Name: Playbook - Eliza Katoa - Lower Body Push
Uploaded: 2024-04-06T20:00:29.575Z
Duration: 30 min
Description: Lower Body Push

🥵🥵🥵🔥🔥🔥 great way to end the week!

Kristen

Saane

Lie on your mat on your stomach. Extend your arms out wide at shoulder level. 
Turn your head to look at your left fingers so your right ear is on the ground. 
Lift your left leg off the floor and bend the knee. 
Take the leg across the body towards your right fingers. It doesn’t matter if it doesn’t make it all the way, but try to pull away from your hips and twist your spine to enhance the stretch. 
Take a deep breath at the end of the posture before you release back to the starting pose. 
Repeat on the other side.

Scorpions

Lift your head, relax your shoulders away from your ears, and gaze straight ahead. As you exhale, come into cat pose while rounding your spine outward, tucking in your tailbone, and drawing your pubic bone forward. Release your head toward the floor — just don't force your chin to your chest.

Cat cow

Sit on the floor and bend one leg in front of your body with your hip rotated out. Position it so your lower leg and knee are resting on the ground. Your leg should form a 90-degree angle, and your ankle should be neutral so your foot is pointing straight.
Position your other leg beside you with your hip rotated inward and your shin and ankle on the ground. Bend your knee so your leg forms a 90-degree angle. Your back knee should be in line with your hip, and your ankle should be neutral.
Try to keep your back straight and resist the urge to bend to one side. Think about sitting into both hips equally and easing the lifted hip straight down toward the ground.

From here place both arms down to the ground in front of you and lower onto your elbows and then back up.

90/90 up downs (10 per side)

In a seated position, lean back on your hands, and bring both feet close to your body with your knees up. From here, you will lean both knees to one side and let them fall gently to the ground. Then you will pick them up and let them drop to the other side.

Leaning back 90-90 hip openers

Lie on your stomach with your arms (overhead) and legs fully extended while keeping your head relaxed and spine neutral by looking at the floor in front of you instead of up.
Contract your core muscles to stabilize your spine, while simultaneously raising both your legs and arms a few inches off the ground, keeping your head and neck neutral.
Hold at top for 3–5 seconds.
Gently lower yourself back to the starting position and repeat.

Pro tip: It's very important to keep your head and neck neutral throughout the exercise and avoid jerky movements. Instead, work on synchronizing the lift and lower of all four limbs with control.

MODIFICATION: alternating Superman’s 
Start by lying on your belly with your arms and legs extended. Pull your belly button in toward your spine (think of peeling it off of the floor) to turn on your core muscles. While maintaining your gaze on the floor, slightly lift your head off the floor. Lift your right arm and left leg three to five inches off of the floor as you inhale. Exhale to lower your limbs. Repeat on the other side for the same three sets of 10-12 reps.

Superman with a hold

Sit in a deep squat position. Push your elbows against your knees gently and then let your knees gently fall back in and repeat that motion. 

If it’s too uncomfortable to sit that low, you can sit on a low seat or bench and do this same movement. 

You can place a block underneath your bottom for more comfort.

Deep squat hip openers

Sit down and bring one leg into your chest. Hold with both hands and then lift one leg up and over a kettlebell and back while keeping your knee straight. 

Use your hips and core to lift your leg up and over.

Straight-leg single-leg lift over kettlebell (20 each)

In a half kneeling position, lift one leg up and over a kettlebell. Hold onto a stable surface with one arm to help stabilize the body. 

Use your hips and core to lift your leg up and over.

Half kneeling single-leg lift over kettlebell (20 each)

Step forward with your left leg, and lower your body into a lunge. As you go down, place your right hand on the floor so it’s even with your left foot. Your right knee should remain above the floor—not touching.

Now move your left elbow inside your left foot, and rest it on the floor. Square your hips so you feel a stretch on both sides, and try to keep your back as flat as possible.

Move your left hand outside your left foot, and twist to reach for the sky. Try to pull the toes on your left foot up to your shin.

Then stand up and alternate legs.

Worlds greatest stretch

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

Forward leg swings (15 each)

Stay in a nice athletic position and step laterally and feel your glutes engage. Keep a slight bend in your knees and keep your core engaged and strong.

