Arnold Leg Day Workout
In the Bodybuilding Encyclopedia Arnold revealed how he trained and showed how much volume he did in his workouts.
Arnold leg day workout. He was a big fan of the shocking principle which means not using the same repetitions and sets week after week. Your eight weeks of training will be split into two four-week phases. Day 1 Chest and Back.
He then would shock the leg muscles by changing from squats to leg presses with extremely heavy loads. Shoulders Arms Day 4. Legs Abs Day 4.
The Arnold split goes like this. Chest Back PM. Day Chest Back and Legs.
Arnold Schwarzenegger trained his legs three times per week with old-school exercises like squats leg presses hack squats and stiff-legged deadlifts. Leg curls 3-6 sets of 5-20 reps. Leg Press SETS.
Barbell Squat and Stiff-Legged Barbell Deadlift 5 sets 8-12 reps 2. Day Shoulders and Arms. Chest Back and Abs.
Chest Tricep Day 7. This assured that every exercise was performed at utmost intensity. Barbell bench press with stripping method barbell incline bench press dumbbell fly dumbbell pull-over pull-up wide-grip bent over barbell row bent over two-dumbbell row hanging leg raise.
