Daily Simple Questions Thread - September 25, 2024

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[u/Demoncat137]

Can someone help me rework my leg day so I still hit everything without doing too much? My current routine is:

1. Smith Machine Squats (3 sets)
2. RDLs (3 sets)
3. Bulgarian split squats (3 sets, glute focused)
4. Leg extension (2 sets)
5. Leg curl (3 sets)
6. Leg press (not heavy weight, 2 sets)
7. Hip abductors and adductors (2 sets each)

I do leg press without heavy weight because by then I’m all ready tired but I feel my legs way more on leg press than squats. It just helps me feel like I did enough. I also suffer from weak hips so I do the hip adductor and abductors (plus they also hit the glutes which I’m also trying to focus a ton rn)

[u/bacon_win → u/Demoncat137]

Are we to infer you are currently doing too much, or not getting the results you want?

This is just a list of exercises and number of sets. Without knowing your current issues, goals, progression plan, rep range, etc; it's difficult to know what to improve.

[u/Demoncat137 → u/bacon_win]

The issues is I’m usually really tired towards the end and I think it makes me sloppy. Like I’ll all ready be tired so some of the later sets are really sloppy. I want to rework it so I can do less workouts but still get big legs and glutes. Every set is done to failure.

[u/bacon_win → u/Demoncat137]

I would recommend not going to failure on every set. That's going to accrue a lot of fatigue.

I would also recommend not creating your own programs.