{"id":101932,"date":"2025-07-29T11:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/101932\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:23:15","slug":"jay-cutler-tackles-a-tough-leg-workout-using-his-signature-pyramid-approach-fitness-volt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/101932\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Cutler Tackles a Tough Leg Workout Using His Signature Pyramid Approach \u2013 Fitness Volt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bodybuilding legend Jay Cutler still trains legs with a chip on his shoulder. In a YouTube video released on July 28, 2025, <strong>Cutler implemented a<a href=\"https:\/\/fitnessvolt.com\/jay-cutler-pyramid-sets-big-chest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> pyramid-style training<\/a> approach to accelerate his leg gains inside the gym.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the height of his career, <a href=\"https:\/\/fitnessvolt.com\/15599\/jay-cutler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Cutler<\/a> commanded the stage with sheer mass and granite conditioning.\u00a0Qualities like these set the stage for Cutler to overthrow eight-time champion <a href=\"https:\/\/fitnessvolt.com\/ronnie-coleman-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ronnie Coleman<\/a>. Though Cutler lost the Sandow in 2008 to <a href=\"https:\/\/fitnessvolt.com\/dexter-jackson-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dexter Jackson<\/a>, he solidified himself as an all-time great a year later.<\/p>\n<p>He won back the honor and showcased his next-level lower body through his <a href=\"https:\/\/fitnessvolt.com\/jay-cutler-quad-stomp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signature quad stomp pose<\/a>. At 51, Cutler hasn\u2019t forgotten how he built such a formidable set of legs and showed his fans the process behind the results.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jay Cutler Smashes Brutal Leg Workout Using Pyramid Sets\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Find his exercise selections from the YouTube video below:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>            Get Fitter, <strong>Faster<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Level Up Your Fitness: Join our \ud83d\udcaa strong community in Fitness Volt Newsletter. Get daily inspiration, expert-backed workouts, nutrition tips, the latest in strength sports, and the support you need to reach your goals. Subscribe for free!<\/p>\n<p>Please wait&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>            <strong>You&#8217;re In!<\/strong> Let&#8217;s Crush Your Fitness Goals Together<\/p>\n<p>Expect expert-backed workouts, nutrition advice, the latest in strength sports, and a whole lot of motivation heading your way.<\/p>\n<p>            Subscribe Another Email<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Standing leg curl<\/li>\n<li>Stiff leg deadlift<\/li>\n<li>Seated machine hamstring curl<\/li>\n<li>Walking lunges w\/barbell<\/li>\n<li>Leg extension machine<\/li>\n<li>Leg press machine<\/li>\n<li>Machine belt squat<\/li>\n<li>Pendulum squat<\/li>\n<li>Hip abduction machine\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Standing leg curl<\/p>\n<p>While initially skeptical of the movement, Cutler now appreciates the standing leg curl machine, but admits there\u2019s a learning curve to it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-center\">\n<p>\u201cThe more I have done them over the years and got the technique down, they\u2019re tremendous. It\u2019s almost like a bicep curl,\u201d he shared. \u201cThe platform you can adjust up and down.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stiff leg deadlift<\/p>\n<p>Cutler proceeds with stiff-legged deadlifts but likes to keep a slight bend in the knee throughout repetitions. His goal is to keep the back out of the movement, harnessing power from his posterior chain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re getting a good stretch on these. We call these a stiff leg deadlift but it\u2019s not really stiff leg because I bend my knees. I\u2019m getting that stretch all the way to the glutes, hamstrings, calves, but trying to keep the back out of it. Ideally, it\u2019s all in the glutes and hamstrings.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Seated machine hamstring curl<\/p>\n<p>The lying hamstring curl machine was out of commission, so Cutler improvised with the seated hamstring curl machine for three sets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Walking lunges w\/barbell<\/p>\n<p>He took a short resting period and moved into walking barbell lunges for slow and steady repetitions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Leg extension machine<\/p>\n<p>Cutler likes hitting the leg extension before heavier compound movements because it warms up his knees and tendons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhat I love about leg extensions, it\u2019s a pre-exhaust movement before you go into the heavy stuff. You never want to go dive right into the heavy stuff if your joints aren\u2019t warm, get the muscles pliable, get the blood in there, something that\u2019s not so compound to start the movement. Isolation, keep the blood flow, keep the knees warm, get those tendons in position.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Leg press machine<\/p>\n<p>After getting blood into the legs, he pushed reps out on the leg press machine, pyramiding the weight up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-center\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to pyramid the weight up. Do a couple feel sets, get the blood in there. I\u2019m going to go up a little bit and then I\u2019ll do like three working sets.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Machine belt squat<\/p>\n<p>He admits he\u2019ll be sore after this workout because his body isn\u2019t accustomed to pushing through belt squats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cI feel this in my teardrops. I feel it in my glutes. Some of these guys do a crazy amount of weight on this. I\u2019ll definitely be sore from this tomorrow just because it\u2019s something I don\u2019t do as much.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pendulum squat<\/p>\n<p>Even though he doesn\u2019t need bigger legs, Cutler wants to maintain a certain level of size, especially since he was renowned for his lower body definition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t go too heavy on this. Just enough to squeeze. The cool thing is, I don\u2019t feel I need to get my legs bigger. I still kept a lot of that size that I don\u2019t necessarily enjoy trying to fit into jeans and other things, but I guess when you\u2019re known for your legs, you got to keep something.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hip abduction machine\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a finisher, the four-time Mr. Olympia focused on glute development with hip abductions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cThis is abductors. For you guys that are trying to build and females trying to build, I think this is the best exercise for that upper portion. I know a lot of you guys get in the machine and pivot yourself in there different, but I tend to finish with these, strengthen the glutes a little bit. It gets a little tightness in there,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2zXID2mCNoI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cutler has made health and longevity primary concerns in retirement. His rival and friend, Coleman, recently underwent emergency surgery following a <a href=\"https:\/\/fitnessvolt.com\/jay-cutler-training-diet-changes-ronnie-coleman-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health scare with sepsis<\/a> that almost cost him his life. Moments like these have only motivated Cutler to continue pushing the pace inside the gym.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Having built one of the most impressive lower bodies the sport has seen, Cutler never underestimated his effort or exercise selections. He believes movements like these, when combined with pyramid sets, can help anyone achieve a bigger, stronger lower body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fitnessvolt.com\/jay-cutler-how-to-build-calves-20-inches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jay Cutler Reveals How He Built 20-Inch Calves in His Prime<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the full video from the JayCutlerTV YouTube channel below:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bodybuilding legend Jay Cutler still trains legs with a chip on his shoulder. 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