Name: Playbook - Caroline Drury - W4/D1 Quad Focused (RPE 9)
Uploaded: 2025-12-14T18:05:10.221Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: W4/D1 Quad Focused (RPE 9)

Sharon De heer

Nicole

Kate

I took my time today with Squat Plate Press and BB Squats, thanking my body for the progression I developed in the last 3 weeks. I felt “sadness” as this was my last set with this particular sequence….Sitting in Gratitude for the ability to SQUAT like a BOSS!🎉🏋️‍♂️💪🙏🏻❤️🎼✅🫀

jeannie

Hard today but maybe not enough fuel yesterday?!

Patricia

Mostly done - first time back doing legs!!

Amanda

Karen

Suzy

A workout dedicated to the front of the legs, the quadriceps.

2 sets
10-12 reps
controlled tempo
45 seconds rest

- Hold the plate near your chest
- As you squat down, press the plate forward, making sure to keep your chest broad, open and proud; do not let your shoulders round forward
- As you stand, bring the plate back to your chest

Weight Plate - Squat with Press Out

2 sets
6 reps- pause for 2 FULL seconds at the bottom position at parallel
tempo 2211
rest 90 seconds

-Warm up to a working weight, but your working weight will be approximately 30% less than your standard squat weight

-This is NOT an exercise on which to aim for PRs. This is a technical exercise designed to work on a specific part of the squat > The purpose of this is to get you trained to sit tight in the "hole" of the squat (parallel), and build up strength and confidence getting out of the bottom of the squat.

EXERCISE DESCRIPTION:
- Place the bar across your upper back
- Get your body very tight under the bar
- "Kiss" the elbows behind your back
- With the core and glutes tight, take 2-3 short steps backwards
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart
- take a big brace breath in at the top, tighten your core and squat - keep holding your breath! 
- Lower into the bottom of a squat pushing your hips back and down
-PAUSE for one to two seconds
- stand up, let go of your breath. This is one rep.

**For more thorough guidance on the squat, please watch the expanded explanation in the Strength Training 101 course. 

A list of substitutions is below if the barbell paused squat is not available to you or too advanced for your current abilities:

1. Barbell paused box squat
2. Smith Machine paused back squat
3. Smith Machine paused box squat
4. Low bar paused cable squat 
5. Cable belt paused squat
6. Hack paused squat
7. Dumbbell paused squat
8. Dumbbell paused box squat
9. Goblet paused squat
10. Goblet paused box squat 
11. Paused leg press
12. Smith machine paused adapted leg press

Barbell - Paused Back Squat

3 sets
10-12 reps
controlled tempo
60 seconds rest

WARM-UPs:
-Warm up to a working weight, then perform the prescribed reps and sets

-Warm-up sets do not count towards your working sets

-Warm-ups at this range can follow this protocol:
1. Warm-up set 1: 5 reps at 50% of your working load
2. Warm-up set 2: 3 reps at 70% of your working load
3. Warm-up set 3: 1-2 reps at 90% of your working load

EXERCISE DESCRIPTION:
- Place the bar across your upper back
- Get your body very tight under the bar
- "Kiss" the elbows behind your back
- With the core and glutes tight, take 2-3 short steps backwards
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart
- Lower into the bottom of a squat pushing your hips back and down
- Stand up out of the squat to full hip extension keeping your chest up
- Your knees should be in line with your second toe; watch that your knees don't collapse inwards 

🚨 For more thorough guidance on the squat, please watch the expanded explanation in the Strength Training 101 course. 

A list of substitutions is below if the barbell back squat is not available to you or too advanced for your current abilities:

1. Barbell box squat
2. Smith Machine back squat
3. Smith Machine box squat
4. Low bar cable squat 
5. Cable belt squat
6. Hack squat
7. Dumbbell squat
8. Dumbbell box squat
9. Goblet squat
10. Goblet box squat 
11. Leg press
12. Smith machine-adapted leg press

Barbell - Back Squat

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

In this superset, you will do:

A - Front Foot Elevated Split Squat
10-12 reps on each side (20-24 total)
controlled tempo
No rest; go directly onto B

B - Kneeling Sissy Squat
10-12 reps
controlled tempo
60s rest, then got back to A

Repeat this superset 3 times.

- Set up in a split stance with your front foot elevated
- Chest up, looking straight ahead and dumbbells by your sides
- Descend by flexing both knees until they are both at 90 degrees
- Drive through the front foot extending back to the top

SUBSTITUTION: if this is too much pressure on your knee, you can instead do a suspension trainer-supported reverse lunge or a dumbbell reverse lunge.

Dumbbell – Front-Foot-Elevated Split Squat

- Kneel with your knees and feet slightly wider than your hips
- Squeeze your glutes HARD, and maintain a tight core
- Slowly lean your upper body back as far as possible without bending at the hips
- Engage your quads to lift yourself forward to starting position

Bodyweight - Kneeling Sissy Squat

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Michelle

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‘nuf said…😆😆🏋️‍♂️🎉

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I am so excited for this week. I’m loving this process and so thankful for your guidance on my journey.

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