In spirits of Halloween. Try this Nightmare of a leg exercise.
Sometimes, magazines and fitness experts come up with these crazy leg exercise challenges and say how X exercise will add strength and mass to your leg. Recently, I came across one expert saying to do 100 reps of Goblet Squats.
100? Of course that’s going to suck.
It’s like when burpees are thown around during bootcamps like candy leaving participants boasting about how hard and crazy the bootcamp was. 2 minutes of burpees, after doing squat jumps? No shit that’s hard.
With the Squat-Lunge Combo you don’t have to worry about feeling like a puppet. For this exercise, do anywhere between 8-12 reps with a moderate weight and call me in the morning.
This exercise can be the first exercise done, performed after your primary leg exercise like the squat or deadlift, or added to a conditioning complex.
Squat-Lunge Combo
With the Squat-Lunge Complex, you put two leg exercises into one which increases the duration of being under a load.
First, you perform a squat. After you do a squat, perform a reverse lunge, come back to the start and perform another squat, then finally do a reverse lunge with the opposite leg. That’s 1 rep.
Yup. 1 rep.
Told you it’s going to be a nightmare. It’s not easy and you will begin to feel the build-up of lactic acid which is a precursor to Human Growth hormone which aids in fat burning and anti-aging. It’s pretty awesome.
Perform anywhere between 2-3 sets of 8-12 reps. Remember each rep consists of 2 squats and one lunge per side.
Best of luck and Be Kū,
Daniel Aipa, Certified Kū Coach and Founder
