Name: Playbook - Hannah Bower - Lower Body 7.16.24
Uploaded: 2024-08-21T18:30:24.281Z
Duration: 35 min
Description: Lower Body 7.16.24

40 minutes, legs are dead and feeling like a million bucks! Happy weekend! 💪🏼

Brianna

Dominique

Kiki

Delaney

Taylor

Kelsey

You will need a barbell (optional) and a pair of dumbbells for this workout.

Recommended reps: 5-10 per side 
Recommended sets: 1

Modifications: limit range of motion, remove bend and just reach out with your arm (bodyweight)

Substitutions: 90/90 swivels 

Form:
-start seated in the ground with your ribs stacked over your pelvis and your sit bones firmly planted in the ground 
-have your feet firmly planted on the ground with bent knees
-seated straight begin to lower your knees maintaining their bend to the ground so that your front and back legs are bent at 90 degrees 
-be sure to keep your ribs stacked over pelvis through this exercise and hold onto a cable or a band 
-from here lower your torso down as far as you can holding onto your band or cable 
-lower as far as range of motion allows, should feel a large side body, glute stretch 
-and then using your hips straighten your upper body back to starting position

90/90 Banded Reach

Recommended reps: 5-10 per side 
Recommended sets: 1

Modifications: place one hand down, place a towel under your foot and or form on a smooth surface if you cannot lift your foot off the ground 

Substations: seated leg lift and hold 

Form:
-start seated with ribs stacked over your hips.
-have one foot planted on the ground with a bent knee and one leg extended out directly in front of you 
-keeping your chest tall you will lift the foot that is bent as far off the ground (can be just a few centimeters) while keeping your chest from falling to the side 
-then you will rotate your foot to sweep behind you so that your knee is bent at 90 degree (similar to 90/90 swivel position)
-you can relax and lower there or maintain it off the ground 
-then you will slide it back to starting position 
-there you will drop your foot and your knee to the side creating a side glute and IT stretch 
-lift and repeat

Internal/External Seated Hip Rotation

Optional Leg Day Corrective Exercise Warmup

Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended weight: heavy 

Modifications: lower weight and increase reps 

Substitutions: floor glute bridge 

Form: 
-start with your shoulders on the edge of a surface, feet firmly planted in the ground a few feet in front 
-perform a pelvic tilt, tilt your hips forward (see tutorial highlight for more in depth review)
-lift one
-begin lift your hips off the ground maintaining a pelvic tilt 
-engage your core and your glutes. Feel it
In your hamstrings? Tilt your pelvis)
-lower your hips all the way down to the floor keeping glutes and core engaged 
-press your hips back to starting keeping glutes and core engaged

Heavy Thrust

Recommended reps: 10-12
Recommended sets: 3-4
Recommended weight: medium to heavy (last 2-3 reps for this range should be a challenge)

Don’t have access to challenging weights? Increase reps to 12-15, slow down tempo, add a 1/2 rep at the bottom of each rep

Equipment substitutions: band, dumbbell, bodyweight, barbell 

Modifications: remove half rep

Substitutions : good mornings

Form:
-start standing with your feet firmly planted on a safe surface 
-hold your weights down in front of your shin 
-perform a deadlift by hinging at the hips (think about pushing your butt back)
-appropriately engage your core and your scapula AS you hinge forward to manage pressure
-think about your glutes touching the back wall and your weight being distributed to your heels 
-hinge until your weight is close to your mid-shin area or as far as range of motion allows 
-briefly pause keeping your core appropriately braced 
-then you will lift halway up to standing before lowering back down to the bottom of your rep (thus completing your half rep)
-from there you will push through your hips keeping a neutral spine to come back to standing

1 1/2  Romanian Deadlift

Recommended reps: 8-10
Reps are per side
Recommended weight: bodyweight- light

modifications: perform with only shoulders OR feet elevated  

Substitutions: single leg hip thrusts (shoulders elevated) 
Form:  -start with your shoulders and your heels planted on separate but sturdy and safe surfaces 
-lift one leg straight in the air so that your weight is pressing into the remaining planted foot -perform a pelvic tilt, tilt your hips forward (see tutorial highlight for more in depth review) -lower your hips as far as range of motion allows, pause at the bottom of the deficit rep  -then lift as high as you can bridge, pause for a second or two -lower down slow and controlled -Repeat until reps are complete and then switch sides

Feet Elevated Single Leg Glute Bridge

1 1/2 Romanian Deadlifts SS Deficit Single leg glute bridge

Reps are per side
Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommend weight: medium to heavy 

Modifications; lower the box height, remove weight 

Substitutions: B-stance squat, reverse lunge, single leg squat 

Form:
- Start with your back foot on top of an elevated surface, it may be helpful to have toes tucked under 
- standing foot is firmly flat on the ground, core engaged, and chest tall
- hold the weight hanging by the inside of your thigh 
- Lower down pushing your hips back 
slightly (this is a hinge motion)
- as you lower twist keep your chest tall, you can hinge forward as long as core is engage 
- pause at the bottom of the rep 
- Push through your front leg to come back up
- Work both sides

