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"Don't do your cardio before you do your legs because you want all your energy to be put into the leg workout, not get tired on a treadmill," Siddhartha cautioned. So if you do cardio before hitting legs, you may not have enough energy to actually follow through with all leg day routines because cardio consumes a lot of energy and quickly drains.
The fitness trainer discourages overeating before leg day, as it can make you feel heavy and uncomfortable, preventing you from performing high-intensity leg exercises effectively.
He said, "You are gonna put a lot of effort and energy into doing your legs. Yes, have something which has carbohydrates before your legs, but don't eat so much while doing your legs, you feel like everything is gonna come out." So have a light, carb-rich snack instead of a heavy meal, so that mid-workout, you won't feel low on energy.
Your warm-up also impacts your leg exercises, the effectiveness and safety of your leg exercises. Siddharth said, "Make sure your first set is not your heaviest set; you might get injured, so make sure you are doing lighter sets first and then warm up to a set that is heavy." This helps to avoid injury.