Page 158 - Muscle & Fitness (December 2019)

FLEX_BACK TO BASICS B Y D AV I D B AY E

IT SEEMS AS if fitness enthu-
siasts and athletes alike are con-
Classically stantly coming up with new ex-

ercises to try to facilitate growth

Built Quads and better development of every
single body part, including legs.
While sometimes it’s simply nice
just to try new things in the gym,
From world championship powerlifting meets to the and other times the focus of
Olympia stage, two-time classic physique champion trying these new exercises and

Jordan Plantiko shares how he sticks to the basics hitting a muscle from different
angles is to help break plateaus,
when it comes to his leg routines and keeping quads.
it’s important to remember that
the basics of building strong
thighs remains the same today
as it has for years.
Wisconsin native Jordan Plan-
tiko, world champion powerlifter
turned 2019 IFBB Chicago Pro
and Omaha Pro Classic Phy-
sique champion, is no stranger
to heavy-duty, old-school leg
workouts, and with a certified
705-pound squat as a teenager,
his results speak for themselves.
Here, Plantiko takes us through
a typical quad day and shows us
how you don’t have to get fancy
or creative to get serious results.

WALKING LUNGE

SETS: 3–4 REPS: 15 per leg

“For this exercise, you can
use a dumbbell, a barbell,
or just your body weight.
I like to keep my stride a
little narrower to focus on
my quads for this move-
ment and less on the hips
and glutes, which you
might get going a little wid-
er. It’s important to make
sure you take a big enough
step so that your knee isn’t
extending out too far past
your toes, but you also
don’t want to take such a
big step that you lose your I A N S PA N I E R ; P E R B E R N A L
balance. I prefer to go with
about 30 total steps, or 15

with each leg.”

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