Wesley Vissers talks about a new training plan focusing on his legs that will lead him to victory at Mr. Olympia 2024

Wesley Vissers wants to show off his most complex physique to date - and to do that, he needs to add volume to his legs. In a recent YouTube video, Vissers talked about the new training split he's putting in place to win Mr Olympia in 2024.

"Take inspiration from this to design your own training split based on what you need to work on."

For Wesley Vissers, this year is all about the way forward and no brakes. He opened the bodybuilding season with an unexpected win over Ramon Queiroz at the 2024 Arnold Classic Ohio show. Instead of heading straight into the offseason, Vissers bet on himself and the Arnold Classic UK competition and easily took gold. Vissers, who is looking to bring back the golden era to the Mr. Olympia stage, opened up to fans about his goals. In addition to improving his lower body, Vissers plans to knock out reigning five-time Classic Physique Olympia winner Chris Bumstead when they embrace on the podium together this year.

Wesley Vissers talks about leg dominance training for Mr Olympia 2024

With extra time to recover and a chance for more sleep, Vissers unveiled a new training split for the biggest event of the year. While he previously trained legs once a week, he now incorporates two lower body workouts a week using increased volume.

"For those of you who have been following me for a while, you know I've basically only trained legs once. So legs, back and chest with the same volume. But now since Arnold, I finally have some time to recover better, sleep better, eat better, I'm able to change my split training to get more volume overall, but specifically, for the legs."

According to Vissers, his first day of leg training is focused on the quadriceps and the second on the hamstrings. He believes this approach to training will help him showcase a better X-frame.

"My first leg day is quadriceps dominant, which is the front of the leg. And the second day is hamstring dominant, but now I train my legs twice as much as my upper body. So that's a big difference from how I used to do it, because I think having a good X-frame in classic bodybuilding is important. I'm a big fan of proportion, symmetry, it just has to fit well and if my upper body is growing, I want my lower body to grow as well,"

Sharing his experience, Wesley Vissers. Considering how intense leg training can be, Vissers stressed the importance of effective pre-workouts.

"I think with this new split training, not only recovery is very important, but also preparation for training. Pre-training really helps me to get the most out of every workout, especially with the legs it's always going to be a challenging muscle group."

Although legs appear twice a week in Vissers' new training split, he explained that every person is different and that what works for him may not be suitable for individuals with different body types.

"For me, it's important that the legs are bigger because I like to see progression, and also the X-frame. I know that with my physique, it makes a big impression that I have a dominant upper body, so if I make sure I have more volume in my legs, it will balance my physique even better in Classic Physique, but for someone who has huge dominant legs and small hands, it can be the opposite. Train your arms two to three times a week and your legs only once, for example. So it really depends on your own physique, and that's really the key factor here."

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The complexity of training remains one of Vissers' biggest concerns as a top-level IFBB professional. He offered tutorials on how to build "golden era" biceps using his three favorite exercises. In addition, he recently shared his top three exercises for building a bigger chest.

Although Chris Bumstead is heading into the 2024 Mr Olympia competition more confident than ever, Wesley Vissers has ambitious plans to make another splash. Do you think he has what it takes to dethrone 'Cbum' this October?

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