It was all my body and mind could take, so I just performed
some traditional squat workouts during the other leg days during the contest prep.
Not exact matches
The
traditional routine was done 3 days a week, but with this kind of intensity, it's enough to
squat just once a week.The other two
workouts can be done with less intensity.
With a Friend: A New Way to Play with Cards Like Frisch's relay race, this fitness game from David Jack takes what would be a tortuous,
traditional workout — isometric holds of
squats and lunges — and distracts the player with a fun goal.
So, if you're following the
workouts in Huge in a Hurry and have an injured disc, replace all
traditional squats and deadlifts with single leg versions of each.
The main focus of my
workouts became: Bottoms - Up kettlebell presses, plate curls, plate wrist curls and levering - and the more
traditional strength movements (like
squats and deadlifts) became my supplemental exercises.