Bulgarian Split Squat

Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended sets: 3-4
Recommended tempo: 3 seconds on the eccentric squat, standard tempo on the extension 

Modifications: remove tempo

Form:
- Start in a standing position with your core engaged, chest tall, and shoulders retracted 
-hold your weight in the center of your chest just under your chin 
-feet are slightly wider than hip width and toes point outward 
- Flex at the knees and push your hips back as you come down 
- Keep your chest up throughout the movement
- Pause at parallel and extend your legs to come back up

Eccentric Goblet Squat

Bulgarian Split Squat SS Goblet Squat

Recommended time PER leg: 30-45 seconds 

For beginners: see bottom part of video, you will perform side lying inner thigh lifts 

Modifications: different knee placements: The closer the bench is to your knee the easier. Bending your lifting leg also makes it easier. Can also remove the lifts and just perform an iso hold 

Substitutions: inner thigh machine (adductor), inner thigh leg lifts, seated medicine ball adductor squeezes 

Form:
-start in a side plank with your foot on a bench, elbows or hand laid flat on the ground 
-press into a side plank by appropriately engaging your core to manage pressure
-keep your hips high and stacked on top of each other
-engage your inner thigh of your bottom leg to lift your foot (if leg straight) or knee (if leg bent) as high as you can.
-it’s okay if it’s only a few inches 
-lower your bottom leg
-repeat

Copenhagen Plank

Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended weight: none 

Modifications: limit range of motion 

Substations: kneeling inchworm to extended plank 

Form:
-start in a hands and knees position with your hands placed on a barbell with plates (doesn’t matter the weight)
-appropriately engage your core to manage any abdominal pressure you may have 
-engage your lats and upper back 
-begin to lean forward allowing the bar to roll out as far as range of motion and core controll can safely allow 
-do not let your back sag or arch, keep an eye on coning
-pause at the depth of your rep 
-engaging your TVA begin to roll the bar back to starting position

Barbell Rollouts

Lower Body 7.16.24

Cheyenne

I really love the opening stretches! And my arms were shaking at the end! Great workout!

Tiffani

Full Body Strength 9.10.24

Katie

First day back after a week vacation is always rough. 😅

Lower Body 9.9.24

Optional Cardio 9.7.24

Great workout to start the week! Thanks so much!

Intan

Love this one.  Def a new fave. 👊🏼🙌🏻💪🏼

Michelle

Hannah

Full Body HIIT 9.6.24

That finisher was brutal! Decided to do the bike because I haven’t done a bike for 10 years lol! Not my fave! But it was a good burn!

Olivia

Upper Body Strength 9.5.24

Awesome, quick full body after a road trip vacation!

Maggie

longer runs 3 days a week prepping for my half marathon means full body lifting days! 💪🏼

Full Body Strength 9.3.24

Really sweated it and legs are on fire 🔥 Enjoyed the jump exercise especially the emom one.

Eugenia

Didn’t have time to fit in all rounds but I’m still shaking. This was deceptively tough!

Nikyla

Lower Body Strength 9.2.24

Ashley

I actually really enjoy this cardio workout.

Courtney

Optional Cardio 8.31.24

Absolutely drenched! 🥵 
Felt good to be back in the gym with minimal weights but still targeting allllll the things

Morgan

Aubrey

🤜🏻🤛🏻 it was really nice! Good sweat

Full Body HIIT 8.30.24

🔥 love how strong I feel after this one 💪🏼

Lacy

Upper Body Strength 8.29.24

This one always gets me. One of my favorite full body workouts.

Margaret 

Full Body Strength 8.27.24

I cannot believe I completed it. Legs and core burning.

My core is burning 🥵! Great workout 💪🏻

Lower Body Strength 8.26.24

Jennifer

Optional Cardio 8.24.24

Great way to start a day! Love it 🤜🏻🤛🏻

The sweat is REAL 😅 such a tough one. I’ve only been able to complete 2 rounds.

Chelsea

Full Body HIIT 8.23.24

perfect upper body day to feel a good pump 💗

Upper Body Strength 8.22.24

Kathryn

Lora-lea

Full Body Strength 8.20.24

Wasn’t going to workout today but so glad I did!! 💪🏼🔥

Lower Body 8.19.24

Enjoyed the cardio and booty burn out! Just what I needed after letting my left arm fully heal.

Optional Cardio 8.17.24

It's inconvenient not to have the break timer already set to 20 seconds...I thought it would be harder but instead I did 4 rounds! 😎

Loved this one!! Also love the new format of showing previous weights and reps!

Great workout. Just what I needed and enjoyed it a lot.

Full Body HIIT 8.16.24

My shoulders are on fire! I have a goal of being able to do an unassisted pull up some day, but for now I’m glad I can even do them with bands. 🙌🏼

Enjoyed the cardio at the end and the regaining strength in upper body.

