Leg day thoughts
26F, about 154lbs, been lifting regularly for about 3 years. My current goal is fat loss and simply maintaining the muscle that I do have, and subsequently toning up after I get to my goal weight.
Legs has been substantially hard for me to progress on for the past few years and I’m going on day 5 of being sore. I mostly want to grow my glutes and quads.
I literally cannot do any actual heavy weight due to a medical issue and just being generally weak with bad knees, but even doing 3 sets of lunges with a 15lb dumbbell and 2 sets of 35lb kettlebell squats has me STILL feeling sore today (Monday) from last Wednesday.
I’ve never noticed any real results from leg press, so I thought lifting some actual iron might help build some endurance strength for my legs/knees and just make everyday things hurt a little less. I used to be able to do 180lb for reps and then 200lb for a few as my max on leg press, but even then I didn’t get this sore.
I am vegetarian but get 90-100g of protein a day, which is very hard as it is, but especially when being on a cut. I eat a ton off eggs/egg whites and tofu to get that protein, as well as a protein drink after the gym, but I am always sooooooo sore. Any thoughts are welcome lol