Magic Leg Strength After Yesterday’s Treadmill Sled of Dread

Today’s Workout Log

Warm-up

35 minutes of dynamic stretching and soft-tissue work

Workout

Front Squats – 115 pounds – Sets: 6/6/6/6 (2-minute rest between each)
Knee-Height Deadlifts from Rack – 155 pounds – Sets: 6/6/6 (2-minute rest between each)
Dumbbell Bulgarian Split Squats – 30-pound Dumbbells – Sets: 5/5/5 (90-second rest between each)

SuperSet (Do the two exercises back to back, rest 60 seconds, then repeat)

Glue-Ham Raises (Heavily Assisted) – Bodyweight – Sets: 10/10/8
Hanging Knee Raises – Bodyweight – Sets: 15/8/7

Cool-down

Dead Hang (elongates spine) – 62 seconds

Workout Journal Notes

My legs felt great today, despite yesterday’s intense training camp. I was expecting at least a little soreness, but, thankfully, I felt stronger than ever!

Although, I did have two tender bruises right around my hip bones, and I couldn’t figure out where they came from.

Then, it hit me: the Treadmill Sled of Dread!

You put a harness around your waist and lean forward while sprinting on the treadmill, so that had just dug in deeper than usual, since I did two hard sessions on it yesterday.

I’m still adjusting a bit on the Front Squat grip, since it’s quite uncomfortable at first on my shoulders and collarbone, but it’s supposed to get better in a week or two.

I powered through every exercise again and will be increasing weight on every exercise too.

I almost got through all 3 sets of Glue-Ham raises, even though they are still heavily assisted, but I’m pleased with my progress so far.

For Hanging Knee Raises, I completed a whopping 30 in 3 sets!

I’ve been calling them Hanging Leg Raises since beginning the program, but that isn’t completely accurate, since my idea of “leg” raises would be the straight-leg variety, and I’m doing the bent-knee version.

In fact, once I realized the naming discrepancy, I’m going to be trying the straight-leg version next time just to see how many I can do, since I haven’t tried those in a while.

They are MUCH harder!

I can’t believe week 2 is almost over, only 14 more to go in “Maximum Strength,” and it only gets better with every workout!