MFT stands for military fitness trainer and this kind of training isn’t just for show. Military personnel needs strength and endurance, and for the legs you need massive muscles. This morning mass workout consists of 7 exercises, with three sets of about 8 to 12 reps for each exercise. The rest period is about 90 seconds. You may hear Greg Plitt refer to the workout as the “Leg It” or the Legit workout.
Before you proceed, make sure you do some warm up exercises for at least 5 minutes. Stretch those muscles and break a sweat. You need to make sure that your muscles are loose and ready. Without a proper warm-up, you will increase the likelihood of injury.
As you watch the video, here are the key points you need to keep in mind:
- It’s very easy to get injured with leg exercises so your priority should first be your form. Then you can focus on your speed. Only then should you worry about the weight.
- The great thing about videos is that it really gives you an exact idea of how to position yourself properly. Remember that warning about how easy it easy to injure yourself? The wrong form can cause injury.
- The Smith machine is a great way to help you prevent injury. Because most of the exercises involve heavy weights with reps to failure, the machine can lock up the weight safely.
- If you may have noticed, on the video you only get a split second to see the name of the exercises. You can pause the video if you want to get the names right, but the point seems clear: it doesn’t really matter what you call them, as long as you do them properly.
- One important tip is to wear the barbell straps when you lift.
- Hopefully you’ll also notice that the first set involves the heaviest weights. You keep dropping weight for the second and third sets.
- On the third exercise (the natural glute ham string raise) of the Exercise #2, you’ll also see that Greg has to be alert so that he doesn’t hit his head on the floor. Now it doesn’t show on the video, but you may want to think about placing a cushion on the floor so you don’t bang your head.
- Many of these exercises are new variations and this has been done intentionally. That’s because you really need to challenge your muscles so that they will not get used to the exercises.
- There’s also an evening version for all these exercises. This one involves shorter rest periods, less weight and more reps.
As you can see, working on your leg muscles takes a lot of time and effort. This video is more than 23 minutes long, and you’ll probably need someone to help you out at first. Your “helper” can, not only assist you with the barbell, but can also help you by playing and pausing the video so you can perfect your form. You’ll also need him or her at first because the jumps at the end of the workout can really be dangerous, especially when you are already fatigued. Greg Plitt may not need a helper, but even he looked like a wreck at the end of the video!
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