Name: Playbook - Erin Killeen - W8/D3 LEGS (Quad Focused)
Uploaded: 2023-04-17T03:50:01.464Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: W8/D3 LEGS (Quad Focused)

For 1 hour I hate Erin and then after I worship her

Danielle

LEGS (Quad Focused)

- Barbell Back Squat
- Single Leg Press
- Barbell Hip Thrust 1 1/4 Rep
- Dumbbell Bulgarian Split Squat
- Dumbbell Sumo Squat

Superset
- Cable Single Leg Kickback
- Cable Abduction

- Begin with the barbell across the upper back
- Your hands should grip the bar just outside your shoulders in a comfortable position
- Keeping your chest up, eyes forward and core tight, bend at your hips and knees to lower into a squat until your thighs are parallel to the ground
- Straighten your hips and knees to drive up to the starting position

3 x 6-8

Barbell Back Squat

- Using a leg press machine, sit down on the machine and place your legs on the platform directly in front of you at a medium shoulder width foot stance
- Lower the safety bars holding the weighted platform in place and press the platform all the way up until your legs are extended in front of you (Tip: Make sure that you do not fully lock your knees during this exercise)
- Your torso and the legs should make a 90-degree angle
- Remove one leg and place your foot flat on the ground
- Inhale, slowly lower the platform until your working leg makes a 90-degree angle
- Pushing mainly with the heel of your foot and using the quadricep, extend your leg, pressing the platform back to the starting position as you exhale
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions and ensure to lock the safety pins properly once you are done
- Complete desired reps then repeat on the opposite side

3 x 10 each side

Single Leg Press

- Sit on the ground with a bench behind you, bending your knees so your feet are planted on the ground and holding a barbell resting below your hips
- Lean back so your shoulders are on the bench and position the bar above your hips
- Drive your hips up lifting the bar
-  In the top position your knees should be bent at 90° and your shoulders should be near the top of the bench, with your body forming a straight line between them
- Pause at the top of the lift and squeeze your glutes
- Lower 1/4 if the way, then drive the hips back up to the top position 
- Lower your hips slowly all the way down to starting position

3 x 10

Barbell Hip Thrust 1 1/4 Rep

- Find yourself a step, box, bench or any other contraption that you can rest a foot on, it needs to be about knee height
- Hold a dumbbell in each hand
- Get into a forward lunge position with torso upright, core braced and hips square to your body, with your back foot elevated on the bench
- Your leading leg should just under 2ft or so in front of bench 
- Lower until your front thigh is almost horizontal, keeping your knee in line with your foot (Don't let your front knee travel beyond your toes)
- Drive up through your front heel back to the starting position
- Complete desired reps then repeat on the opposite side

3 x 8 each side

Dumbbell Bulgarian Split Squat

- Stand in a wide toed out stance 
- Hold a heavy dumbbell between your legs in front of you
- Lower into a squat, touch dumbbell to the ground
- Stand up to full extension

3 x 15

Dumbbell Sumo Squat

- Cable Single Leg Kickback 3 x 10 each side
- Cable Abduction 3 x 10 each side

- Attach an ankle cuff to a lower cable pulley
- Stand in front of a cable pulley machine (about 2 feet away) so your working legs ankle is in line with the pulley
- Attach the ankle cuff to your ankle
- Set the desired weight on the pulley machine (it’s best to start light and work your way up)
- Hold the frame for support and hinge at the hips
- With your core engaged, and knees slightly bent, squeeze your glutes to pull your working leg backwards
- Keep your opposite leg firmly planted to provide balance
- Slowly lower your leg to the starting position
- Complete desired reps then repeat on the opposite side

Cable Single Leg Kickback

- Attach an ankle strap to one ankle and hook it up to a low cable pulley
- Stand perpendicular to the pulley with your strapped ankle farthest away from the pulley
- Step away from the pulley so that the cable is pulled taut and your strapped leg is pulled across your unstrapped leg
- Grasp something for stability and place your free hand on your hip
- Keeping both legs straight, exhale as you pull your strapped ankle away from the pulley until it is fully abducted
- Inhale as you slowly return your strapped leg to the starting position
- Complete desired reps then repeat on the opposite side

Cable Abduction

Superset

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Elaine

Good workout, I added some chest in there

How do I get better at strict press? It ends up being a push press which I can control much better and with heavier weights

Rachael

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Zimms

I am 8 weeks postpartum and just starting my fitness journey all over again! This was a great workout. Thank you

Abigail

My whole body was shaking after this leg day. Great mid-week burn!

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Bethani

Ashlee

Jillian

W1/D4 UPPER BODY (Back & Biceps)

Katie

W1/D5 SHOULDERS & GLUTES

Those glutes are burning and my legs are weak 🔥

Christie

Should I start adding in more reps each week? Or does it matter since I’m increasing weight?

W8/D3 LEGS (Quad Focused)

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