Hungarian Leg Blast

Bakedgoods · 5 Mar 2008 at 07:58

What do you guys reckon of this truely brutal squat routine.

It should be performed with approximately 30% of your 1RM. Yes, that does mean squatting without racking the weight. This looks insane!

Week 1

Session 1.1: (Monday) 1 x 2 minutes
Session 1.2: (Thursday) 1 x 2:20

Week 2

Session 2.1: (Monday) 1 x 2:40
Session 2.2: (Thursday) 1 x 3 minutes

Week 3

Session 3.1: (Monday) 1 x 3:20
Session 3.2: (Thursday) 1 x 3:40

Week 4

Session 4.1: (Monday) 1 x 4 minutes
Session 4.2: (Thursday) 1 x 4:20

Week 5

Session 5.1: (Monday) 1 x 4:40
Session 5.2: (Thursday) 1 x 5 minutes

Week 6

Session 6.1: (Monday) 1 x 5:30
Session 6.2: (Thursday) 1 x 6 minutes

Week 7

Session 7.1: (Monday) 1 x 6:30
Session 7.2: (Thursday) 1 x 7 minutes

Week 8

Session 8.1: (Monday) 1 x 7:30
Session 8.2: (Thursday) 1 x 8 minutes

Taken from: http://www.t-nation.com/article/bodybuilding/hungarian_oak_leg_blast&cr=bodybuilding

Chong Warrior · 5 Mar 2008 at 13:52

There would have to be something wrong with you upstairs to even try and put yourself through that.... I might have a go!

Bakedgoods · 5 Mar 2008 at 13:56

I'm tempted to throw it into my HIT routine instead of 1 set of squats to failure and just do 2 minutes, then 3 the next time I train legs etc.

GALT has been telling me off for wanting to do that though

chimponarope · 5 Mar 2008 at 14:26

That looks brutal, don't think I fancy trying to walk the next day though.

oddjob62 · 5 Mar 2008 at 16:30

8 Minutes of squatting??? I've done some Tabata sessions... bodyweight for 4 minutes (20sec on 10sec rest) and that almost killed me.

gareth.e · 5 Mar 2008 at 19:23

I want to give that a go!!!!

Going to have to do it at some point this year

Bakedgoods · 6 Mar 2008 at 14:34

I'm going to try it tonight :]

Probably go for 35/40KG.

Pigeon_Killer · 6 Mar 2008 at 15:29

Looks as much fun as gay rape and will probably causes your ass to hurt just as much.

Can't imagine how knackering this would be.

Chong Warrior · 6 Mar 2008 at 17:05

PMSL

rubberduck · 6 Mar 2008 at 17:31

Never sure about these sort of routines.... Is it a case of.

1) The guy has great legs because of this routine.

or

2) The guy follows this routine because he has great legs.

If you see the point I'm getting at...

Banzai_Joe · 7 Mar 2008 at 16:53

Pigeon_Killer said:
Looks as much fun as gay rape and will probably causes your ass to hurt just as much.

Can't imagine how knackering this would be.

LMAO.....quote of the year for sure!

Skull · 8 Mar 2008 at 09:45

pre1twa said:
Never sure about these sort of routines.... Is it a case of.

1) The guy has great legs because of this routine.

or

2) The guy follows this routine because he has great legs.

If you see the point I'm getting at...

You do hear a lot of people say that legs respond to volume. I've read about speed skater training and many seem to use very high reps... eg 500lb leg press x 100 reps.

I think it'd be something good to try.

Deadly Ferret · 8 Mar 2008 at 11:57

My machine will detract from the challenge of this routine, as in a way it would be as though I were still racking the weight, but I shall nonetheless give it a try and make sure I don't stay motionless at the top. I'll go for a higher weight percentage to try to compensate a bit too.

I don't have enough discs to find my max, but I'm currently using 100kg for sets of six so on Monday I'll try 50kg to start.

rubberduck · 10 Mar 2008 at 10:01

Skull said:
You do hear a lot of people say that legs respond to volume. I've read about speed skater training and many seem to use very high reps... eg 500lb leg press x 100 reps.

I think it'd be something good to try.

Not sure if I could face 100 reps of anything to be honest but as you suggest it may provide additional benefits over high weight/low rep routines.

I think Arnie said that the only thing his calves responded well to was high resistance cycling.

Banzai_Joe · 10 Mar 2008 at 10:10

Skull said:
You do hear a lot of people say that legs respond to volume. I've read about speed skater training and many seem to use very high reps... eg 500lb leg press x 100 reps.

I think it'd be something good to try.

That will be the difference between training your fast twitch fibres as opposed to your slow twitch ones. Endurance athletes would use higher reps to train their slow twitch fibres. Strength athletes and short distance sprinters benefit by use higher weight less reps to develop fast twitch fibres that produce energy in short bursts.

Skull · 10 Mar 2008 at 12:16

But in the context of bodybuilding whatever is building more muscle is the winner, and speed skaters have enormous thighs.

Banzai_Joe · 10 Mar 2008 at 12:21

Skull said:
But in the context of bodybuilding whatever is building more muscle is the winner, and speed skaters have enormous thighs.

Well yeah but that aint just by doing quad exercies in the gym. Have you seen the other stuff speed skaters do? Skating whilst pulling someone twice your weight behind you is one i'd like NOT to do! :eek:

Chong Warrior · 10 Mar 2008 at 12:42

Speed skaters have hugely over developed thighs and they look ridiculous

Skull · 10 Mar 2008 at 14:42

For their frame anyway, but i reckon a lot of bodybuilders would like that kind of leg development!

Killa_ken · 10 Mar 2008 at 14:44

an 8 minute squat?! Id rather put my leg through a log shredder.

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