Off-season training

Taking a bit of my own advice, and to ward away Top-Heavy Syndrome, I went particularly heavy on legs today. In the offseason, I take a philosophy of bursting and coasting in roughly 4 - 5 week intervals.  I love the burst phases, because let's face it as a bodybuilder I do have that need to lift heavy things and put them down again. But as a trainer, I know my body needs periods of lesser intensity to repair itself and allow for optimal growth (Doctor, heal thyself!!) - that's where coasting comes in. I'll drop the weight a bit, up the reps a bit, and go for adding density instead of just raw size. Right now in my training program, I'm at the end of one of the burst phases, and I have to say I've made some rather good gains. Post-competition rebound coupled with applying some nutritional knowledge, and a good supplementation program (Creature is really awesome!) has led to what I estimate a good 5 lb lean gain over the past month.  I'll take that! Anyway, here's the leg workout that several of my collegues have tried, yet none have been able to make all the way through...yet... Calf-raises 4 x 8-12 (I have the philosophy that everyday when you walk, you're effectively working calves at very high reps, so to get them to grow, train them with extremely heavy weight at low reps. I'll stand back now as the debate starts flying!) Leg Press (Pyramiding up) Leg Curls (Seated or lying, depending what's available) Sumo Squats (wide-stance) supersetted with Hack Squats (narrow stance)