- Gym goers comfortable with more advanced lifting: deadlifts, squats, lunge work, hack squat, and landmine exercises. - Individuals looking to define their legs and build their glutes while improving muscular strength and endurance.

Changing your body mentally and physically takes time. Enjoy the process and you will love the outcome the process produces. Just like any new hobby you pick up, you must learn and ease into the process. If you told yourself you were going to run a marathon and on your first day tried running 12 miles, you probably would not be very successful. It would cause injury and lead to discouragement as you were not able to achieve your goal. That does not mean you cannot run a marathon; you just need to set yourself up for success. Give yourself a chance.

Listen to your body. Being sore is a great thing! If you are extremely sore, take a few days off. You need rest to recover and build back muscle tissue and strength. It is okay to work out on sore muscles. A lot of times working out on sore muscles helps alleviate the lactic acid stored in your muscles. Push yourself, but still be cognitive of when enough is enough.

NO! This guide is designed to go at your own pace. Each day is labeled (workout one, etc.), but you can choose which day to perform that specific workout. I encourage you to accomplish all the workouts within that week with 2 rest days (example: Mon, Tues, Rest, Thur, Fri, Sat, Rest). This guide can be 8 weeks or 16 weeks if you repeat. Go at your own pace and feel free to repeat workouts as needed. If you struggle during a workout, it is okay to stay on that week for 2-3 weeks until you feel ready to move on. Try to push harder each time you repeat a workout!

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Make sure you are utilizing proper form, decrease the weight, or replace the exercise with another progression exercise. Often type knee pain is a result of weak or inactive glutes. Focus on loading through your hips during lunges and squats. If pain persists, please consult a physical therapist or Doctor.

This is unique to everyone. You want a weight that is challenging but does not compromise your form. If you finish the set without much struggle, it is too light. On the 20, 15, 12,10, 8, 5, 16 series, start with no weight and build from there. You will perform the two exercises back to back. Ex: 20 squats right into 20 curtsy. Then 15 squats right into 15 curtsy. Ect until the ladder is complete. Rest & repeat You want to keep the same weight for that entire series on that day and then start building up Just a few lbs! This is a HARD series. Your first-day weight will differ from your final week. If you want to focus more on strength, cut the reps in half and increase the weight and rest times. Pick a weight heavy enough for each set so that you wouldn’t be able to do 2 more reps to your set. You will Rest 1-2 minutes after each super set! Little rest during!

Great things take time. If you focus solely on physical progress, it will be hard to be satisfied. I encourage you to write down three positives about your workout after each workout and one thing you can do better for your next workout to help with your goals. Be patient and treat your small victories and growth like winning the lottery. The more consistent you are, the harder you push yourself and your daily nutritional intake will determine your progression and results. Everyone will respond differently to this guide and that’s ok.

This guide is built on progressions! Depending on where you are starting you can change this guide to fit your needs. For example: I may say reverse lunge, you can: • Do a reverse lunge on the floor • Do an elevated reverse lunge off a box • Do an elevated reverse lung off a box with weight- even if it’s just 1-3lb more! Anytime you see dumbbells used for legs you can use a straight bar or barbell. If I show an exercise with just body weight, add weight or resistance! Resistance bands can be used on most leg exercises! USE THEM!

Absolutely! The guide is meant to progress at your own pace. If an exercise is too hard, you can modify it by taking down weight, resistance, or elevation. A perfect example is hip thrusts. You can perform regular hip thrusts with weight on your hips and a resistance band, use just weight or just a resistance band, place your feet on a box, or just do a fundamental glute bridge. The number of options and freedom you can have for this guide are limitless. You can use it and never hit a plateau.

No! You do not. However, resistance bands are amazing for more glute activation and strength growth. I use twenty2nutrition bands!

You don’t need to spend hours in the gym to see results. Get in, be intense, and get out. If you finish before or even way after the suggested time that’s OK. It’s just an average and I’m more concerned about you pushing yourself rather than you finishing on the time suggested! 🙏🏼

You will split the reps in half if it doesn’t specify otherwise. Ideally, we’d like to do the full reps On each leg. This is meant to accommodate advanced gym goers while also being able to be modified to fit your conditioning needs. Choose a weight that allows you to finish the reps and sets. I’m less worried about reps and more concerned about overall time under tension and that your muscles are getting taxed to some degree and getting challenged through the guide! 🙏🏼 If you want to focus more on strength: cut the reps in half for each leg and go a bit heavier. If you want more conditioning, strength and endurance- go lighter with full reps on each leg!