Name: Playbook - The Battle Bunker - Monday Mar 13 - Legs
Uploaded: 2023-03-26T16:21:39.688Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: Monday Mar 13 - Legs

This week we're shifting over to more strength-style stuff!

This warmup helps warm up your joints and muscles before begging to add weight to your workout.

- Standing straight holding onto a stationary object
- With feet hip width apart
- Swing one leg forward and backward in a single movement 
- Repeating the movement for time/reps
- Switch sides and repeat

Leg Swings - Front to Back (Each Leg)

- Stand tall and hold onto a stationary surface
- Raise one leg as far out to the side as possible 
- Allow your leg to swing back down crossing in front of your standing leg
- Repeating the movement for time/reps
- Switch sides and repeat

Leg Swings - Side to Side (Each Leg)

Lower Body Warmup

- Begin with bar positioned on your upper back
- Brace your midline and keep your chest up
- Eyes forward as you lower, sitting back and down
- Reach parallel and push through your heels to come back up

Barbell Back Squats (Heavier)

- Slowly lower the bar with a slight bend in your knees, hinging at the hips and keeping your back straight
- Lower the bar down the front of your legs toward the floor
- Drive your hips forward and use your hamstrings to power back to standing

Barbell Romanian Deadlifts

Progressively getting heavier with each set!
- Start by lying on your stomach on the machine bench
- Position the pad just above your ankles
- Slowly bend your knees, pulling your feet toward your glutes
- Then slowly return to the starting position by extending your legs

Hamstring Leg Curl

- Position yourself on a leg press machine with your feet hip-width apart on the platform
- Press the platform up with both legs to full knee extension, unhook the latches
- Lower the weight until your knees are just past 90 degrees
- Make sure your lower back stays pressed against the pad
- Press the sled back up, stopping just shy of lockout
- Repeat

Leg Press

- Take a seat on the machine and place the balls of your feet on the platform with your toes pointed forward - your heels will naturally hang off
- Position the base of quads under the knee pad and allow your hands to rest on top
- Extend your ankles and release the safety bar
- Lower the heels by dorsiflexing the ankles until the calves are fully stretched
- Extend the ankles, pressing the weight up
- Repeat for the assigned number of repetitions

Seated Calf Raises

- Adjust fit/weight on the calf raise machine 
- Press up onto your toes activating your calves
- Lower slowly into a slight stretch

Standing Calf Raises

Static stretching is great after a workout. I always recommend static stretching after and dynamic stretching/warmup before.

- While standing, balance on the opposite leg
- Grab your opposite ankle, and bend your leg to bring your ankle up to your glute.
- Point your knee downward to stretch the quad.

Standing Quad Stretch (Each Leg)

- Place your feet shoulder-wide apart.
- Slowly bend and bring your chest closer to your knees.
- Touch or grab your toe and stretch your hamstrings.

Monday Mar 13 - Legs

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