Name: Playbook - Flourish Fit - Wk 4 | Day 1 | Lower Body #1
Uploaded: 2024-03-15T16:02:38.141Z
Duration: 50 min
Description: Wk 4 | Day 1 | Lower Body #1

Those bears and the kneeling squats 😅 🔥 🥵

Hana

Jasmin

Love knocking out a great leg day first thing in the morning 🔥🔥🔥

Autumn Walter

Was feeling so unmotivated today, but so happy I got this done! Core next and went on a morning walk today since the weather is starting to cool down here in Gilbert, Arizona.

Nicole

Yeah, can feel the added reps this
Week!!!!  ❤️it!!!

Teen

Use these movements to help activate your muscles before beginning your workout. After the first exercise go straight into the second exercise with minimal rest. Then rest once both exercises are complete and repeat for the sets given.

3 steps, 3 pulses, repeat back and forth 

Form tips: 
• shoulders rolled back, spine neutral, abs locked in 
• slightly sink down to begin by driving hips back and knees forward 
• toes and knees pointing forward 
• drive knees out to step and plant your foot 
• move slowly on the pulses keeping tension in glutes and continue driving knees out against the band 

❌ don’t let knees cave in 
❌ don’t point toes outward as you step laterally 

✅ do keep tension on the band by driving knees out 
✅ do keep glutes flexed

Banded Lateral Walk to Pulses

Hold for 15-45 seconds depending on fitness level 

Form Tips:
• knees in a 90 degree angle 
• lock in core, shoulders rolled back on wall, spine neutral 
• keep heels and toes plants
• flex quads, glutes, and core 

❌ don’t use your hands to push on your legs or hold you up on the wall 
❌ don’t let heels come up off the ground 

✅ do continue to breathe through the movement

Wall Sit

Activation

Advanced: barbell or dumbbell 
Beginner: dumbbell or bodyweight 

Form tips:
• feet slightly wider than hip width and toes slightly pointed out 
• heels and toes planted and gripping the floor
• spine neutral and abs are locked in 
• drive hips back and knees forward 

❌ don’t let your back round at the bottom of the squat 
❌ don’t squeeze your butt and tilt your pelvis forward at the top 

✅ do slow down and control your body 
✅ do focus on your glutes and quads

Squat

After the first exercise go straight into the second exercise with minimal rest. Then rest once both exercises are complete and repeat for the sets given.

Advanced: barbell or dumbbell
Beginner: dumbbell or bodyweight 

Form tips: 
• shoulder blades on bench/box
• chin tucked 
• feet hip width apart with toes pointed forward, heels planted and toes gripping the ground 
• feet should be right below knees at the top of the thrust (if they are too far forward you’ll feel it more in your hamstrings, if they are too far back you will feel it more in your quads & knees)
• keep knees in line with toes as you drive up and lower 
• abs locked in and ribs locked down to protect your spine 
• squeeze your glutes at the top and lower with control 

❌ don’t arch your back at the top 
❌ don’t let your knees cave in 

✅ do go through the full range of motion (using a weight you can do so with) 
✅ do keep your core tight the entire time to protect your spine

Hip Thrust

Advanced: barbell or dumbbell
Beginner: dumbbell or bodyweight 

Form tips: 
• shoulder blades on bench/box
• chin tucked 
• feet hip width apart with toes pointed forward, heels planted and toes gripping the ground 
• feet should be right below knees at the top of the thrust (if they are too far forward you’ll feel it more in your hamstrings, if they are too far back you will feel it more in your quads & knees)
• keep knees in line with toes as you drive up and hold at the top 
• abs locked in and ribs locked down to protect your spine 
• squeeze your glutes at the top as you hold 

❌ don’t arch your back at the top 
❌ don’t let your knees cave in 

✅ do go through the full range of motion (using a weight you can do so with) 
✅ do keep your core tight the entire time to protect your spine

Hip Thrust Hold

Superset

Gym: leg curl machine 
Home: long band 

Form tips: 
• drive hips down on the bench or floor 
• keep your core locked in to protect your spine 
• flex ankles so feet are activated 
• drive up using your hamstrings 
• release with control keeping the tension in your hamstrings the entire time 
• *pause at about 45 degrees from the bottom on the way down just before releasing all the way and hold for 3 seconds 

❌ don’t let your hips lift up as you curl 
❌ don’t swing your legs up 

✅ do isolate your hamstrings and move with control 
✅ do keep your head down to avoid straining your neck

Leg Curl with 45 Degree Hold

Advanced: knees don’t rest between reps
Beginner: modification, knees rest between sets 

Form Tips: 
• begin on all 4s knees below hips, hands below shoulders 
• keep your core locked in and spine neutral 
• drive knees back to straighten legs & flex quads at the top 
• lower slowly with control keeping tension in your quads 

❌ don’t use your upper body to drive up 
❌ don’t round or arch your back 

✅ do focus on using your quads to drive up and squeeze them at the top
✅ do focus on moving through your knees forward and back

Bear Plank Quad Squeeze

If you do not have a band, perform with body weight 

Form Tips:
• knees hip width apart 
• shoulders back, abs tight, neutral spine 
• drive hips back towards feet 
• pause for a second at the bottom keeping the tension in your glutes 
• use your glutes to drive your hips forward through the band 

❌ don’t round or arch your back 

✅ do focus on the movement through your hips
✅ do keep tension in your glutes the entire time

Banded Kneeling Squat

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Wk 4 | Day 1 | Lower Body #1

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