Name: Playbook - Eliza Katoa - Lower Body Strength
Uploaded: 2024-04-14T21:11:06.650Z
Duration: 59 min
Description: Lower Body Strength

I love that Eliza puts descriptions with each movement, it helps me to make sure I have good form. Thanks for the workout!

Sarah Hunsaker

Gabrielle Cappello

Braelyn

Single set strength set: 
- barbell back squats 

Single set strength set: 
- barbell Romanian deadlift 

Single set strength set: 
- banded dumbbell hip thrusts (to failure) 

Superset 1: 
- dumbbell lateral shifts 
- side plank clamshell hip raise 

Superset 2: 
- wall sit block squeeze 
- stability ball hamstring curl OR single-leg hamstring curls

- 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 squat

- Start with bar in your hands as opposed to the floor
- Slowly lower the weight with a slight bend in your knees, bending at the hips and keeping your back straight
- Lower weight until you feel a slight stretch in your hamstrings
- Drive your hips forward and use your hamstrings to power back to standing

Romanian deadlifts

- Place your upper back on the edge of the box 
- Bring your hips up engaging your glutes
- hold dumbbells on your legs where it’s comfortable

Elevated hip thrusts

Move your booty in a straight line as you shift side to side. Keep a proud chest and really sit your hips back as you do this movement.  Stay nice and low and try not to stand up in between shifts.

Dumbbell lateral shifts (8 each)

Lie on your side and keep you legs bent at about 90 degrees. Sit on your elbow and then raise you hip up to the sky, bringing that top leg up and raising that leg off of your other leg. Engage your core!

Side plank clamshell hip raise (8 each)

Superset 1

Pick ONE option!

Either perform 10 each leg single leg hamstring curls with a resistance band 

OR

Perform 10 ball hamstring curls

Ball hamstring curls OR single-leg band hamstring curl

Sit against the wall, maintain good posture and engage your core. Sit up tall and put a block or hall between your knees. Squeeze the block together as you hold your wall sit.

Wall sit block squeeze

Superset 2

Lower Body Strength

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Thank you for this. I’m six weeks and already freaking out.

Priscilla

Great advice that all pregnant mamas need to hear, thank you!

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Good upper body! Feels like forever! Man! Glad to be moving and get in some lifting! 😅🙌🏽🙏🏽🔥

This felt amazing 🥹 finally able to move again without puking 😜

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Loved it! I’m 8.5 weeks and feeling so tired and nauseous and this was the perfect upper body day

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Great workout! 15 weeks pregnant and got me to sweat!

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18 weeks and I felt amazing after this workout!!!

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Great upper body day! Shoulders were definitely burning and loss strength! 😅🤪👏🏽💪🏽

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Such a good burn. Absolutely loved it 💪🏼

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Loved this workout!!! Perfect length. So fun and effective!!!

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I loved it thank you so much! Very doable and simple

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Love this workout at 34 weeks! Felt great to get the body movin!

Lauren

Loved this exercise combo at 27 weeks! Really enjoyed the variation!

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Nice workout with simple movements to get the job done!

Shelby

Could do the plank on the bench due to coning sadly. The rest was great though!

Paige

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Good full body workout! Really enjoyed this one

Awesome!! Loved how the whole workout got my whole body!

Jazmin

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Awesome workout! Feeling good in my pregnancy so far!

Maddie

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😅 that was not easy!! But glad I pushed through it

Chelsea

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Only 8 weeks left in my pregnancy and these workouts get me excited to move in the mornings!! Thank you for that motivation!!

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Nearing the end of my 30 week mark and these exercises feel so so good! I'll definitely be incorporating these in my weekly work.

Tamarina Wendt

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Just got back from a lil vacay, this was the best way to get back to it! 22 weeks tmw

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My shoulders are feeling it! 🔥 but I'm feeling good and excited to still be working out while pregnant!

Loved it! I currently have placenta previa and cannot do exercises with impact, so this was perfect! Thank you!

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I've been looking for new motivation to workout during this pregnancy. This definitely did it for me!! Thank you!

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I loved this workout, it got my heart rate up!

Loved how this workout kept my heart rate up all the way through 💪🏼

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I really appreciated this!! I haven't known the best way to work my core during pregnancy and this was so helpful and felt so good.

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My shoulders and arms are feeling the burn! Thanks Eliza for another great workout!

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I love how strong I can feel during pregnancy with your help. This was the perfect way to start my day

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Great full body! Def feeling my body losing strength. 😫😓😥

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Love using this as a finisher to any workout. So grateful you know how to work the pelvic floor since I had no idea!!

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I’m 17 weeks now and this workout was the right amount of challenge for me. Great one 🤗

Lisa

I loved this workout!! It was the perfect amount of movement without dragging on too long. I'll definitely be doing it again

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17 weeks pregnant and this was challenging! Loved it!

Morgan

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How much rest to do between each set rather than circuit.

Samantha

Whew! 20 weeks and feeling tired but good! Great lower body workout!

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Trying to keep showing up for myself! It's getting harder as I get bigger but doing something is better than nothing!

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Loved it! Killer as always. 6 rounds in 40 minutes ✅

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37 weeks and really appreciating these stretches

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Loved this workout! I am currently on some restrictions (no impact, no squats/lunges), so I just skipped the exercises I couldn’t do and it was great!

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