{"id":14039,"date":"2025-04-25T22:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14039"},"modified":"2025-04-25T22:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T15:05:19","slug":"nick-walkers-leg-day-workout-ahead-of-the-2025-pittsburgh-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14039","title":{"rendered":"Nick Walker\u2019s Leg Day Workout Ahead of the 2025 Pittsburgh Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nick Walker is heading into the 2025 Pittsburgh Pro with a lot to prove, but if his current progress is anything to go by, \u201cThe Mutant\u201d could be headed back to the Olympia stage this year. The bodybuilder recently shared his quad dominant leg day workout, and he\u2019s looking like a true mutant.<\/p>\n<p>Walker last competed at Mr. Olympia in 2022 but he did <a href=\"https:\/\/generationiron.com\/nick-walker-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">place first in the 2024 New York Pro<\/a> before deciding to take some time out to reset. With the Pittsburgh Pro just weeks away, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nick_walker39\/\">Men\u2019s Open competitor<\/a> is all about adding mass to those already humongous quads. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@hdmuscle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here is his workout, shared via the HD Muscle YouTube channel.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nick Walker Locked In | 3 Weeks Out from Pittsburgh Pro \ud83d\udd12\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hSXb0ow4P5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Nick Walker\u2019s Quad-Dominant Leg Day Workout<\/h2>\n<p>Aim for 2 to 3 sets, 10 to 12 reps, working with a weight that is 80-90% toward failure.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leg Extensions (warmup)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hack Squats<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bodyweight Walking Lunge (aim for 20 strides per leg)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Abductor Machine<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Calf Raises\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Workout Breakdown\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThis is the three-week-out leg day,\u201d explained Walker as he walked us through this epic workout ahead of the all-important Pittsburgh Pro. \u201cMore quad dominant. We do legs twice a week, Mondays and Fridays. Monday will be more hamstring (focused), today we\u2019re doing more quads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the purpose of limbering up, The Mutant explains that for any of his<a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/workouts\/leg-exercises\/ultimate-leg-training-workout\/\"> leg workouts,<\/a> he always starts with a hamstring exercise. \u201cI just personally believe that helps warm up the knees, get everything activated,\u201d he observes. The warmup weapon of choice here is the leg extension.<\/p>\n<p>Moving on to the working sets, the gigantic bodybuilder begins with the seated leg curl, and then the hack squat. \u201cSlow and controlled, contract hard,\u201d advises the athlete. Walker actually completes a regular hack squat, and then a linear hack squat variation that is more akin to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fitshop.co.uk\/force-usa-compact-leg-press-hack-squat-v3-fu-clp-v3?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIg7GbjO_yjAMV-J1QBh2I1wKhEAQYAiABEgLmBvD_BwE\">leg press to crush those quads<\/a> from all angles. Then it is on to the bodyweight walking lunges. \u201cNever underestimate bodyweight lunges,\u201d says the big man. The abductor machine is next and will add further width and mobility to his hips and thighs.<\/p>\n<p>For his finisher, Walker throws in a final glute movement, \u201cbecause I just feel like you should,\u201d he says. The Mutant ends on calf raises and says that since he is hitting his legs hard, the workout does not need to be too long, so he keeps it simple. He is also an advocate of training towards failure, rather than fitting complete failure, to avoid injury and \u201ctoo much fatigue.\u201d The Mutant also likes to cool down with a walk on the treadmill to stay \u201cloose.\u201d Walker says that this leg day workout gave him a pretty good pump, so be sure you try it on your next quad dominant leg day.!<\/p>\n<p>Watch Nick Walker\u2019s full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hSXb0ow4P5o\">quad dominant leg day workout\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/training\/nick-walkers-leg-day-workout-ahead-of-the-2025-pittsburgh-pro\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Walker is heading into the 2025 Pittsburgh Pro with a lot to prove, but if his current progress is anything to go by, \u201cThe Mutant\u201d could be headed back to the Olympia stage this year. The bodybuilder recently shared his quad dominant leg day workout, and he\u2019s looking like a true mutant. 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