Upper Body Strength 8.15.24

2 mile recovery run and some full body strength to finish the week!

Full Body Strength 8.13.24

Krista

Lower Body Strength 8.12.24

Whoa dignity! 90 seconds on the assault bike brought my heart rate to 169 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

Hung on to the treadmill for dear life on that one 😂😂

Optional Cardio 8.10.24

Perfect workout to do on vacation when you want to get a little something in but don’t have a ton of equipment. I substituted the devils press for burpees. 4 rounds in 20 minutes and I feel great!

Amanda

this was my first workout after coming back from holiday… It was really hard!! I did 4 laps in 26 minutes but then I had to stop because I couldn't do it anymore! Anyway, pretty satisfied.. I'll get back to my strength and endurance!

Full Body HIIT 8.9.24

Upper Body Strength 8.8.24

Imani

Full Body Strength 8.6.24

Arpita

Loving seeing little improvements of things I wasn’t able to do 2 years ago. 🙏🏼🙌🏼

Lower Body Strength 8.5.24

Optional Cardio 8.3.24

Oh my!! That was WAY harder than I had anticipated. Only did 2 rounds because of heat and time. 🔥🥵

Full Body HIIT 8.2.24

did this one again today! it was a great pump after my 3 mile run💪🏼

Upper Body Strength 8.1.24

Super excited about the new training phase. Great start after vacation to hit a bit of everything!

Uber modified and not finished- my body is cranky! Listening to it and going for life long habits over “crushing” every workout. This was enough for today 🙏

Paula Kane

Full Body Strength 7.30.24

First weighted workout in a while. Did not disappoint 👏🏼

Virginia DelBondio

Easy to do in gym and made me very sweaty haha

Alexandra

NEW TRAINING PHASE: Lower Body 7.29.24

Optional Cardio/HIIT 7.27.24

Lol what an ending to the guide! My goodness! Definitely noticed an improvement:)

Maddie

Shannon

The perfect mix of strength, mobility and cardio! Absolutely dead but also SO ALIVE!!

Full Body HIIT 7.26.24

That hamstring curl is a killer. Great morning session to start my day

Nada Alabbar

Humbling for sure- ugh great challenge today

Pull 7.25.24

I absolutely LOVE this finisher. The whole workout is so much fun and that is by far my favorite finisher.

back on the grind! training for a half marathon, so yesterday was a run day💪🏼

Lower Body 7.23.23

I almost didn’t do this today. But it felt pretty good!

mary kate

Great start to a long weekend! Burning 🔥 arms

Loci no the condition. It should be called sweaty condition during the summer

Push 7.21.24

This was an awesome 5am workout session before work. I love these cardio/HIIT days. Simply great for ending the workout week.

Jojo

Optional Cardio/HIIT 7.20.24

Such a great workout. Excellent full body combos.

This was a killer! I took my time and focused on using my core for all workouts and boy!!! Spicy!! Them duck walks though 🥵 #killerworkout

Deylin

Full Body 7.19.24

I loved this upper body workout. I am getting stronger which makes upper body days more enjoyable.

Got as much done as I had time for today!

wow am I sore! No heavy lifting for a week and a half has me FEELING this week. 💪🏼

Pull 7.18.24

This was great!! Excellent start for the week. I am also noticing that I am getting slightly stronger which is awesome because my upper body is really weak.

quick one before work, but still a burner!!!💪🏼

Push 7.15.24

I absolutely love love love this HIIT workout. It is so much fun, I get to move my whole body, and work on my stamina. I also make sure not to use light weights to up the difficulty a little.

Optional Cardio/HIIT 7.13.24

Been off my normal consistent routine - so to fit in a nice HIT felt great!

Christine

Anessa

Full Body 7.12.24

Jessica

Enjoyed it and sweated off the condition part!

Pull Day 7.11.24

One of my favorite leg days. I love supersets and this workout has the best supersets. I’m a little worried I won’t be able to go up and down the stairs tomorrow 🤪.

I watched my legs shake in the mirror during those RDLs😅

It’s been a minute since getting a good lift in. Sickness, vacations, summer, and just life. But finding other ways to be active through it all, even if it’s not lifting 💗

Lower Body 7.9.24

Emilia

Can’t wait to feel this for the next 3 days 🫠🤪🤪

Megan

Push Day 7.8.24

I absolutely loved this workout. My endurance in running is improving and I am so happy about it because I am not a runner but always wanted to be.

Optional Cardio/HIIT 7.6.24

I really like this circuit. I’m out of breath, dying and drenched in sweat and that is exactly the type of workouts I enjoy 😂.

It’s been a while since I’ve done HIIT 😮‍💨💦

Took a few weeks off to dedicate to Pilates practice and this kicked my butt! Thought I went light in weights but by round 3 I could already feel my hamstrings getting sore 🥵

Lower Body 7.16.24

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