Exercises to pair up for leg workout

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Aetom

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So far I have (in order):

1.) Squat
2.) Squat- Lunges (bar resting like a squat, but doing a lunge)

I've been doing dead lifts after the lunges, but I don't do well. I fail really easy.

Any suggestions?
 
Are you doing FBW or a split? I would not do squats and deadlifts on the same day. Do squats and leg press or leg extension and good mornings one day and the next lower day do deadlifts and leg curls or lunges or hack squats.
 
It's a split. I alternate between upper and lower body.

This week it's Upper, lower, upper. Then next week it will be lower, upper, lower.

I read, I think in a Men's Fitness magazine, that leg extensions are, for lack of a better word, lame. They said to do some other exercise to substitute for it; I think it was the squat, but I'm already doing that.

Today is leg day and I'm going to workout in about 10 minutes, so I'll probably just do squat and dumbbell lunges.

Thanks for your input. But if you, or anyone else, could elaborate on the leg extension/leg curl opinion, that would be nice.
 
You could easily alternate between squat, front squat, and deadlift as your main movement

Then alternate between db or bb lunges, bb or db step ups, db or bb bulgarian squats, bb split squats, etc

Then throw in a posterior chain movement-
RDLs, back extensions, cable pullthroughs, sled drags

Throw in some ab and grip training
 
Aetom said:
But if you, or anyone else, could elaborate on the leg extension/leg curl opinion, that would be nice.
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Obviously leg extensions and leg curls are isolation movements and are not a substitute for a basic compound movement. I think everybody agrees that you need to do a quad dominant and a rear chain dominant compound movement (basically some form of sqauts and some form of deadlifts, cleans, pulls or good mornings) at a minimum.

After that there is a lot of disagreement on the value of leg extensions and leg curls as an accessory exercise. Almost all knee rehabilitation schemes involve some sort of leg extension and sometimes leg curl. Many argue that those movements are not needed or necessary for a healthy individual and some even argue that they are dangerous, especially if done with heavy weights. I personally do both all the time with as much weight as I can do for 15 reps and occasionally go heavier down to 5-8 reps. Of course I have torn cartiledge in both knees, one of which required surgery, and I am old, so I guess I am continually in "rehab" mode, but I find a set or 2 of leg extensions and leg curls helps keep my knees pain free.

I'd suggest trying some as either a warm up, before your compound movement or as a burn out after your compound movement and decide for yourself if they help or hinder you. I would also suggest starting with a very low weight and gradually increasing it over a long period of time to insure you will not cause any injury.
 
if your on a split then doing squats and deads is ok,if your doing fullbody as dswithers said dont do it.
you could do squat and sldl,and use a normall deadlift on your back day.
 
If I'm squatting in a rep range of 8 or above I think that performing them in a set with step ups is pretty cool. It really wipes out your quads

If I'm doing deads at a higher rep range then I like to follow up with GM's. I've never done these as a set though
 
I'm already anticipating that your squat routine is pretty intense. If you are already focusing on deep free weight squats, I'm also anticipating that you are getting better than average results. After I finish my squat exercises I have a tendency to follow up with 3-4 supersets, whether it is leg extensions or leg curls to add a little something-something.

-JJ
 
dswithers said:
Are you doing FBW or a split? I would not do squats and deadlifts on the same day. Do squats and leg press or leg extension and good mornings one day and the next lower day do deadlifts and leg curls or lunges or hack squats.
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IDK. I use to recommend this and since I started doing Squats and Deadlifts on the same day; as long as your eating enough; you will get good gains.
 
Kill them legs:

FULL BACK SQUATS/ FRONT SQUATS/ OVERHEAD SQUAT
Leg Press
Romanian Deadlifts
Stiff Leg Deadlifts
Lunges
Ham Curls
Calve Raises
Single leg squat variations.
 
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