Leg Press personal best

[drscott]

[skip this boring entry!]

Leg day at the gym. Warmup with the leg press at 540# 15.15.15, then 630# 16, 760# 16.16.16.16.16. Record (go me!) -- though my legs aren't any bigger since 100# ago.

Then it's some leg extensions (255# 16.16.16), leg curls (105# 15.14.12), various piddly abductor and adductor things...... then a little cardio at the end to oxygenate everything.

I only do legs twice a month, with the second set centered around barbell squats, c. 245#. Total weight lifted for squats is the weight of the bar plus your body weight, so about 420# in this case, while the press, since it's at a 45 degree angle, is 760# / sqrt(2) or 540# (actually slightly more because of the unknown weight of the sled.) Yet the squat is much more draining, presumably since more degrees of freedom in motion means more energy expended to control posture and keep the back straight.

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[dr-scott.livejournal.com]

I write everything down in code. I usually never refer to it again, but I often forget just where I am in a gradual increase and need to refer to the records. This is very helpful when you get injured or ill and have to cut back, so you can see how long it takes you to catch up with where you were.