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ORIGINAL: War Lord

A few days after doing my legs I sometimes get sharpish pain in my glutes... Looks like I'm heading towards haemorhoids if I'm not there already... Anyone got any advice for me? I think my legs are lagging a bit so i want to bulk them up further, how serious is this, should I drop the compounds/exercises that hit my glutes and just do isolation moves, or can i make changes so my glutes don't get hit so hard... Or shouldn't I worry about it?

What rep ranges should I stick to, should i avoid doing low reps? i tend to do ascending pyramid sets and sometimes work up to a single on the leg press at least, though not on squats... The leg press has two differently angled parts to the foot plate you can use...

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ORIGINAL: War Lord

My leg routine is :

Leg press 3-5 sets

Squats 3 sets

Standing smith machine calf raises 3 sets

Leg press calf raises 3 sets

Superset leg extension with seated leg curl - 3 sets each (supersetted)

I do them all on ascending pyramid sets starting at 10-12 reps and I've been training for over 18 months, be 2 years in August i think.

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ORIGINAL: War Lord

Thanks for the reply's, but I think you misread my post slightly! It's not growth I'm worried about, it's the pain around my glutes I sometimes get that seems to be indicative of Haemorhoids and I'm wondering how best to work round it to get the results i want!