Banded lateral steps

- Position a band around your legs just above your knees
- With your knees slightly bent, take diagonal steps forward and back
- Keep your hips down and toes pointed forward

Monster walks

- Stand with feet shoulder width apart
- Lower in to the bottom of a squat pushing your hips back and down
- Stand up out of squat to full hip extension keeping your chest up
- Your knees should be inline with your toes

Air squats

Lower Body Warm-up (1-2 rounds)

- Perform 8 reps on each side
- Keep a slight bend at the front knee
- Come straight down until your reach shin height 
- Pull back up

Dumbbell bulgarian split squat (10 each)

Lateral bounds

Strength + Power

- Begin with dumbbells at shoulders
- Step forward and lower down until 90 degrees
- Press through the front heel and stand up
- Repeat with the other leg

Dumbbell front rack walking lunges

- Hold two weights by your sides 
- Push your hips back and down as you lower to parallel
- Explode/jump up from the bottom of the squat
- Land softly

Weighted squat jumps

- Place your feet hip-width apart, and dumbbells at your sides
- Take a big step to the side
- Land with your heel, flex the knee to lower your hip and body until your knee and hip are at a 90 degree angle 
- Keep opposite leg only slightly angled
- Return to the starting position by extending your hip and knee 
- Once they are straight, bring your foot back in to a standing tall position

Dumbbell lateral lunge (8 each)

Step up onto a box or a bench and directly go into a low Scott Holt pause at the top and then step down one leg at a time. Ensure that your car is tight and engaged and maintain good posture.￼

Step up to low squat

Engage your core, hold that dumbbell between your calf muscle and hamstring and keep your leg bent at a 90 degree angle. From there stay on all four and lift that leg out then bring it back down. Exhale as you lift, squeeze you glute at the top of the move and repeat.

Dumbbell Fire Hydrant (10 each leg)

Lower Body Push

Estefi

30 MIN OPTION: Upper Body Push

Upper Body Push

3 mile walk, 30 min option but had to stop due to time, left two sets off. So good though.

Tiffany

Lower Body Pull

Wasn’t feeling well but still got it done today since i missed yesterday 🥵🔥

Upper Body Pull

Dead! Oh man that was hard but so good! Killer workout 🔥

Makayla Bateman

Tonya

Couldn’t do run for burnout, my hips are super tight.

30 MIN OPTION: Full Body

Lower body is shaking 🫨🥵🥵🥵🔥 lol! Great way to start my day  💪🏽

Christine

Suva

So good, .87 mile and three rounds of AMRAP. Had to go just to 30 min.

Full Body Killer

Took a few days off! Great getting back into it

Marybeth

Brigetta Utai

30 min option, still great!!! 2 mile walk with pups beforehand.

Full Body

Suzanne

Sheila Aguilar

Elaine

This workout made me feel 100% much better!

Claudia

I did Friday and Saturday 30 min options today because I’m starting my long runs on saturdays😬💪🏾🏃🏾‍♀️

Kamry

Grateful for a 30 minute version on weeks I’m struggling to workout. Loved it and I feel so much better than I did 30 minutes ago ❤️

Loved having a 30 min option today! The Bulgarian split squats about did me in 😅

Chelsea

Lower body push

Love the 30 min. when short on time! I still get a good workout🙏🏽

Vika

Loww Uluave

I LOVE YOUR WORKOUTS! Happy to be back🥳

Cosi

Love these short options on the days i hit the snooze button

Took a week off for vacation and it was hard to get back into it but loved this work out and I feel so much better now that I got it done!

Stacey Vance

Angie

Got it in before midnight🙌🏾💪🏾✅

2nd work out of the day. I’m done. Thanks Eliza!

Love the 30-min option. Still very diverse and burns like crazy

Hana

💪 40 min total for the rounds (including 15 min warm up) 

👟 8:50 mile time (at the end of the workout)

7:15 3/4 mile with jogger and son riding his bike up hill for a bit. Great workout coming back after a week off from illness

Voni

Did this Friday because I’m doing my long run tomorrow💪🏾✅

Chrissy

Great arm workout! Running 3/4 mile afterwards

Lauren

First workout since I tore my MCL and this was exactly what I needed!

Dharma Va’ai

Julia

This felt good this morning after mobility day yesterday! Almost caught up for the week. 😁

Did 2 miles before my workout and I’m pooooped 😵🥵🔥 All caught up now 😁💪🏽 letssss gooo!!

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