Leaving out legs - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

mark · 12-09-2004, 04:54 PM

My routine looked like this up until a couple of months ago before I decided to hit my chest harder to try and boost it up.
mon - shoulders and tris
wed - back and traps
thurs - legs
sun- chest and bis

Now it looks like this
mon - shoulders and tris
wed - chest and bis
thurs - back and traps
sun - chest

As you can well see I have left out legs to give extra time to my chest which I feel has responded to the onslaught. I left out legs as I felt this was by far the most draining exhausting day and although I am after the complete physique, neglecting legs for a short while is a price I feel worth paying.
My question is this. About to start my 3rd cycle in a week or two and was wondering if I should continue with my new no legs routine or revert back to my usual full body routine. My goals in this cycle are to add good mass to my upper body - my legs aren't too bad. What do you think?

**hackskii** · 12-09-2004, 05:39 PM

Mark, do legs they can make your chest stronger.
A couple of factors here involve higher blood testosterone levels doing compound exercises (squats) and legs. Same with dead lifts.
And your central nervous system will get a jolt doing legs too which can help lagging body parts imporve.

If you can work legs (no injury) then by all means do them. Squats work the whole body even the diaphram. Cant go wrong here. They take alot out of you for a reason.

**Jimmy** · 12-09-2004, 09:38 PM

you could always look like big bird from sesamie street lol

MEATNECK · 12-09-2004, 10:37 PM

bunch of guys in my gym have the ole chicken legs...never do legs..
but the squat rack is always free...thats a good thing

winger · 13-09-2004, 01:02 AM

Doing squats promotes more natural tes than any other excercise period. Neglecting squats only makes for a smaller guy. You did ask.

DB · 13-09-2004, 10:06 AM

u got chest and shoulder on monday and sunday, i can never do that as my chest or shoulders will b hurting too mch and wont b able to do a proper work out,

mark · 14-09-2004, 04:36 PM

Cheers guys - a re-jig of my workout and inclusion of legs is back on the cards. I'm gonna squat till I'm sick!
On the subject of squats I remember hearing or reading somewhere that in his younger days Arnie used to go into the woods with his mates and squat till they could no longer walk! I unfortunately have no woods near me.....come to think of it no mates!!! so I'll just have to do the Birmingham equivalent and squat at the side of Spaghetti Junction!

megatron · 14-09-2004, 04:57 PM

squatting gets less nausiating over time

stevie · 14-09-2004, 07:26 PM

I hate squats- It's the the only one one I really have to force myself to do!

philipebrown · 15-09-2004, 10:35 AM

my legs are way bigger than any other bodypart i have so i havnt trained them much either. they respond very quickly and grow quickly to the point where during my last cycle i couldnt wear certain jeans coz my legs wouldnt fit. I have now switched to doing sets of 25 reps only from now on. WOnt be hitting the weight too much but is still very taxing!

AussieMarc · 15-09-2004, 12:44 PM

Offtopic - megatron I cannot stop watching your signiture... It's hillarious :P

Killerkeane · 15-09-2004, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by winger

Doing squats promotes more natural tes than any other excercise period. Neglecting squats only makes for a smaller guy. You did ask.

this is why squats are an absoulute must. Its the biggest muscle group, so it makes sense to train it. And like winger said, you get the biggest test levels from doing so.

**big** · 15-09-2004, 01:28 PM

Gotta work legs for sure. I'm hitting lower body twice a week.

powerU · 15-09-2004, 01:38 PM

I work legs once a week (naturally big enough), but do 3 additional sets of squats on chest day.

Killerkeane · 15-09-2004, 10:38 PM

training legs twice a week is very effective, your getting 2x more test levels out of it.

