Love it or hate it, leg day is a necessity to all gym-goers! I’ve structured my leg day to be stimulating and enjoyable: after a brief stretch and cardio exercise (running or cycling), I headed over to the barbell zone and did my squats and deadlifts, in addition to developing hamstrings, glutes and other leg joints, these are great for your back, and after a good few sets, you’ll feel the burn for days on end (hence why leg day is the last bit of training for the week and I take a few days off afterwards). 

With the higher weight exercises out of the way, we transition over to the machine circuit, three machines, 3 different movements – curls, extensions and the leg press, if you are looking to get massive legs, up the weight each time, but bear in mind that your legs will size much quicker than the rest of your body, and can make you look disproportionate; so for my circuit, I stay at the same weight each week so as to tone my leg muscles, and when my upper body catches up, I will increase the weight proportionately.  

Leg day rounds up my exercises for the week, my body needs to recover and rebuild, and I have a few shifts at work to get out of the way so I couldn’t workout even if I wanted to!

Though my workouts for the week are over till Monday now, I am working in the time periods that I would otherwise be exercising – not to mention the student experience that is being a pedestrian! If you are not happy with a 4 day training routine, no problemo — add a day, take away a day, do it every other day, just make sure you do what you feel your body will benefit from!

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