Train lower body twice or three times?
Question: Do you split up your lower-body workout? Describe your workout in the comments 👍🏼
💥”Is it right to train quads one day, hamstrings, glutes, and calves the next, and quads again the day after that?”
First, it’s important to understand that all compound movements, such as squats, single-leg lunges, and leg presses, work both the back and front of the thighs (quads), as well as the glutes!
Simply put: whenever you do a compound exercise to train your “legs,” you’re also training your butt… and vice versa.
Lower body
💥There are variations you can do to emphasize one area or another, but it’s not possible to completely isolate the muscles mentioned in these compound exercises! And training the lower body (LL) on consecutive days will NOT bring any benefits! Quite the opposite…
💥Based on my experience coaching clients and hearing their feedback, I believe this poor workout split is the main reason many people don’t reach their goals… You don’t need to train for many hours a week… you need to train WELL! Rethink your assumptions!
What exercises should you do in a lower-body workout?
There’s no magic amount of time to train, but generally, 40 to 50 minutes is more than enough to get good results from your workout.
And depending on how YOUR WORKOUT IS STRUCTURED—and my coaching clients know this well—sometimes we can have 20- to 25-minute workouts without sacrificing quality or results.
Except in specific cases where periodization calls for higher-volume workouts, you can train much faster and more intensely, giving you more free time.
Numerous studies have shown that more intense workouts, when used appropriately, offer us much greater benefits than high-volume workouts.
The problem is that a myth has taken hold that you need to spend at least two hours training at the gym, at least six times a week. That’s a complete waste of time and HEALTH!
