curls after squats, which is why you did the curls first last time? Now you're doing the exact thing you said not to do just two months ago.
Confusing the muscles is not enough, gotta confuse the viewers too.
@@AndreaAustoni 😂😂😂😂
Man I wish I had access to a gym fuckn lockdown needs to be over 😑😑😑😑😑
MORE PEOPLE NEED TO FOLLOW THIS CHANNEL BLOW IT UP TH-cam ALGORITHM
2 month update: Paul dead
Lol
anyone who does high rep atg hack squats knows how fucking hard they are
Looks like he got into a fight with the hack-squat and lost lol.
Seriously though, is he ok?
If you have good rack and 2spoters you probably can miss squats with very low likelyhood o fucking up but again if you do 1rir guest in case you want to have rack and at least one guy protecting you
Puffing out the cheeks doesn't help brace the core for squats, it just puts pressure in the face/head, all the air should be in the lungs for a better brace
It really doesn't matter. You can puff out your cheeks and still have a good brace. You are majoring in minors
man looks like hes having a seizure after those next 2 exercises XD
If the trainee is pushing himself on the back squats why do hack squat. I mean he's working the same muscle
Do you only hit your chest with just barbell Bench and that’s it?
Omne Obstat exercise selection doesn’t matter, its preference but I highly recommend 2-3 exercises
Paul is so cute.
Dr Mike is it ok to initiate the squat with an Anterior Pelvic Tilt like Paul was, also flaring his rib cage wen he began his descent ????
never squat in the injury machine...the smith maCHINE
cannot believe in 2021 torturing still happen
should be called the blahahahaaaa
😍
Why wear glasses to the gym bro
Soft-Shell Taco -Mild Sauce ...... so , Can you lift ...... the answer is NO !!
not helpful at home...,, but ty.