routine question

[Doug M.]

hi..

in the routine im doing now, on monday im supposed to be doing squats, then romanian deadlifts, and then leg press...since i work out at home, i cannot do deadlifts...

usually i would just do squats here, but i will have alredy did them.... any tips..should i just do another few sets of squats?

[RipStone]

Let me make sure we are clear hear. You do squats at home so you probably have a rack and an olympic bar. So why can't you do deadlifts where you really don't even need a rack? Just put the weights on the bar and keep the bar on the floor and perform the deadlift. Or am I not understanding something here...sorry if that's the case.

[chris_f]

See... i can understand how leg presses when you're at home can be a problem but... what's up with the deadlift? And in the future, squats are not a good replacement for the deadlift

[Doug M.]

woops..i just realized that i typed in deadlift...that should say "i cannot do leg press"...not deadlifts...sorry i confused u guys...

[chris_f]

OOOHHH... lol it makes so much more sense now! yea, leg press sucks anyways. I'd say do something that really isolates the quads. hack squats or front squats both come to mind.

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[Doug M.]

ok...thanks shark..u seem to know a lot more than your rating would show...as ive red other posts of yours...

[chris_f]

"u seem to know a lot more than your rating would show..."

haha yea, thanks man... that's kinda why I boycotted the rating system for a week or two. I figured its just a popularity contest anyways, and I have a tendancy to be rude and sarcastic.

Regardless, good luck with your routine [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Doug M.]

lol....yea..the routine went well today...doin front squats then two exercises later back squats is great....i didnt put a lot of weight on front squats because im still getting used to the form, but i did ok...

4x8 @ 107
then the back squats
4x10 @ 125