Name: Playbook - Kaytlin Neil - Leg Workout + Sprint (HOME)
Uploaded: 2024-01-16T01:10:45.778Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: Leg Workout + Sprint (HOME)

Warm up 

Leg Circuit 1
Main lift: DB Squat *go heavy*

Leg Circuit 2
Main lift: DB RDL *go heavy*

Cardio quickie to finish off the legs 🔥

Roll out each area 30-60 seconds until the area feels loose.

-Your IT Band is the side of your thigh, it can also be a really tight area 
-Take your time slowly rolling up and down it
-For any really painful areas, hold that spot and take a couple deep breaths

IT Band Roll Out

-Your quads are the four muscles that are on the front of your leg
-Take your time slowly rolling up and down, avoid going directly over the front of the knee joint
-For any really painful areas, hold that spot and take a couple deep breaths

Quad Roll Out

-Your hamstrings are on the back on your leg
-Take your time slowly rolling up and down, avoid going directly over the back of the knee joint
-For any really painful areas, hold that spot and take a couple deep breaths

Hamstring Roll Out

-Your Glutes are the name of the muscles in your bum
-Take your time slowly rolling this area
-For any really painful areas, hold that spot and take a couple deep breaths

Glute Roll Out

-Your calves are the muscles on the lower back half of your leg
-Take your time slowly rolling up and down, avoid going directly over the knee and ankle joints
-Throw one leg over the other for added pressure
-For any really painful areas, hold that spot and take a couple deep breaths

Calf Roll Out

*Optional* Leg Foam Roll

-Start standing with your arms overhead 
-bend over and touch your toes, keeping your legs straight
-bend your knees down into a squat, try to get your hamstring to touch your calf as much as possible here
-straighten your legs while still touching your toes 
-stand back up and repeat

Squat Stretch

-lay flat on your back with your arms to your sides and legs out 
-bring up one knee and drop it across your body while keeping your shoulders on the floor 
-repeat on the opposite leg

Laying Knee Twist

-stand with your feet shoulder width apart
-bring your knee up to hip level, circle it back, then circle it forward 
-repeat on the opposite leg

Hip Opener

-set a timer for one minute and do as many jumping Jacks as you can
-if you have bothersome knees, take the jump out and step your feet out to the side, one foot at a time

Jumping Jacks

Warm up

This exercise may seem a little strange to you, but it is SO good for your knees. 
-Bend your front leg, lower your body so your knee goes over your toe
-Try to get as much of the hamstring covering the calf as you can
-Keep your front heel either completely flat on the ground *it is ok for your heel to come 1-2 inches off the ground while you’re doing assisted or body weight, but try to work you way to keeping your heel flat
-Push through your front foot to raise back up
-Keep your back Glute tight and your rear leg almost straight the whole time

ATG Split Squat

-Start in a runners lunge 
-Being your knee up and jump as high as you can
-Pause between reps so you can focus on exploding up, this set is not for speed
-5 reps each leg

Power Skip

-10 forward 10 backward
-Put a band 1-2 inches above your knees
-Squat down and walk each foot out on a forward diagonal
-Repeat the same backward

Banded Monster Walk

Leg Circuit

-grab some dumbbells and pop them up onto your shoulders
-Sit your butt back, keeping the weight in your heels
-Squat as far down as you’re comfortable with
-Start with a weight that’s challenging where you can still keep good form, add weight each set if you can!

Dumbbell Squat

-Lean up against a wall
-Keep your legs straight
-Lift your toes off the floor
-The further you walk your feet out, the harder it gets
*If your knees bend when you’re tired, place your hands on your quads to keep them straight so they target your tibialis

Tibialis Raises

-Lay on the floor with a band 1-2 inches above your knees
-bend your knees so your feet and close to your butt
-Put your weight in your heels and lift your hips up without letting the band bring your knees together

Banded Glute Bridge

-Hold a weight in the opposite hand of the leg you’re going to stand on
-Bend over at the hips, keeping a slight bend in the knee you’re standing on while kicking the other leg back
-Reach down until you feel a stretch in your hamstrings
-Pull back up
-10 reps each leg

Single Leg RDL

-Keep a slight bend in your knees
-Hinge over at the hips, keeping the dumbbells next to your body as you lower
-Keep your back flat
-Go down until you feel a stretch in your hamstrings, then raise back up

Dumbbell RDL

30 on 30 seconds off

The 30 seconds on, you’re moving as fast as you can, it’s a sprint! You should need the full 30 seconds between to recover. 

Repeat for 10 minutes, alternating between the two exercises. 

Example: 
30 sec squat thrusts
30 rest
30 sec mountain climbers
30 sec rest
30 sec squat thrusts
…until 10 minutes is up

-Squat to 90 degrees or below, holding dumbbells at your shoulders
-On your way up, pop the dumbbells over your head, using your legs as momentum to get the weights up
-Squat back down and control the weights back down to your shoulders

Squat Thrust

-Keep your shoulders over your wrists
-Keep your core tight while pulling your knees in one at a time

Mountain Climbers

Home Cardio Quickie

-Get a yoga mat or pad and put it up the wall and on the floor 
-Put your back shin flat against the wall
-Bring your front leg up into a lunge position 
-Lift your torso up as high as you can, you probably won’t be able to be upright the first couple of times you do this stretch
-Work your way to getting your shoulders to the wall
-Hold for 1 minute each leg

Couch Stretch

-Lay on your back
-Cross one leg over the other
-Grab behind your hamstring and pull your leg towards your chest until you feel a stretch
-1 min each leg

Supine Piriformis Stretch

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Holly!!!!! I love this one!!!! Thank you!!! 😁🤘🏽

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Quick and fun workout! Love that I was able to get a workout in while traveling 😋

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Kaitlin

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Amazing how much just 5 minutes of abs can 🔥

Andrea

Loved it! I normally wouldn't put abs with glutes but it was a such a good switch up!

Melanie

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I loved this workout except for when I completely ate it trying to jump, but other than that it was great! I swear I go to the busiest gym in my city.

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lisa

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Great workout today!! I decided to tweak it though and did 30 minutes on the bike for cardio, which felt wonderful. Love legs 🦵🏼🦵🏼

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I conquered my new fear of box jumps and did not fall today!! Nice quick leg workout, I loved it

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I'm hoping that you meant reps instead of minutes for those calf raises... because that's what I did!

Ok still don't like legs but that wasn't bad😏

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I love legs and this workout was PERFECT 💪🏼

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