Name: Playbook - Caroline Drury - W2/D6 Home: Hamstrings & Glutes (RPE 8)
Uploaded: 2024-04-25T00:12:15.874Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: W2/D6 Home: Hamstrings & Glutes (RPE 8)

I def see the progress both in strength and on the scale!

Severine

Doris

Jacqueline Mathusek

Mavis

Tara Lucas

Good workout ! The video is great for technique /following along

Kimberly Carlton

Shantel

Wanda 

Good w/o can’t believe I went up in weight on some of the exercises. I didn’t think in one week I would increase weight. Trust the process and that’s what I’m doing!
Thanks Caroline💞🏋️‍♀️💪🏻

Diane

A day dedicated to the back of the legs, the hamstrings, and the glutes.

3 sets
15 reps
controlled tempo
45 seconds rest

SUBSTITUTION: If you don't have kettlebells, you can do this with a dumbbell, holding it at one end to swing it. 

- Start with the kettlebell on the ground in front of you
- With chest lifted and core engaged, bend at the waist
- Lift the kettlebell off the ground allowing it to swing back between your legs
- Drive your hips forward, propelling the kettlebell forward and up
- Stopping just in front of the shoulders 
- Allow the kettlebell to swing down and back between the legs, moving immediately into the next rep
-This is NOT a pump with the legs; it is a hinge at the hips

Kettlebell Swings

3 sets
15 reps
controlled tempo
60 seconds rest

- Grab the dumbbells while keeping your arms straight
- Push your chest out and don’t lift your head to look up
- Let your gaze move naturally with your spine movement, gazing straight ahead when you are standing upright
- Inhale as you initiate the deadlift by pressing through your heels and engaging your upper body and legs
- Extend your knees and hips simultaneously as the dumbbells pass your knees, and continue up to a standing position with the dumbbells by your sides
- Maintain your neutral back throughout the lift, taking care not to hyperextend your lower back at the top of the repetition

**Remember! The deadlift is a PUSH with the legs, not a pull with the back!

Dual Dumbbell Deadlifts

3 sets
15 reps
controlled tempo
60 seconds rest

- Keeping the dumbbells glued to your legs, slowly lower the dumbbells with a slight bend in your knees, hinging at the hips and keeping your back straight
- Lower the dumbbells until you feel a slight stretch in your hamstrings
- Drive your hips forward and use your hamstrings and glutes to power back to standing
-The goal of the Romanian deadlift is to get the hips back as far as safely possible, NOT to get the chest as close to the floor as possible.

Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift

A "superset" is an exercise sequence where you do the prescribed exercises one after another. 

In this superset, you will do:

A - Dumbbell Glute Bridge
15 reps
controlled tempo - but with a 2s pause at the top!
No rest; go directly onto B

B - Banded Quadruped Kickback
15 reps on each side
controlled tempo
60s rest, then got back to A

Repeat this superset 3 times.

You can do this at home with your back on a chair, sofa or ottoman.

- Perform glute bridges holding a dumbbell at the hips.

Dumbbell Glute Bridge

🚨 30 reps = 15 reps on each side

- Place the band just above your knees
- Go on your hands and knees, back neutral, abs braced
- Keep your face down so your neck is in line with your spine
- Do not arch your back
- Take one leg and drive it up, maintaining the 90 degree angle and the foot should end with the sole facing the ceiling
- Lower slowly
- To increase the intensity you can hold the extended position longer and do the exercises slower

Banded Quadruped Kickback

Glutes Superset 1

W2/D6 Home: Hamstrings & Glutes (RPE 8)

Stephanie

Melissa

Laura

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Karen

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Great! Beautiful day here in Calgary. Got in over 13,000 steps in 3 separate walks — two with dogs and one by myself after dinner.

Cindy Roberts

Morning walk 2.2 miles in 46 mins. Nice being outside

Margie

Walked at least 15 maybe it was 20. I need to better time myself. Felt great!!👍🏻

Laura Magotiaux

W1/D1 Cardio

Sadly, I took a break, but I just got back into it after I think almost 6 months off and Caroline this is a great workout, I love it and I feel great afterword! Thank you!

Faith

Second time around, it's good to be back!

