Dear Cathe and others who train heavy, I'd really appreciate your opinion on this.
When doing the squats in S and H, I now find that I cannot lift enough weight onto my shoulders to really fatigue my legs. Up until now, I have being missing out the pre-fatigue sets because I didn't feel the need. The other day, I increased the weight by putting a rucksack on my back with a 5kg weight in it. It felt okay - just takes a little extra concentration to balance.
Do you think this is a good way to continue to increase the intensity and therefore increase muscle in the legs? Or, would doing the pre-exhaust sets be better? I just wonder whether the leg muscles will really grow from doing pre-exhaust lunges followed by lighter squats.
Thanks in advance!
Sharon.
When doing the squats in S and H, I now find that I cannot lift enough weight onto my shoulders to really fatigue my legs. Up until now, I have being missing out the pre-fatigue sets because I didn't feel the need. The other day, I increased the weight by putting a rucksack on my back with a 5kg weight in it. It felt okay - just takes a little extra concentration to balance.
Do you think this is a good way to continue to increase the intensity and therefore increase muscle in the legs? Or, would doing the pre-exhaust sets be better? I just wonder whether the leg muscles will really grow from doing pre-exhaust lunges followed by lighter squats.
Thanks in advance!
Sharon.