Quote (dxlightning @ Apr 16 2013 05:03pm)
I'm an atheist if only because I don't think any God would subject His children to legs day.
Fuck me, wasn't expecting the escalator at Verizon center to be out of service.
Sounds terrible. That is how I felt when I first started running. The next day was complete death and I took the escalator or elevator at the skytrain like a lazy ass.
I am wondering what to do with leg workouts, seeing I just returned to the gym because now I have decent Cardio.
I have been running/jogging ~ 5k most days (which is a far cry from where I used to be) and have noticed some good gains in my legs. Less fat muscle starting to show etc...
But I wonder how effective it would be to work on pure strength training for my legs. I used to do pretty high weights for the leg/calf press machines back in the day. But I feel nervous that I will hurt my knees, and if that happens I will not be able to run as well and my cardio will go to shit.
I do squats at home (should probably get some weights for more resistance) and do calf raises or w/e they are called where you raise your feet on your 'tippy toes' or whatever. This seems to be working.
Anyways I am rambling, wanted to ask, what gym excercizes would you recommend for your legs, without the use of machines and preferably with low stress on my knees. I do not care if I can leg press xxx pounds, I want to have practical power to make my life easier and help me run further/faster.
This post was edited by Killingyouall on Apr 16 2013 06:17pm