Charlene

I haven’t worked out in over a year, so I know I’ll be sore tomorrow, but it felt great to be challenging myself again! The workout was easy to follow and I appreciated your videos with each exercise, which helped me to be mindful of my form.

Mary Lee

W1/D1 Home: Quad Focused (RPE 7)

It’s hilly up here so I easily got my pulse rate up!  Yay!  Day 2 of cardio is done !  Did I mention the bear at our house as I came back down the street??? That gets my pulse rate up, too 😀

Deb Stanton

Decided to do 30 min Cardio even tho I’m recovering from a sinus cold 🤧

1.5 mile walk with a friend- good for the body and soul

Jill

W1/D2 Cardio

Loved it! These high reps are surprisingly difficult! I still fell quads from 2 days ago!

Sandy

That was a great workout! I had some pain on the front of my right shoulder. So I modified the reps that I did. 🥳⭐️🎉✨

I had to modify some exercises because I have had left wrist surgery. Couldn't do the bench dips. I replaced with more tricep head dips with weight!!
Also I used a wrist weight and smaller hand weights for some exercises (left hand) to balance the weight because I can't hold more than 5 lbs weight in my left hand

Julie Hughes

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Lorna

Lorrie

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Betsey Pelczar

W1/D3 Home: Glutes & Shoulders (RPE 7)

Great. Went for a walk while my husband had a treatment. Sunny, 29 C, logged 7,000 steps and so good for my mental health.

Lisa B

I’m upstate NY this week so I’ve lived hiking around Lake Minnewaska which I did today!  So beautiful!  And it  made for a great “active” rest day!  AND 15,489 steps!! Yippee!

Biked 10 km to meet a friend for coffee then 10 km back. Electric bike but still working those legs. Beautiful day and most of all fun!

Sharon De heer

W1/D4 Active Rest Day

Out along the Hudson River with my son ….way to get my pulse rate up when he comes along!

30 minutes on the treadmill - too smokey from BC wildfires to walk outside in AB! Good thing I made friends with my treadmill 😁🚶‍♀️👍

W1/D5 Cardio

Hard. Modified quite a bit because of back issues

Good workout 🏋️- feeling good and challenged

Amazing! My biceps are on fire 🔥 That never happens. 💪

Ame-Lia

W1/D5 Home:  Back, Biceps & Core (RPE 7)

Had a hard time getting my heart rate up after a sleepless night. So maybe not cardio for the whole time but did my best.

Out for 21 minutes of cardio in the hills!  Average pulse rate was 123!! Yay!

W1/D6 Cardio

Valerie

I had a lot of difficulty with this workout because of my lower back issues. Substituted some other moves but not sure I addressed the hamstrings

W1/D6 Home: Hamstrings & Glutes (RPE 7)

Moderate exercise bike session, lots of other movement today.

Even Though it’s an active rest day, I’m heading out for at least 15 minutes of cardio

Road into “London” on the Peloton this am. Great class Happy 4th..

W1/D7 Active Rest Day

Kathy McCabe

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Yay!  Got it done late tonight after going to a celebration of someone s life…he died yesterday and so it seemed all the more important to take care of myself…

W2/D1 Cardio

Good start into the week with some progress already, feeling good!

Denise

Learned my quads are definitely the area that needs more work! Have to improve balance.

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W2/D2 Cardio

Great workout. I didn't want to go.  Feeling tired today but did it anyway! I'm trying to turn that mindset around.

Sandra

W2/D2 Home: Chest, Triceps & Core (RPE 8)

Elliptical 20min sprints 1 min on 1 minute off

6 km on exercise bike. Now on to weight training.

Oh man!  I keep forgetting to slide the completed slide when I do my cardio!

W2/D3 Cardio

Mixed up days and weeks - did that one yesterday

Another workout done. And again in a day I thought I'd try skipping because of fatigue and not sleeping too well. But I did it anyway. If that is my one goal this month then that is enough.  And of course I walked out feeling so much better mentally and more energy. Never fails

Form is much better. Next time heavier weights.

W2/D3 Home: Glutes & Shoulders (RPE 8)

Awesome 30 mile ride in Maine with Amanda

W2/D4 Active Rest Day

50 minute spin class — lots of sweaty fun!

