Question about recovery on AAS and Neglecting a body part

[DexterMorgan]

People give me sh*** for this, but I don't hit my legs.
I did for about 2 years out of 3,5 years that I'm lifting.
Legs still look bulky, but its been a year since I had a leg workout.
It doesn't fit my schedule at all, I have to sit, bend over, and walk a lot at work which is pain after a nice leg workout. So it was messing with my productivity at work, it took my legs long to recover. Plus I don't get as much sleep time as I should due to my full time job and uni.

Now that I'm on cycle, I heard recovery time is faster, is it really noticeably faster? Does it help soreness go away quicker?

 

[Docd187]

Soreness and recovery are two separate things. Soreness is not necessarily indicative of how hard you trained a muscle just as you can be fully recovered from a workout but still sore.

I would always do legs, it's the basis of all your power, that and hips. Bulky or not (my legs are like free trunks compared to upper body, I squat heavy 3x per week and have a very physically demanding job.

Cliff notes: do legs even if just squats. If you want to do more cut back on machine exercises and/or volume to reduce DOMS

 

[joe d]

aas do make recovery better and faster. regardless of your aches and pains, if your not squatting your entire body is lacking. are you at least doing deads?

 

[DexterMorgan]

Yes I'm doing dead-lifts once a week, and my calves too. For example if I were to do a leg workout on tuesday, I will be sore Wednesday. After walking around lifting, bending over at work, soreness gets even worse on Thursday. So I'm walking like a robot who can hardly bend his knees. I got to the point where I was squatting 315 x8, my diet was on check, but soreness was unbearable.

 

[Docd187]

Yes I'm doing dead-lifts once a week, and my calves too. For example if I were to do a leg workout on tuesday, I will be sore Wednesday. After walking around lifting, bending over at work, soreness gets even worse on Thursday. So I'm walking like a robot who can hardly bend his knees. I got to the point where I was squatting 315 x8, my diet was on check, but soreness was unbearable.

Hats how I was at the beginning but after a while it becomes normal lol. My job again is very physical, always on my feet, climbing ladders, picking up heavy equipment, crawling, bending etc and I squat 3x a wk and dead lift 1-2x a wk and soreness is not an issue for me. Try cutting back on the volume of your leg day or keep volume high and lower intensity a tad bit.

 

[joe d]

Hats how I was at the beginning but after a while it becomes normal lol. My job again is very physical, always on my feet, climbing ladders, picking up heavy equipment, crawling, bending etc and I squat 3x a wk and dead lift 1-2x a wk and soreness is not an issue for me. Try cutting back on the volume of your leg day or keep volume high and lower intensity a tad bit.

this is how i would approach it. id try a single 20 rep set 3x per week to start. id give it a couple weeks before determining its not working out.

 

[dirtdogg22]

I throw around ladders all day, up and down, in crawlspaces and barely ever get to sit down while working. I still do legs and love doin them. sometimes when I'm carrying real heavy stuff around, I do a farmers walk. I love training legs..

 

[imdennis]

nothing worse then a guy admitting to not hitting legs... legs are your biggest muscle, idc how big you think your legs are, work them!

 

[Docd187]

nothing worse then a guy admitting to not hitting legs... legs are your biggest muscle, idc how big you think your legs are, work them!

Maybe getting deca dick AND not working legs?! Lmfao. I agree if nothing else legs should be the first thing to work.

 

[MeatHead96]

Pussy lol legs is what separate the men from the boys. Man up. Everybody's got an excuse for why they don't hit legs.

 

[DexterMorgan]

I'll just stick to the basic compound movements like squats and lunges. Anything that puts too much pressure on hams I'll try to avoid because hams what mostly bothers me. I think they still look okay for a natural guy, just lost the definition.

 

[jSalud]

Gotta do em. Don't be "that" guy who skips legs. I am walking and carrying people for 12 hours straight at work and still hit legs. Eventually the DOMS will be just a pleasant reminder that you lift properly.

 

[robbiek426]

Your legs are the base of your body and in my profession, the core of almost all of your strength. If I had a player that didnt work his legs he would get thrown around the field at our level of competition. Working your legs benefits your body as a whole. If you want to get bigger and stronger, IN ALL AREAS, leg day is a must. When you do a squat or a deadlift, you are activating by far, more muscles then any other lift. There are so many muscle components working in a squat, slow twitch, fast twitch, skeletal muscle, your entire core. It speaks for itself as to how important they are. I would rather brag about my 34" quads than I would my dick size...........3.5" isnt much to brag about anyways.......

 

[Docd187]

Your legs are the base of your body and in my profession, the core of almost all of your strength. If I had a player that didnt work his legs he would get thrown around the field at our level of competition. Working your legs benefits your body as a whole. If you want to get bigger and stronger, IN ALL AREAS, leg day is a must. When you do a squat or a deadlift, you are activating by far, more muscles then any other lift. There are so many muscle components working in a squat, slow twitch, fast twitch, skeletal muscle, your entire core. It speaks for itself as to how important they are. I would rather brag about my 34" quads than I would my dick size...........3.5" isnt much to brag about anyways.......

Your twin turbo GOAT is like having 4-18in dicks.......you've got plenty to brag about buddy!!

 

[Millertime]

That took ballz to admit. With that said a true weightlifter exercises every major muscle. If your telling us you can't deal with muscle soreness you don't belong in a gym. I don't have respect for cheaters so man up and hit those legs!

 

[DexterMorgan]

That took ballz to admit. With that said a true weightlifter exercises every major muscle. If your telling us you can't deal with muscle soreness you don't belong in a gym. I don't have respect for cheaters so man up and hit those legs!

lol, I know I need to work them out.

 

[surfdog]

Hats how I was at the beginning but after a while it becomes normal lol. My job again is very physical, always on my feet, climbing ladders, picking up heavy equipment, crawling, bending etc and I squat 3x a wk and dead lift 1-2x a wk and soreness is not an issue for me. Try cutting back on the volume of your leg day or keep volume high and lower intensity a tad bit.

same for me man, I work 60+ hrs a week, very physical that's why I do total body now. squats, chest, back 3x a week, dead lift, bys and tri once a week, I don't have the time or energy to do the kind of work outs I used to, but it still works and my legs don't get that sore anymore, but since you haven't worked then in a year I'm sure you'll get sore at first

 

[DexterMorgan]

same for me man, I work 60+ hrs a week, very physical that's why I do total body now. squats, chest, back 3x a week, dead lift, bys and tri once a week, I don't have the time or energy to do the kind of work outs I used to, but it still works and my legs don't get that sore anymore, but since you haven't worked then in a year I'm sure you'll get sore at first

Yeah I'm gonna be sore for sure. Most likely even get muslce cramps. I remember it felt good to stand in a squat rack looking in a mirror seeing yourself with a 315lbs.

I was worn-out, university and full time job isn't easy when you gotta fully support yourself. Sleeping 3-4 hours a nigh, last thing you need is the sore wheels for 10 hour work shift, so I had to choose.

But now that school is over, I can get back to it. Gonna hit them on Saturday's starting today, since i'm off on sunday, hopefully that would make things easier.

 

[blazer69]

I love leg day. its my strongest body part by far!

 

[lightweightbaby123]

Lol it takes a handful of leg workouts to get over severe leg DOMS....it will still happen occasionally but not as severe as when you first start training a muscle.

Time to man up IMO