{"id":15118,"date":"2025-09-12T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15118"},"modified":"2025-09-12T05:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T22:30:09","slug":"jordan-hutchinson-breaks-down-why-pre-exhausting-quads-before-squats-is-key-to-leg-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=15118","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Hutchinson Breaks Down Why Pre-Exhausting Quads Before Squats Is Key to Leg Growth"},"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>Social media is often saturated with bodybuilders lifting their top sets with furious intensity, but not so much attention is given to how the best competitors prep their body for the lifting that is ahead. That\u2019s why Jordan Hutchinson\u2019s recent Instagram post, explaining why he doesn\u2019t go straight to squats, and how he readies his body for heavy reps, provides such a valuable lesson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/the-tmp-panel-discuss-squats-as-a-quad-training-staple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On Episode 245 of <em>The Menace Podcast<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em>Milos Sarcev recently told Hutchinson that he has some of \u201cthe best quads in the business.\u201d On the same show, the Olympia bound bodybuilder told host Dennis James and the gang that he was no longer focusing on just heavy squats for his leg growth. Instead, Hutchinson explained that these days he is more likely to take some weight off and increase his time under tension. Now, in an IG post, he\u2019s explained his preferred process in greater detail.<\/p>\n<h2>Jordan Hutchinson Promotes Warmups and Pre-Exhausts Before Heavy Squats<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cHow long do we have to work to get to our working sets?\u201d Hutchinson asked himself while being interviewed in the gym. \u201cIt takes forever,\u201d he concluded. \u201cI mean, I remember the days where I\u2019d just walk in the gym, walk straight to the squat rack, (then lift sets of) 135, 225, 315, 405, 495 (pounds), and that\u2019s all I would do,\u201d reflects the IFBB Pro. \u201cNow I have to pre-exhaust my legs. I have to be more careful. If I\u2019m doing a ham curl, I can\u2019t just go straight into my top set (or) I\u2019m going to tear something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At just 29 years of age, Hutchinson isn\u2019t waiting until he\u2019s over the hill before taking a sensible approach to training. But with his first Olympia now beckoning, his strategy is to remain in the game for a longtime rather than a good time. \u201cSo, we gotta be more cautious, and hit more volume working up. It\u2019s not junk volume, but it is extra volume that we\u2019re doing to warmup to our top sets,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on his own video, Hutchinson further elaborated that he does \u201clots of feeder\/warmup sets\u201d and \u201chitting isolation movements\u201d prior to his heavy compounds lifts such as squats. And you certainly can\u2019t argue with his results. The big man won both the 2025 Tampa Pro, and Texas Pro, and is now headed to Sin City to make his Mr Olympia debut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve truly seen so much more benefit at this stage in my training to really pre-exhaust my legs and get tons of blood in them with hitting adductors, leg curls, and leg extensions before going into a squat pattern,\u201d explained Hutchinson. \u201cI do think it\u2019s very important in the early stages of trying to build muscle, and big legs especially, to be intense chasing strength under the bar, but there\u2019s a point where you have to shift and make sure you\u2019re doing the most for the muscle with the least damage to the joints. Longevity is everything because building lots of muscle takes TIME!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mrolympia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mr Olympia showdown takes place October 9 to 12, 2025, in Las Vegas. For further info, click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To follow Jordan Hutchinson on Instagram, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jordanhutchinsonifbb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/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\/jordan-hutchinson-breaks-down-why-pre-exhausting-quads-before-squats-is-key-to-leg-growth\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media is often saturated with bodybuilders lifting their top sets with furious intensity, but not so much attention is given to how the best competitors prep their body for the lifting that is ahead. 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