Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has simply shared a take a look at the high-volume leg day exercise he makes use of to construct these famously huge quads, posting a clip to Instagram from his Iron Paradise through which he will be seen performing a “large set” of belted squats. This variation is nice for individuals with again points or upper-body ache, as including a belt to the train helps to unload the backbone and put the stimulus precisely the place it ought to be: on the legs.
“Late evening grind. Legs,” Johnson wrote within the caption. “4 large units ending with 15-20 reps (or til failure) of belt squats. Big units = 4 rounds of 4 workout routines again to again w/ no relaxation between workout routines. Relaxation interval between units not more than 90 seconds. Push your self for a 3-5 depend detrimental and all the time management the load.”
“Burn is unimaginable,” he continued, including that his legs have been “utterly on fireplace.”
Johnson is deploying slowed-down, ultra-controlled actions on the reducing portion of the train right here, a method he continuously makes use of with a view to maximize the muscle’s time beneath stress, guaranteeing he achieves the very best quality of eccentric contraction. In different phrases, he’s getting absolutely the greatest bang for his buck per rep.
He has loaded up the bar with plates on this video, however a number of the time with the slower eccentric actions you may wish to deal with executing every repetition with the perfect management and method, reasonably than lifting extra weight.
Philip Ellis is a contract author and journalist from the UK masking popular culture, relationships and LGBTQ+ points. His work has appeared in GQ, Teen Vogue, Man Repeller and MTV.
