Blessing Awodibu is an Irish bodybuilder that competes within the IFBB Professional League within the Open division. He made his professional debut with a third-place end on the 2021 Indy Professional. Moreover, within the lead-up to the 2021 New York Professional, the Boogieman developed a fierce rivalry with Nick Walker. Walker went on to win the present whereas Awodibu completed sixth. 

After his humble end on the 2021 NY Professional, the 30-year-old selected to take an prolonged break from competing to enhance his physique. A lot to the delight of his followers, he returned with a bang—profitable the 2022 Indy Professional and 2022 New York Professional. The competitions happened on Could 14 and 21, respectively.

With the wins, Awodibu secured an invite to the 2022 Olympia, scheduled for Dec. 15-18, in Las Vegas, NV. The prep for his Olympia debut is happening full throttle. The Boogieman admittedly targeted much more on the higher physique throughout his early years of coaching. In consequence, his legs are the weakest a part of his physique. Nonetheless, the Irish bodybuilder will not be leaving any free ends in prep for the Olympia. 

On Aug. 18, 2022, Bodybuilder Blessing Awodibu took to his YouTube channel to share a taxing leg day exercise.

Blessing Awodibu’s full leg day exercise

Heat-up

Awodibu began his leg coaching session with warm-up workout routines, together with hip adduction and leg curl. Each knee and hip joints are essential in most decrease physique workout routines. Leg curls are an efficient approach to heat up your hamstrings and knee joints with out placing lots of stress on the knees. Then again, machine hip adduction is a good motion to extend blood move to the hip joint. On account of these advantages, an rising variety of bodybuilders are adopting these actions of their warm-up routines.

Heat-up: Machine hip adduction

Awodibu began his warm-up with the machine hip adduction and carried out a number of units earlier than leaping to the mendacity leg curl.

Mendacity leg curl and seated leg curl

Awodibu carried out the leg curl with a sluggish and managed motion and paused on the high for a number of seconds earlier than beginning the damaging section.

“The objective is to sluggish every part down, take my time with it as a result of my hamstrings are very very cussed. So I’ve bought to seek out methods to tweak it, make it appear quite a bit tougher than it’s, and shock the muscle mass. I at all times attempt to sluggish it down, pause on high, stretch and squeeze,” Awodibu stated.

After a number of units of mendacity leg curls with this method, Awodibu did the final set with a number of partial reps as a finisher. He then carried out a number of units of the single-leg curl to reduce the energy imbalance between his left and proper leg.

“The only-leg [curl] provides me a greater reference to each left and proper leg. I’ve bought to get the left to match the proper leg,” the Boogieman stated.

Awodibu wrapped up the warm-up session with a superset of seated and mendacity leg curls and jumped into the principle exercise.

Leg Exercise

Leg extension

After working his hamstrings with leg curls, Awodibu shifted his focus to the quads and carried out leg extensions. The preliminary working units had a 12 to fifteen rep vary. Nonetheless, he annihilated his quadriceps by performing a number of partial reps after attaining his pre-determined rep objective.

Weighted cut up squat on the machine

The Irishman subsequent carried out the weighted cut up squat to work his quads, glutes, hamstrings, and calves. Since it’s carried out with a single leg, the cut up squat tends to work the core extra as they assist preserve steadiness throughout this train.

Hip press

After the weighted cut up squat, Awodibu shifted his focus to heavy units on the hip press. Whereas the motion in leg press is just like squats, the hip press eliminates the usage of the core and helps isolate the decrease physique for higher outcomes.

Hack squat

The hack squat machine retains the lifter in an inclined place, serving to concentrate on the goal muscle mass higher whereas lowering the probabilities of harm. In a nutshell, the hack squat is a good way to construct decrease physique energy and muscle mass.

Awodibu began the hack squat with two plates on all sides and slowly labored his manner as much as 5 plates for the previous couple of reps. The Boogieman actually felt it in his legs after the exercise was over as he stated:

“That sh*t was loopy. Proper now, my quads and glutes are so tousled.”

Smith machine squat

Smith machine squats served because the finisher for Awodibu’s leg day exercise. He carried out three working units of this train and wrapped up his leg day.

“My squats are quite a bit higher now. I’m in a position to go deeper. In order that makes me be ok with my leg coaching,” Awodibu stated.

Blessing Awodibu Olympia Debut Leg Exercise

Total, the exercise included:

Heat-up

Leg exercise

Awodibu’s 2022 Indy Professional and New York Professional wins are testimony to the Irish bodybuilder’s capacity to handle points along with his physique and are available again stronger. 

Competing in opposition to the likes of the reigning Olympia champ Mamdouh ‘Huge Ramy’ Elssbiay, Brandon Curry, Hunter Labrada, and rival-turned-friend Nick Walker is a Goliathan process. Nonetheless, with the latest enhancements, Awodibu has momentum on his aspect and proved that he has the mandatory drive to realize huge issues within the sport. 

Earlier than he even turned a professional, Awodibu was a social media star and has almost two million followers on Instagram. The work he has been placing in is proof that the Irishman is pushed to realize aggressive success and never simply fame or recognition. Due to this fact one shouldn’t be shocked if Awodibu emerges as a critical risk to Ramy’s Olympia crown later this yr on the Olympia.

You possibly can watch the complete leg exercise video right here, courtesy of Blessing Awodibu’s private YouTube channel: