Nick Bare

So a caloric surplus, a slight caloric surplus is the focus.

going into 2026.

Okay.

The second approach in philosophy is to train hard.

Yeah.

I just got done before recording this episode, training legs and I trained legs really hard.

So my workouts today, lower body, I hit lower body twice a week right now.

So I'm training lower body twice a week.

I train chest and triceps once a week, back and biceps once a week, shoulders and arms once a week.

And I'm running about 20 to 25 miles a week.

That's my current training split.

Today's workout, my second lower body workout of the week,

I did five sets of leg extensions, hitting leg extensions really hard.

Five sets of leg curls, three sets of sissy squats for as many reps as possible.

At this point, my legs were pumped out of control.

Then I went into barbell squats.

I did seven sets of barbell squats.

The main sets were four sets, 315 pounds, anywhere from five to six reps.

Then I did three sets of walking barbell lunges, 24 reps per set, which was 12 reps per leg.

And then I went into this reverse lunge, Bulgarian split squat hybrid on the Smith machine movement that I've been doing recently.