Name: Playbook - Hannah Bower - Week 2 Day 1 (week 11) Spring Training: Lower Body
Uploaded: 2025-07-18T02:13:10.395Z
Duration: 40 min
Description: Week 2 Day 1 (week 11) Spring Training: Lower Body

Great leg exercises just what I needed! I noticed my legs getting stronger and holding better.

Dominique

5/5 this week and feeling great because of it💪🏼

Brianna

Eugenia

Feeling a huge improvement on the side step ups. Think I’m ready first weight next time!

Taylor

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You will need medium to heavy dumbbells, a safe surface (bench, box, chair ect) for this workout. 

As always read descriptions and keep an eye on reps/time!

You will need a banister or pole, bench or couch, plates or books for this warmup.

Recommended time: as needed
Tempo Slow

Form:
-Grab onto a poll, rack, or stair railing
-stand a few steps away from the poll
-tuck your chin to your chest round your back and pull away from the poll as much as you can
-walk your hands down the poll/rack as you pull away to feel a stretch in your back, ribs, and lats
-walk your hands down to a deep squat and press your knees away from each other
-rock side to side for a full side body stretch

Pole Walks

Recommended time: as needed
Tempo slow

Form:
-place your elbow on a bench, chair, or sofa and kick your feet out into a side plank
-place your top leg over your bottom leg to firmly plant your foot on the ground in from of your bottom quad
-from here, lower your hips down to the ground as far as range of motion allows
-you will feel this in your ribs, obliques, hips flexor, IT band

Side Body Stretch

Recommended repetitions: as many as desired
Recommended directions: front, side, back
Recommended tempo: slow

Form:
-start standing on a safe elevated surface (books, stairs, plates, stool)
-place your weight onto one foot keeping your chest tall and ribs stacked over pelvis
-lift your other foot in the air and a few inches in front of your surface
-with your standing leg, bend your knee as far as range of motion allows
-be sure there are no wiggles in your knee.
-knee does not fall inward or wobble
-extend back to standing
-before with your foot to the side, and backwards

Knee Stability

Corrective Exercise Warmup

Progressive Overload: same as last time. If you can add weight do. Or keep same. Last set is close to 90% max
Recommended reps: 6 per side 
Recommended sets: 4
Recommended weight: heavy (last 2-3 reps
Should be a challenge)

Don’t have access to challenging weight? Increase reps to 8-12 (slow down tempo, add a pause, add 1/2 reps

Modifications: remove the elevation, 

Equipment substitutions: dumbbells front racked or held down by sides, kettlebells, body weight 

For home elevation: step, stacked books, plates

Substitutions: static reverse lunge, step ups 

Form:
- Start with the barbell on your upper back
- chest is tall, ribs stacked over pelvis, feet firmly planted on your safe surface 
- Step back with the first foot and safely place it on the ground first 
-lower down until knees are 90 degrees
-press through your glute to press to standing rather than pushing off that back leg 
- Repeat on the opposite side

Elevated Reverse Lunge + Drop Set

You will need a medium to heavy dumbbell for this superset.

Progressive Overload: adding weight
Reps are per side 
Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended weight: medium 

Modifications: limit weight used, widen your stance 

substitutions: single leg squat to chair, supported shrimp squat, pistol squad, Bulgarian split squat 

Form:
-start standing with your chest tall, ribs stacked over pelvis and feet together 
-Take one foot and inch it backwards so you have a narrow but staggered stance
-hold your weight down by your side or up by your chest 
-keep the majority of your weight on your front leg, use your back leg for stability (as much or as little as you need)
-begin to hinge forward as you lower into a squat by bending both knees
-use your back leg for as much or as little support as you need
-lower as far as range of motion allows or until knees are around 90 degrees.
-press through your front foot to come to standing.
-repeat

Narrow B-Stance Squat

Progressive Overload: adding weight. 
Reps are per side 
Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended weight: medium 

Modifications/substitutions : Bulgarian split squat, single leg Romanian deadlift 

