Tom Platz

Training approach

Platz built the most famous legs in the sport on a combination most lifters treat as either-or: heavy weight AND high reps. Accounts put his squat work at 225–350 lb for 35–50 reps, pyramiding from sets of twenty down to fives, with leg extensions done heavy for high reps and leg curls finished with forced reps. He counted in blocks of five to make long sets manageable, and insisted that leg training is a mental task before a physical one.

Compiled from public sources; accounts of the details differ.