Crushing Leg Day myths
What do we know about the leg day? The most common opinion is that the after effect of it destroys you the next day, your legs feels like jelly, it seems like you are not even in a control of your own legs, and walking to the corner shop seems like mission impossible.Well guess what? It's all true, but it's not that bad as you are imagining!
Hence, this is why many people skip the leg day, do it once a week as the most dreadful workout, or try to find a silly excuse to avoid it. Let me introduce you with the most common leg day myths/excuses and help you to crush them!
LEG DAY MYTHS THAT ARE HOLDING YOU BACK FROM HAVING TREE TRUNK LEGS. CRUSH THEM NOW!
"I have bad knees, so I can't do lower body training"
Well, I have some good news for you! Yes, you can! Here's the thing, if you have pain in your knees or joint stress, it is usually due to a tight muscle on one side and a weak muscle on the opposite side. First thing to do before your workout is to grab a foam roller and start your workout bu releasing your muscle tissue. Next, you have to make sure you follow up your workout with a good stretch before and after your training. Of course, you have to choose workouts that don't make the quads do the majority of the work and most importantly, train smart.
Here's some exercises i would recommend to start with:
Box squats.
Reverse lunges.
Reverse hypes.
Glute, hamstring raises.
"It's genetic, skinny legs run in the family"
It sucks to be you then, doesn't it? Personally, I find this excuse as the biggest lie people choose to tell themselves for to working hard to get the results you want. Even if you did inherit skinny legs, there are tons of ways of making them stronger and bigger! It's up to the persons attitude and determination. Simply start with some squats!
"You can't do legs more than once a week, because legs need 48 hour recovery and you have to train other body parts. There's just not enough time for it!"
Recovery doesn't necessarily mean inactivity! In fact, physical activity is actually beneficial on non-lifting days. Some light cardio or even light lifting on rest days won't affect your recovery abilities and even help to speed up recovery and reduce soreness by increasing circulation to the area.
Anyway, we all know that "no pain - no gain" saying, so obviously leg training won't be only rainbows and unicorns, as none of the training is. You have to put your effort, sweat, put all the excuses aside and i'm sure you'll crush leg day as any training! Good luck!
