Leg Day buuuuut

Leg day but it's heavy on the glute work !

Now my legs did feel this workout but today was really all about the glutes!

Now it was also one of those days where the weights just felt extra heavy, so I did 4 sets of 8 reps of everything. I didn't want to go down in weight bc my form was fine just felt weak...so less reps same weight was the answer for me

Like I said this one is definitely more geared to the glutes so if you want to really #growyourglutes HEAVY IS BEST!! and definitely don't skip your protein to help those muscles grow. I usually double my protein intake on legs and glutes day!

I am successfully well behind schedule though so toodles for now ✌🏾 ✌🏾

#gluteday #legdayworkout #legday

2025/10/29 Edited to

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