12-09-2004, 04:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
mark Getting HUGE! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1,360	Leaving out legs My routine looked like this up until a couple of months ago before I decided to hit my chest harder to try and boost it up. mon - shoulders and tris wed - back and traps thurs - legs sun- chest and bis Now it looks like this mon - shoulders and tris wed - chest and bis thurs - back and traps sun - chest As you can well see I have left out legs to give extra time to my chest which I feel has responded to the onslaught. I left out legs as I felt this was by far the most draining exhausting day and although I am after the complete physique, neglecting legs for a short while is a price I feel worth paying. My question is this. About to start my 3rd cycle in a week or two and was wondering if I should continue with my new no legs routine or revert back to my usual full body routine. My goals in this cycle are to add good mass to my upper body - my legs aren't too bad. What do you think? __________________ Mark To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

12-09-2004, 05:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
hackskii UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 23,704	Mark, do legs they can make your chest stronger. A couple of factors here involve higher blood testosterone levels doing compound exercises (squats) and legs. Same with dead lifts. And your central nervous system will get a jolt doing legs too which can help lagging body parts imporve. If you can work legs (no injury) then by all means do them. Squats work the whole body even the diaphram. Cant go wrong here. They take alot out of you for a reason. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

12-09-2004, 09:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jimmy UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Forest gym crawley Posts: 4,418	you could always look like big bird from sesamie street lol __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* 'Genetics is the science of heredity and variation in living organisms. Inheritance in organisms occurs by means of discrete traits, called genes.'

13-09-2004, 01:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
winger UK-Muscle Male Animal Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Southern California, USA Posts: 10,331 Blog Entries: 1	Doing squats promotes more natural tes than any other excercise period. Neglecting squats only makes for a smaller guy. You did ask. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

14-09-2004, 04:36 PM	#7 (permalink)
mark Getting HUGE! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1,360	Cheers guys - a re-jig of my workout and inclusion of legs is back on the cards. I'm gonna squat till I'm sick! On the subject of squats I remember hearing or reading somewhere that in his younger days Arnie used to go into the woods with his mates and squat till they could no longer walk! I unfortunately have no woods near me.....come to think of it no mates!!! so I'll just have to do the Birmingham equivalent and squat at the side of Spaghetti Junction! __________________ Mark To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

12-09-2004, 10:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
MEATNECK Gym Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: USA Posts: 201	bunch of guys in my gym have the ole chicken legs...never do legs.. but the squat rack is always free...thats a good thing

13-09-2004, 10:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
DB UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SW London Posts: 11,430	u got chest and shoulder on monday and sunday, i can never do that as my chest or shoulders will b hurting too mch and wont b able to do a proper work out,

14-09-2004, 07:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
stevie Newbie Trainer Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 14	I hate squats- It's the the only one one I really have to force myself to do! Last edited by stevie; 14-09-2004 at 07:27 PM. Reason: misake!

15-09-2004, 10:35 AM	#10 (permalink)
philipebrown Looking Freaky Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: north east Posts: 924	my legs are way bigger than any other bodypart i have so i havnt trained them much either. they respond very quickly and grow quickly to the point where during my last cycle i couldnt wear certain jeans coz my legs wouldnt fit. I have now switched to doing sets of 25 reps only from now on. WOnt be hitting the weight too much but is still very taxing! __________________ "no, no, side chest franco, not front chest!........ ....and if you don't have it, don't hit it!" Arnold...from the making of pumping iron.

15-09-2004, 12:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
AussieMarc UK-M's Token Aussie Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: QLD, Australia Posts: 1,492	Offtopic - megatron I cannot stop watching your signiture... It's hillarious :P

15-09-2004, 01:28 PM	#13 (permalink)
big UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: The only side effect of steroids is GREATNESS Posts: 5,420	Gotta work legs for sure. I'm hitting lower body twice a week.

15-09-2004, 01:38 PM	#14 (permalink)
powerU Getting HUGE! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Derbyshire Posts: 1,141	I work legs once a week (naturally big enough), but do 3 additional sets of squats on chest day.

15-09-2004, 10:38 PM	#15 (permalink)
Killerkeane The Geezer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Somerset although im not proud lol. Posts: 2,978	training legs twice a week is very effective, your getting 2x more test levels out of it. __________________ Fortes Fortuna Paratus Mens-Fortune favours the prepared mind.:amen: