Not really, just like NBA players aren’t their own coaches. Jay cutler had insane genetics and worked hard but most of his info is very outdated. There’s no such thing as a finishing movement vs mass builder movement. When you do a set near failure in the gym, the muscle that got close to failure had all its fibers stimulated and that triggers muscle protein synthesis to be elevated for a few hours. It’s really that simple. No hate to jay and you could prolly learn a lot from him but the science of muscle growth wasn’t really figured out back in his day so not that lol
@@smallfry7304yes. 16-20 sets per body part is the ideal amount. Especially if you want to blow it up quick. Any less and you’re leaving gains on the table unless you’re a beginner. Any more and you’re probably over training
I so like the fact that such bodybuilding stars share their knowledge via CZcams. This integration of knowledge bring the international fans of the sport together. Many thanks from Athens Greece
I like to do these in conjuction with hamstring curls right after a big leg press or squat set. Definitely always do big muscle group workouts, into isolation for those same muscles.
I do the same workout for legs and my leg press has blown up, I went from 160 for 10 to hitting 500 for 10 today, my leg extension and leg curl strength has doubled as well, this is just from one month of consistently working out
Love them & discovered doing them reclined is exponentially better. I discovered not being able to walk after an exercise when I started doing reclined extensions. Insane difference.
I always do some sets of pause reps on extensions after a heavy squat workout, getting a damn good burn after a strength exercise always feels so great
Planet fitness leg day go like this: hit five sets on the calf extension machine. Then hit five sets on the leg extension machine, then five on the leg curl machine, then 5 on the leg press machine. All seated and cushioned machines with very low chance of injury with the ability to push as much intensity as you can manage. Smith machines are there if you want to do squats and so is a rackable leg press machine. If you are brand new you can start your legs with the workout laid out in this comment with the resistance settings at their lowest point.
I like to do all of my compound lifts and movements first so that I’m not tiring out one muscle by isolating it doing something like leg extensions. I usually do them at the end
I love Jay’s advice so much more that Mentzer’s. So much less pompous and gets straight to the point. Still takes his rest days but just keeps it real. Every time I watch a Mentzer short it’s always so vague and him just talking about rest.
I do think for more advanced lifters, they utilize isolation movements like these for pre-exhaustion and use it at the start, bit for beginners to intermediates it’s much better to use your freshest state for compound exercises instead and do extensions after
One of my favorite exercise ever. Like Tom Platz do alot of repetitions. Either nice and slow or explosive. Can do the whole stack on any machine so weight doesnt really matter to me. Amazing pumps and burn sensations. Always do more sets and reps, quick or slow depending on what angles and what weight ranges.
I do leg extension first, 20,18,16,14,12 then I move to squat 15,12,10 then leg press 20,18,16,14,12 then finish with lunges. My quads are pumped after that.
I've actually never really thought about it and have always decided in advance which exercises I should do and in what order and I now suspect that I may have wasted a little potential. Where could I find out more about how the different exercises are differentiated according to these 3 criteria?
I do leg extensions and leg curls on upper body days 😁 and all my workouts are 4x15 I havent worked out my legs in 10 years and have seen a growth in durability, flexibility, strength, size, and toneness within 3 months! Stay flexy! Stay hard!
Hack squats and Bulgarian split squats are the only 2 movements where i feel my quads burning. Never felt my quads when I did squats, leg press and extentions.
I always do these after hack squats. Usually 4 or 5 sets of those and 4 or 5 sets of these and kind of freestyle it for the remainder of my leg workout. Been working out great for me
I do the same, these are my warm ups before squats. But I do a lot more reps. 20-25 then progressive go heavier weight down to 12 reps. And hold a 5-10 second count and squeeze the quad s 😭😭😭
I do the same thing I warm my legs up starting th3 workout with it and then I Finish the work out with them , well I finish with the Calfs but it's next to last
Maybe someone here has a few tips: I train legs 1x every week consistently but I see almost no strenght and muscle gain. I usually start with either Smith Squats for 3 sets, denn legextensions or legpress, both 3-4 sets, after this I do leg curls for 3-4 sets and sometimes I do abductor and adductors too. On Extensions, Legpress and Curls I usually try to do 1 Dropset per LegDay (lower the weihht atleast 2 times)
What if I fractured my patella and had reconstructive surgery? I've been told to steer clear from leg extensions. I try flexing my quads at the end of every squat but I can never get them as pumped as when I used to do leg extensions.
If you think it's too easy try holding to top contracted position for 2-3 seconds and 3-4 seconds eccentric Try that and I'm sure you'll cry as you achieve failure on the machine
According to Tom Platz it’s a torture movement
KILL ME KILL ME!!!
The quadfather
You have to achieve failure
It is, nothing burns like a leg extension
gotta love going past failure w his lil hip thrust thing
The constant tension is great for blood flow and hypertrophy
If you don't stop at the bottom yeah but most machines don't let you get a full stretch
nope the complete opposite
When Jay Cutler is talking about body building, it is best for you to listen and learn.