1 hr walk in the rain combining day 3 and 5

Brenda

W2/D5 Cardio

Done! Proud that I showed up! Hardest part is getting thru the gym doors

Found this really tough today as I increased the weights. Glad it’s done!

Wow!!!! My TRX-like straps arrived so I could do the pull ups!!! So exciting to start these!! I actually look forward to working out 🏋️‍♀️ because of all of the detail in Caroline’s instructions! There are last week many little nuances..things I never really “got” before!  It makes me confident about building muscle!  AND I really love seeing the weight I did

W2/D5 Home:  Back, Biceps & Core (RPE 8)

Done! Looking forward to an active rest day tomorrow.

This pushes me to get it in. I need the accountability. Seeing it unchecked won’t do! Did 20 minutes of incline walk with intervals of jogging.

W2/D6 Cardio

I switched my active rest day to today, Friday and will do the scheduled workout tomorrow.

Another great day of Vimeo g with Amanda!!!

W2/D7 Active Rest Day

Love Caroline’s workouts. They are progressive, well thought out on her part, and takes the wondering “what should I do next” out of mix for me. She’s actually the one doing the heavy lifting! 😉😂

Cheryl

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W3/D1 Cardio

Quads, especially left leg obviously need work! Wall squat was a few seconds longer and balance better on walking lunges. So some progress!

W3/D1 Home: Quad Focused (RPE 8.5)

W3/D2 Cardio

Able to increase weight for 2 sets then back to lower for 3rd. Arms like jelly!

Wow!!! Sore arms as I upped the weights!  So grateful for the ab exercises….a weak spot of mine!!!

W3/D2 Home: Chest, Triceps & Core (RPE 8.5)

Perfect day for cardio along the Hudson River!!

Great - now on to EMOMS while away from home! 😁💪

W3/D3 Cardio

W3/D3 Home: Glutes & Shoulders (RPE 8.5)

1 hour walking in the mountains!! 😁🏔️

Leslie

W3/D4 Active Rest Day

A gorgeous cardio along the Hudson River again..with the smell of fall 🍁in the air!!! I love it!!!

Arlis

W3/D5 Cardio

Jenivere

I wonder if I’m doing the banded kneeling crunches wrong. I felt them more in the glutes.

Rosemarie

W3/D5 Home:  Back, Biceps & Core (RPE 8.5)

W3/D6 Cardio

Will increase weights and/or reps on all next time

Morning workout is the best way to start the day 💪🏻

W3/D6 Home: Hamstrings & Glutes (RPE 8.5)

W3/D7 Active rest day.  Just finished, it is a beautiful fall morning in Indiana. Much needed rest day for my sore muscles.  Onto W4/D1 tomorrow ❤️

Nancy 

W3/D7 Active Rest Day

Loree

Love this!!! A n d I really needed to hear it!! Thank you so much!!! A little heavier weights, better for , greater focus!!!!YES!!

W4/D0 👊 Intro to Block 1 - Week 4

W4/D1 Cardio

A bit better balance, wall squats for longer, 10 or 13 lb dumbbells. Slight progression

Beginning of week 4 in block 1!! Yay!  Question….my weighs aren’t carrying over each week..I’m seeing how many twos I did the week before, but not the weight. I always wrote in the weights I use.  Any idea how I can fix this so o can see what weight I did the week before?

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W4/D2 Cardio

Yippee!  This is a challenging day for me…abs really need to work and triceps are burning!!💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪

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Jamie

The Arnold presses are a challenge. Keeping at it!

W4/D3 Home: Glutes & Shoulders (RPE 9)

Love rest days. Brisk walk, lots of steps done.

50 minutes - 15 + 15 (in hockey game intermissions) + 20 after!  And yay, Oilers won!! 🥳🎉

W4/D4 Active Rest Day

Yikes!  Forgot to slide the Done for yesterday cardio!

W4/D5 Cardio

Tough today after too little sleep. Got it done but not my best workout.

This is the hardest day for me…but very satisfying when I’m done!!! I’ve decided to work on my chin ups with the TRX  3 times a week !! 💪🏋️‍♀️💪🏋️‍♀️💪🏋️‍♀️💪🏋️‍♀️

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