Who loves leg day?
Not. Me.
Leg day is my least favorite. It’s why I always do it with my trainer. He pushes me harder than I would push myself, and it’s like a mini-therapy session. My least favorite thing in the WORLD are Hack Squats. I’s rather do 25 reps of something (I also hate volume) than do Hacks.
You may have seen the pic below on Instagram or Facebook. I call it “The Hack Squat: A Hate Story.” In my face you can see my progression from determination to “I might puke” to… the “poop” face.
Because misery loves company, I brought along my baby sister, Madison. If you have siblings, you know that everything is a competition. I won. Not only did she admit that I’m stronger, but we also compared butts.
31 year old vs. 23 year old butt. Just sayin’…
This WIAW was a little scattered. I’m in full-on monkey mode right now. Read: I forgot pics. I ate dinner at 10pm, if that tells you anything.
Read on for my eats, and then check out Jenn’s blog for everyone else’s delicious creations!
Breakfast:
After my morning cocktail, I mixed up my morning sludge and ate it with muesli before hitting the gym. When I got home, I was running late and forgot to take a pic of my Chocolate-Beet Smoothie bowl. Rest assured, it was delish.
Mid-Morning Snack:
Sizzlefish Haddock baked with salsa and a side of honey mustard-roasted broccoli slaw and bell peppers. Purple sweet potato for “dessert.”
Lunch:
I took a pic, but it sin’t pretty. Soup is hard to photograph! In tupperware, no less.
The colder months mean tons of quick soups for me. This was and harissa and tomato paste, thinned with chicken broth and a little water. Then I added shredded turkey, red peppers, garlic, mushrooms, and parsley. No measuring, no recipe… I can’t actually believe it turned out so well!
Mid-Afternoon Snack(s):
Unpictured Raspberry White Chocolate Quest Bar. It’s my favorite (unbaked) flavor.
Dinner:
Once again, dinner was thanks to Garnish & Gather! I pick these up every Monday to cook on Tuesday nights. It’s convenient, and all of the (local!) ingredients all packaged up for a fresh, quick meal.
Tonight was Tomato Garlic Roasted Chicken with Parmesan and Onion Farro and Broccoli (slaw).
Dessert:
I ate some chocolate. Again without a pic.
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I’m so ready for Thursday. I have company coming… wheeee!
Do you like leg day? Have you ever done hack squats? They’ll make you hate legs.
What’s your favorite quickie winter soup?
I have not tried hack squats but now I MUST! I’m planning my leg day around this now – I have to go to the gym uptown instead of down the road but I must know the delight of hack squats now 🙂
Chocolate beet smoothie bowl sounds delish! Thanks for sharing!!
Yes, you must! Let me know what you think… you may hate me. Hahaha!
Oh wow I don’t recall ever doing hack squats but I can tell I’d hate ’em ;)! I have a love-hate relationship with leg day too even more so when lunges are thrown in- ICK! Your dinner looks especially yummy- any recipe?
Thanks! No recipe… it was from my Garnish & Gather order!
Oh man, the hack squat hurts my shoulders so badly!
Really? I haven’t noticed that… too busy crying over my quads I guess. HA! Make sure you’re keeping your back flat against the pad.
I haven’t done hack squats in forever!! But I can promise you that the 16 sets of squats I did on Monday were equally puke-worthy. I hate volume. That dinner looks yummy! Oh and I eat dinner at around 10 almost every night, so join the party – I think you’re secretly European at heart 😉
I think I am not-so-secretly European at heart. HA!
I actually love hack squats but haven’t done them in awhile. Maybe that’s why I can say I love ’em? I dislike shoulder day. It’s by far my least favorite. Probably because it’s my weakest!
see? YOUR LEGS ARE BAD ASS.
Id have thought you LUVED you some leg day.
HA! I appreciate it… but they are STUBBORN!