Form:
-start standing with your core engaged and feet hip width distance apart, like you would a standard squat 
-Take one leg and slightly place it backwards a few inches
-keep the majority of your weight on your front leg
-you can hold your weight down in front
-perform a deadlift by hinging at the hips (think about pushing your butt back)
-use your back leg for as much or as little support as you need

B Stance Romanian Deadlift

Narrow B-Stance Squat ss B-Stance RDL

You will need a stable surface and optional weight for this superset

Progressive overload: add weight 

Recommended reps: 6 steps-ups + 6-10 jumps = 12- 16 reps total 
Recommended weight: light to medium 
Recommended sets: 2-3

Don’t have access to challenging weights? Increase weighted step-ups to 8-10

Equipment modifications: dumbbell, or body weight.

Modifications: lower the height of your surface, minimize the jump, remove the jump and increase speed 

Form:
-Stand parallel with a surface (bench, chair, step, ottoman) with a neutral spine, and weight of your choice 
-place your close leg onto the surface. Using your core, glutes, and posterior chain, push through to standing
-try and use as minimal assistance from your far leg as possible 
-slow and controlled back to the ground

Side Step-Ups into Jumps

Progressive overload: reps + weight 
Recommended reps: 8-10
Recommended pulses at the top of the rep: 3
Recommended ISO hold at end of reps: til failure

Band is optional

Equipment substitutions: barbell, kettlebell, booty band, bodyweight 
Modifications: perform without the weight  
Substitutions: hip thrusts, full range of motion glute bridges 

Form: see tutorials for more in depth review  -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) -ift your hips off the ground maintaining a pelvic tilt  -Appropriately engage your core and your glutes. Feel itIn your hamstrings? Tilt your pelvis upwards) -Begin to lower your hips Halfway down, keeping glutes and core engaged  -Pause at the halfway point -press your hips back to starting position 
-from here, pulse your knees as far away from each other as you can while keeping your feet still, you should feel this in your outer glutes. Perform for 3-5 reps -Repeat until reps are complete -After the final rep, hold your case glute bridge in an isometric positon for as long as you can

Cass Glute Bridge Pulse + Hold

Side Step Ups + Jump ss Cass Glute Bridge

Recommended Reps: 10 total ( 5 per side alternating dead bug, 5 full body dead bug crunch)
Recommended weight: light, band light

Modifications: perform bodyweight, limit range of motion, keep one foot on the ground at all time

Substitutions; marching, crunches 

Form:
-start laying flat on the ground with your arms extended straight to the ceiling holding your weight (or band) and knees bent at a 90 degrees with your feet in the air -appropriately engage your core to manage pressure as you begin to lower the weight down towards your head  -as your arms are lowering the weight, you will extend on of your legs out and down towards the bench as far as range of motion allows
-keep a slight bend in your elbows and your knee
-extend only as far as range of motion and core control will allow
-engage your tva to draw your knee back to 90 degrees at the same time you pull your dumbbell overhead
-alternate which leg extends outward each rep
-once your complete reps on each side, you will then perform a dead bug but you will lift both knees up together at the same time

Core Finisher: Alternating Dead Bug + Crunch Hold

Ending the day with some good old fashion corrective exercises.

Recommended reps: 3-5 per direction so 6-10 per side
Recommended sets: 1
Recommended weight: bone 

Modifications: limit range of motion, decrease reps, 

Form:
-Get on your hands and knees. Hands underneath shoulders and knees underneath hips 
-Back flat, chin neutral and core is engaged 
-lift one knee 1-2 inches off the ground by bracing your core, pull the knee as far towards your chest as you can 
-then abduct the knee out to the side as far as range of motion allows 
-you will then perform as wide as a circle as you can by rotating your leg 360
-point your foot to the ceiling
-lower knee to the ground
-this is one direction, perform all reps in the this direction 
-the lift and repeat in the opposite direction
-repeat on the other leg

Stabilizing CARS

Banded knee extensions are a great mobility exercise to incorporate into any of your warmups, especially on a leg day.

Banded Knee Extensions

Corrective Exercises

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