Arnold Schwarzenegger Once Revealed Preferred Tricks to “Shock the Body” for Optimal Leg Development

Training your legs is the hardest part of your training, and many individuals try to skip Leg Day. But the legend of bodybuilding history, Arnold Schwarzenegger, thinks differently and pays enough attention to his leg workout. Despite his age of 76, he still looks much fitter than many people half his age. 

Recently, a short video was uploaded to the YouTube channel Muscle Mind Media. The seven-time Mr. Olympia shared his leg workout regime to attain massive thighs. He revealed the exercises he used to perform in his prime time with his gym partners. 

Arnie shocked the body with a leg press

In the video, Arnie explained,” Squats is I think the most important exercise to make the thighs big.” He thinks squatting is one of the most important exercises to create muscular thighs. The seven-time Mr. Olympia highlighted the leg workout he used to do. He did rear squats, front squats, leg extensions, lunges, and stiff-legged deadlifts for optimal gains.

“Then we sometimes, in order to shock the body and the muscles, we would switch from squats to leg press.” The Austrian Oak used to stack up the leg press machine with a lot of weight to perform heavy sets.

The seven-time Mr. Olympia seamlessly shifted from squats to leg presses, displaying his versatility and dedication to training his legs to the fullest extent for visible results. The Austrian Oak not only talked about his leg workout but also revealed how a 15-minute workout can be intense.

The Austrian Oak’s 60-second workout method 

In his daily newsletter, the Terminator made individuals reconsider their choice of spending hours in the gym. He explained that intensity can be achieved through the duration and how much you lift throughout your workout. He gave a warning to every gym rat that training to complete failure every day might not be beneficial in the long run. 

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To overcome this situation, Arnie introduced a training approach called exercise every minute on the minute (EMOM) training. “This workout maximizes every minute and has you done in less than 15 minutes,” says the seven-time Mr. Olympia. He further elucidated that in this method, one must start a 60-second timer, complete 10 reps of the first exercise, and rest only for the time left until the timer goes off. For the next five exercises, repeat the same process. 

 Legs are the most important muscle to hit, and one must never skip training their legs. What are your thoughts on Arnie’s leg workout regime? Will you follow his workout regime? Let us know in the comments.

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