Comments on: The THT 2.0 Training Cycle. How To Train Your Legs (part 9)

By: Heath the Cheap High Protein Snacks Man

Heath the Cheap High Protein Snacks Man — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 01:50:32 +0000

I must say i am quite impressed with the routine you have outlined. I was especially surprised by the standing machine calf raises being added.

I have often seen just the plain calf raises. I know they are popular as well. I am assuming that if you can’t get to a machine that a regular calf raise will do just fine.

I like the fact that there is little room for error. Here you give solid proven exercises and when to do them. You even include rest periods. Major kudos to you my friend!

I recommend that every remember to stay hydrated during this.It is easy to loose a lot water through your sweat doing all of this.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:57:50 +0000

@Paul. If you want to swap that one workout, go ahead.
@Dale. After barbell squats, try hack squats, dumbbell squats, or just more sets of barbell squats. But a machine movement like leg press is ideal because of the ‘form failure’ point I made in the article.
@Andre. See above. Sets and reps remain the same. Dumbbell or barbell calf raises are ok if you can hold enough weight. I personally do seated or standing calf raises on my smith machine.
@Paul. Use a squat rack, or have someone spot you. There is nothing wrong with using a smith machine either.
@Terry @ Krs. Thanks!

By: krs

krs — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 15:03:41 +0000

Thanks for the time and effect Mark. Leg day looks neat.
I like the whole look of the THT 2 routine and will be cycling this as soon as my HIT routine and arm blast experiment has been completed.

By: Paul L

Paul L — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:23:08 +0000

Hi Mark,
firstly thanks for all this free info, my question is how do you perform squats to complete failure safely. Thanks Mark and I appreciate all you do. I purchased the arms blast experiment and cannot wait to give it ago when I finish 3.0. Currently on week 03.

By: Andre

Andre — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:19:22 +0000

Hallo Mark, i have the same question as Dale. Can one replace the 3rd and 4th set with sqauts if you don’t have a leg press machine and what must the sets and rep amount look like then?And what will be the best for calves – standing DB calve raises or seated calve raises as i don’t have a calve machine?

By: mike

mike — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:12:41 +0000

Hey Mark , just wanted to say GO PACKERS! Mike in Wisconsin.

By: Dale

Dale — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:28:42 +0000

Is there a substitute for leg press. I workout at home and dont have access to one.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:13:38 +0000

Can this be swapped with the THT 3.1 volume legs set?

By: Terry

Terry — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 20:49:23 +0000

Nice one, Mark. I just started this today after reading all the posts last week.
So today was this leg workout and it kicked my ass! In a good way though. Only 6 sets for my upper legs and i can feel some DOMS kicking in already. Can’t wait for tomorrow’s workout. Terry.