Name: Playbook - Jake Peralez - Legs
Uploaded: 2022-10-24T21:48:24.942Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: Legs

Full Leg day with a focus on back squat. If unable to squat, use leg press machine.

- Begin with bar positioned on your upper back
- Brace your midline and keep your chest up
- Eyes forward as you lower, sitting back and down
- Reach parallel and push through your heels to come back up

Barbell back squat

- Start with dumbbells in your hands with feet slightly less than shoulder width.
- Slowly lower the weight with a slight bend in your knees, bending at the hips and keeping your back straight
- Lower weight until you feel a slight stretch in your hamstrings
- Drive your hips forward and use your hamstrings to power back to standing

Romanian deadlifts

- Keeping your back flat against the pad
- Lower your legs towards your chest
- Drive through your heels to press the sled back to starting position

Leg press - mid stance

- Place feet so that only your upper foot and toes are on the platform
- Push platform away engaging calves
- Return to starting position under control

Leg press calf raise

- Sit on the machine with the pad at the bottom of your shin 
- Extend your legs engaging your quads 
- Pause at the top and lower slowly

Leg extensions

- Bring your heels towards your glutes
- Lower with a slow controlled motion
- Focus on engaging your hamstrings

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