1 Post(s)Gender: MaleGoal: Gain MuscleDate Joined: July 7, 2019
Posted
Hey Scott, I just started the 12 weeks yesterday. I know usually I would do Circuit A today, but on Sunday I actually went and did Leg Day with a friend of mine and blew my legs up pretty good. My quads are still really tight, so I'm not sure about the jumping squats today as part of Circuit A. I was thinking of moving to Circuit B or Pull Day, but Circuit B I have the same concern with doing burpees or anything that requires using my legs. I was looking at Pull Day, and I'm not sure how effective I can deadlift with my quads being so tight. Any tips you can give on modifying Circuit A or B or Pull Day this week so I don't lose out on a day would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
7.1K Post(s)Gender: MaleGoal: BodybuildingDate Joined: August 8, 2008
Posted
@bburnham89 Sounds like you had an awesome leg day with your friend man! The pump must have been unreal! I'm not sure you should just skip out altoghether, I know this is a little late now, sorry about the late reply, but you can use this for future reference.
In this situation my suggestion would have been to work on loosening up your quads with a bit of stretching, but mainly foam rolling. You could do a few warm-up sets and then work on some stretching and foam rolling both before and in-between those sets and that could give you a guage of whether you would have worked out that tightness, or whether you had to do something else.
The other option is that if they are still tight, still train legs, but don't go balls to the wall, just work on getting some blood flow there with higher reps and really light weight because all that blood flow will actually be helpful for recovery - basically like active recovery.
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