I’m really into soup right now too. I love leg day
I am MISSING leg days right now so bad! You never know how much you appreciate varying your workouts until you can’t work that part of your body any more. Also, SOUP. Definitely the ugliest food to photograph. I find taking the pic before I heat it up helps….but it still never looks great.
This is true… I’d feel a little guilty… but OMG I hate hack squats. 😉
Heal up!!! xo
I actually love leg day… I’ve had to tone them down a lot lately because I’m training for a half marathon and going too hard on leg day= not doing my run the next day. I can’t wait until December to get back to it, hack squats included.
Legs are the best! I would so rather work them than upper body stuff!
Can I add my 36 years old butt to the collection? 🙂
Company. Yay!!! 🙂
As my twerking partner, you must!
I hate leg day too. I used to actually like it much more when I belonged to a gym and had access to a squat rack. It’s REALLY hard to go heavy with weights with just dumbbells. I’m definitely in a rut. But once I get started I keep going and going thinking of other exercises I desperately need to be doing to try to fix all my imbalances. You’d think as a trainer I’d know how to plan better 😉
Leg day is intense! I kind of love that it makes me sweat though and gets my heart rate up. Never heard of hack squats- now I feel obligated 😉 .. haha, love the butt comparison.. And purple sweet potatoes for “dessert” 🙂 🙂 have a great rest of your week!
Your ass looks superb – I’d do hack squats for that too. Eventually I feel I’ll have to get a trainer, I’m not motivated enough on my own lmao Have a great one Laura! -Iva
That’s my exact issue! But only when it come to legs. The rest I’ll kill myself over. Selective workouts… lol!
I hate legs too! Hack squats are my absolute least favorite. I dont know why??? I can deadlift and lunge all day but squats in general in not a fan of.
I’m one of those annoying people that love leg day. I can even handle hack squats…although they’re not exactly my favourite. Lunges, however….I avoid them like it’s my job.
Oh, we did lunges too. Backward lunges with the barbell. Super fun to do hacks after that.
Soup is my favie fave. I make this super quick soup with just yellow split peas, zucchini, carrots, celery, and spinach, oh and low sodium veggie broth, boil it, let it simmer for about 40 minutes then just blend it up and call it Dinner. So easy.
I can’t even talk about leg days when I’m in a cast haha. It makes me sad to look down and remember I can’t even walk right now
That is a great soup! It’s so cold and rainy here today – all I can think about it hot soup.
Maybe I am the minority, but I like leg day! My lower body needs the most development and it burns the most calories so it’s a win-win to me. I always enjoy a little chocolate after dinner too. 🙂
i love leg days and soup… i know, i am weird. I like not being able to walk the next day. LOL!
Masochist.
I don’t do leg day; I do pylometric moves and that’s basically the end of my life.
I died feeling the burn.
LOL! That used to be me…
Leg day is my least favourite workout as well. But I make myself do it because I know the reason I don’t love it is because it’s hard for me. We always need to do the hard things, right 😉
You sound like my trainer!
LEG DAY CAN SUCK A BIG FAT HAIRY AND SLIGHTY CURVED D……….
AH HA HA! Ugh, but I need someone in the gym with me to WHIP ME INTO SHAPE! You would murder me I am sure! LOL!
Oh, I’ll whip you!
I like the visual of full on monkey mode Laura. I suspect it’s very different than my monkey visual.
Also, if that’s your poop face, we need to up your fiber. 😉
It’s my monkey poop face.
Ahh yes, I know all about that sibling rivalry! Sometimes I think my husband thinks I’m his sibling because he races/tries to beat me at EVERYTHING haha. You soup for lunch sounds so good, especially because it’s starting to get cold outside!
I wish we had a hack squat machine in my gym. I’ve never done a real one – only substitutes. Maybe that makes me lucky?
Very. Come to ATL and we will go on a field trip… mwhahaha!
Ha, I actually really like working my legs! Triceps are another story. God, I dread those!!