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Not really, just like NBA players aren’t their own coaches. Jay cutler had insane genetics and worked hard but most of his info is very outdated. There’s no such thing as a finishing movement vs mass builder movement.
When you do a set near failure in the gym, the muscle that got close to failure had all its fibers stimulated and that triggers muscle protein synthesis to be elevated for a few hours. It’s really that simple.
No hate to jay and you could prolly learn a lot from him but the science of muscle growth wasn’t really figured out back in his day so not that lol
@@smallfry7304 Jay Cutler- 4 time Mr. Olympia. I think I'll listen to Jay and ignore you.
@@johnnymfbravo7163 sad I knew someone would say this. Are you going to copy Jays volume from his prime too?
@@smallfry7304yes. 16-20 sets per body part is the ideal amount. Especially if you want to blow it up quick. Any less and you’re leaving gains on the table unless you’re a beginner. Any more and you’re probably over training
12 reps with a pause at the top and a slow descent, KILLER Pump. My legs feel like stones afterwards.
I so like the fact that such bodybuilding stars share their knowledge via CZcams. This integration of knowledge bring the international fans of the sport together. Many thanks from Athens Greece
Body builders put out the worst information out there. Just saying. There’s way better stuff out there
Love you Jay! Been looking up to you for 16 years. keep at it my bro!
I like to do these in conjuction with hamstring curls right after a big leg press or squat set. Definitely always do big muscle group workouts, into isolation for those same muscles.
I do the same workout for legs and my leg press has blown up, I went from 160 for 10 to hitting 500 for 10 today, my leg extension and leg curl strength has doubled as well, this is just from one month of consistently working out
@@kylehanes5702in a year you’ll be leg pressing the whole gym
Leg curls leg extension superset for the win.
That's what I do as well. Leg extension is the next last exercise before hamstring curls.
Wrong
You hear almost every bodybuilder talk about strict form but they all seem to swing the weights around
If the wieght is heavy, swing is normal
Dorian Yates didn't
As always great advice! Thanks Jay!🙏🇺🇸👍
One of the greatest, and one of my favorite!Mr.Jay Cutler!
I use these as finishers, absolutely wreck the quads with these. Reverse pyramid, going from about 80-90 percent 1RM to about 40-50 over 3 sets.
Wait are you supposed to have a leg extension 1rm
@@Nofrontleverformeno
Leg extension 1RM😂😂😂 stop bro😂😂😂
I see there are some comprehension problems. It says 80-90 percent 1 rep max, not 1 RM. Carry on
@@Cenot4ph no but how do you know 80-90% of your 1rm if you haven’t tried a 1rm
Love them & discovered doing them reclined is exponentially better. I discovered not being able to walk after an exercise when I started doing reclined extensions. Insane difference.
I always do some sets of pause reps on extensions after a heavy squat workout, getting a damn good burn after a strength exercise always feels so great
Tom Platz said 10 sets😂
and 10 reps past failure :-D
@@OSRSylent_1 exactly😂
Looking good Jay! Been a long time fan, and happy to see you doing CZcams now.
Feels so good! My favorite workout
100% and they can especially make for a gnarly finisher!
Killer Quads.... I usually start with this. Here for it. 💪🏼
Thank you for your insight Sir
Respectfully,
Randy
Jay love your channel and the great advice you give! Keep up the great content!!!
Planet fitness leg day go like this: hit five sets on the calf extension machine.
Then hit five sets on the leg extension machine, then five on the leg curl machine, then 5 on the leg press machine.
All seated and cushioned machines with very low chance of injury with the ability to push as much intensity as you can manage. Smith machines are there if you want to do squats and so is a rackable leg press machine.
If you are brand new you can start your legs with the workout laid out in this comment with the resistance settings at their lowest point.
Awesome 👍💪🔥
Thank you Jay your tips mean a lot
The goat has spoken🐐
Yes you are right I am doing 👍
Jay still looks great
I love to listen to Jay 🤓👍
I love this video for the reaffirming quality of it.
I sure love your videos. Very informative and helpful. Straight to the point and very easy to understand. Keep up the great work beast! Thank you!
point the toes straight back towards you for the splits in the quads.
Tom Platz kill me!!!!
I like to do all of my compound lifts and movements first so that I’m not tiring out one muscle by isolating it doing something like leg extensions. I usually do them at the end
Same here and the thought process is valid. I find it stupid doing them first even as a warm-up set.
Warm up with Squats!
nah, it's better to pre exhaust a muscle before a compound
Thanks again Jay. Love your videos bro keep
them coming.
Love ya big guy keep up the content
The best exercise ever, the pump is nuts
I start at the beginning of my workout. If I you were to do them as a finisher, I wouldn't be able to perform them as well
It’s a great movement for defining the tear drop but it is very harsh on knee cartilage.
love this guy!
I love Jay’s advice so much more that Mentzer’s. So much less pompous and gets straight to the point. Still takes his rest days but just keeps it real. Every time I watch a Mentzer short it’s always so vague and him just talking about rest.
