Ever HAd?

Despite being the apparent gym junkie that I am.. there’s one thing I’ve never liked working on….

My legs.

Like most people in the gym…(and yes.. there’re loads of them..) I find working out the legs boring… yes.. it’s challenging when you do a squat or a leg press with the appropriate weight… but I fail to feel that ‘pump’ factor you get when you bench press or do a bicep curl with a barbell… it just doesn’t do it..

My reasoning for not doing legs is this… I do cardio.. I do 20-30 minutes of intensive but at specific interval running on the treadmill… If I’m up to it.. I’ll probably throw in 5-10 minutes of skipping.. (which is usually never…).. that’s sorta utilising your leg muscles, right?

Unfortunately… No.. it doesn’t utilise the whole leg… and it’s been encouraged amongst the gymming community to work out the legs in addition to the rest of the body to promote a ’systematic release of Growth Hormones needed to build muscle’ …

Point taken… (Besides.. I’ve seen a guy walking into the gym with a well developed chest and biceps… but has legs that could give Lara Flynn Boyle a run for her money… )

So yesterday at the gym… I thought.. why not..? I could start it out b4 I go into working out my back.. So I do 3 sets of weighted squats (which is like the leg equivalent of the almight bench press), 3 sets of 45 degree leg presses and 3 sets calf raises.. as expected… challenging… but lacking that ‘pump’..  but the workout was done.. so I proceeded to do my back..

This morning I woke up… my legs felt ok… I figured the L-glutamine supplement was working.. but then… as the hours passed as I was at work.. I started to feel some serious discomfort in thighs… this went on until i couldn’t even squat down to pick up a pen… (and this seriously doesn’t help when your work locker’s at the bottom…)… 

Right now… my legs are seriously sore… this makes walking to the bus stop a bit of a problem..

Think I’m gonne skip cardio today…. :p

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