If anyone doubted what kind of shape Križo will be in this year, his latest chest training posts speak for themselves. His recent photos show incredible vascularity – his veins are literally like highways.
Križo confidently captioned the photos: “Chest day today. 4 weeks out ? 133 kg”, and didn’t forget to add his favourite, purely ironic hashtag #babybiceps. Looking at his gigantic arms and massive, rippling chest, it’s clear that his upper body is almost 100% ready for the stage. To maintain that kind of hardness and separation at 133 kilograms is proof that this year’s preparation is coming out on top.
To keep the bottom from lagging: The secret to new legs
Having one of the best tops in the IFBB Pro League is a huge advantage, but you need a complex physique to win a title in New York. Križo was well aware that his lower legs needed to match his dominant arms and shoulders in volume and quality. That’s why he revealed a major change in his training split a few weeks ago (roughly 5.5 weeks before the contest).
What is the secret to his leg progression this year? The end of complex workouts in one day.
“I split my leg training into two separate days. One day I train the hamstrings along with the calves and glutes, while I train the quadriceps completely separately,” the Slovak proexplained his new strategy.
This tactical move allows him to devote maximum energy to each muscle part of the legs without premature exhaustion. In his current pre-contest diet, his schedule looks like this:
- Quadriceps: 3-4 heavy isolation exercises with an emphasis on machines (e.g. Overhead Squats, Hacken Squats, Leg Press or Pendulum Squat).
- Hamstrings: 3-4 exercises.
- Glutes: 1-2 exercises.
- Calves: 2 exercises.
This brutal amount of work is a huge leap from his off-season regimen where he trained his legs only once a week using just four exercises total.
The goal is clear: dominate New York.
As the competition date approaches (May 8-9), Križo is leaving nothing to chance. He’s incorporated 15-20 minutes of cardio on the treadmill into his routine, and he’s currently keeping his carbs at a generous 500 grams per day, which gives him the fullness we saw in the last chest photos.
If he can bring his monstrous, 133-pound top to the podium and present the noticeably improved and popped quadriceps from the new split, he’ll present an insurmountable problem for the rest of the starting field. Will it be Križo who hoists the New York Pro champion trophy over his head this year? We’ll find out in just 4 weeks!
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