Here it is! My all time favorite routine on legs! A great double pre-exhaustion which digs the inroad of the century. Bear in mind, this is not NTF - but I judge that the legs can tolerate it (or at least has, for 5 workouts/twice weekly).
Question to Dr Darden:
I am rapidly progressing in strength. Is it accurate to add weight on the leg press first (or only)? I hesitate adding weight on the dumbbell squat.
Do you prefer dumb bell squats versus barbell squats? Also, regarding dumb bell squats, can you give me the step by step technique in performing dumb bell squats. Thanks.
Yes, I prefer dumbbell squats to barbell squats. A good description of dumbbells squats is in the article above: “A 5-Minute Quad Workout That Might Kill You.”
Dr. Darden, I wonder is this intended to be a stand alone workout of just these three sets? Or as the last three sets of a more complete 30-10-30 workout? For the wall squat the article says ‘At the end of the 60-second hold, all you have to do is sit down’, which implies this is the last set of the workout. Normally I would put legs at the start of a workout, but the wall squats seem to be the natural end of this routine on several counts. What do you think?
I have successfully applied this routine in the beginning of a workout. It serves both as a proper warmup, as well as a great leg routine. After which you are well prepared for training other muscle groups.
Another more important point after 3 weeks: My pants are now smaller than before - or is it the legs… Again, Dr Darden’s ideas work great for me!
Just curious what the rationale is for preferring dumbbell squats over barbell squats, given the latter lend themselves more easily to heavy loading, if you don’t mind me asking?