You know he is legend when he do extensions before squats.😅
Its like the tricep extension for the lower body
Thanks Jay ❤
Watching Trent Williams just flat out stop people in their tracks is crazy to see😂😂
Leg extensions are the most intense leg exercise that gets dismissed as a warm up or finishing movement, just like what Mr. o said.
I do think for more advanced lifters, they utilize isolation movements like these for pre-exhaustion and use it at the start, bit for beginners to intermediates it’s much better to use your freshest state for compound exercises instead and do extensions after
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I use it for a great warm up before I do my heavy lifting like squats and presses
After the squats too go all out i think its great
Awesome videos BROTHER 💪🙏
One of my favorite exercise ever. Like Tom Platz do alot of repetitions. Either nice and slow or explosive. Can do the whole stack on any machine so weight doesnt really matter to me. Amazing pumps and burn sensations. Always do more sets and reps, quick or slow depending on what angles and what weight ranges.
Very nice explaned🎉
Your. Correct. Sir
I love it for both
I do leg extension first, 20,18,16,14,12 then I move to squat 15,12,10 then leg press 20,18,16,14,12 then finish with lunges. My quads are pumped after that.
Man I twisted my knee 2 weeks ago ...still resting ❤ still swimming and walking stull injoying life but just not legs for a wile 🙏💯🤙
get well soon mate! btw how did you twist your knee? In a compound movement or an isolation like extensions?
It's funny you say " I never do this in thr middle of the workout" just watched your latest video and you just did it in the middle of your workout 😂
I've actually never really thought about it and have always decided in advance which exercises I should do and in what order and I now suspect that I may have wasted a little potential. Where could I find out more about how the different exercises are differentiated according to these 3 criteria?
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The only leg exersize i can use max weight for 12 reps on
I do leg extensions and leg curls on upper body days 😁 and all my workouts are 4x15
I havent worked out my legs in 10 years and have seen a growth in durability, flexibility, strength, size, and toneness within 3 months! Stay flexy! Stay hard!
You can stay flexy and also lift wights
u have worked out ur legs though. do u mean u havent done any heavy compound movements?
Idk if its great or not but i superset them with squats
Hack squats and Bulgarian split squats are the only 2 movements where i feel my quads burning. Never felt my quads when I did squats, leg press and extentions.
Squats don't do it for me either, i do leg press and these leg extension seriously wreck my quads. Try lower weight and more repetitions 12-20 range
Sup jay 😎
Thanks
Super jay
I always do these after hack squats. Usually 4 or 5 sets of those and 4 or 5 sets of these and kind of freestyle it for the remainder of my leg workout. Been working out great for me
how many reps?
I was doing front and rear twice a week only workouts and legs grew more was strange.
Imagine this guy performing the RKO on someone.
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I do the same, these are my warm ups before squats. But I do a lot more reps. 20-25 then progressive go heavier weight down to 12 reps. And hold a 5-10 second count and squeeze the quad s 😭😭😭
I do the same thing I warm my legs up starting th3 workout with it and then I Finish the work out with them , well I finish with the Calfs but it's next to last
I love jay❤
💯💪
So its a Finishing warm up builder?
Hi Jay !is that t-shirt available in your website?
It blows my quads up. My legs grow way quicker than any other body part 😂
I can’t put legs extension on my 1st workout I burn my quads too much on it
Pre exhaustion movement
Maybe someone here has a few tips: I train legs 1x every week consistently but I see almost no strenght and muscle gain.
I usually start with either Smith Squats for 3 sets, denn legextensions or legpress, both 3-4 sets, after this I do leg curls for 3-4 sets and sometimes I do abductor and adductors too. On Extensions, Legpress and Curls I usually try to do 1 Dropset per LegDay (lower the weihht atleast 2 times)
Hit them twice a week and go to failure for every movement. Make sure your contracting the muscle.
What about the ACL argument.. Is it valid
Leg extensions part of every leg day.
Yep
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What if I fractured my patella and had reconstructive surgery? I've been told to steer clear from leg extensions. I try flexing my quads at the end of every squat but I can never get them as pumped as when I used to do leg extensions.
Hi, I do 4 set the first 20 rep. 15 and 15 and the last one 20 reps. 😮😊😊
I learn from Jay, Dorian Yates and Tom platz.
These are great.
Thx 4 sharing all these tips Jay & Dave
i am injured in my knees from that
Has anyone ever experienced knee pain with this?
my fav
No one i like more than cutler
Single or double leg?
So for the warm up it won’t be till failure jsut a good weight to warm up and at the end use a good night weight to hit 12 reps till failure ?
I noticed in your earlier videos you have done them one at a time....is that for more definition and focus??
One leg is stronger than the other and when you do two at a time, other muscles help more.
Dorian yates used IT as warm up
If you think it's too easy try holding to top contracted position for 2-3 seconds and 3-4 seconds eccentric
Try that and I'm sure you'll cry as you achieve failure on the machine
It is crucial to get that blood flowing to the Lower extremities..❤
I'll test tomorrow
I like your Shirt Jay
I did 10 sets of leg extentions until failure today and i couldnt feel my legs after i was done😂😂
12-20 reps for legs.