Name: Playbook - Kaytlin Neil - Legs + Core (GYM)
Uploaded: 2024-01-16T01:10:45.833Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: Legs + Core (GYM)

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

Bailey Buzick

Warm Up 

Circuit 1

Circuit 2

Front Squat *GO HEAVY*

Ab Circuit

Stretch

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

-Stand on the sides of the treadmill
-Turn the treadmill speed up to a speed that is a comfortable walk for you (1.5-2.5)
-Lift your body up with your hands 
-Flip backwards and put your feet on the sides of the treadmill 
-While still holding your body weight up, step one foot onto the track at a time
-Walk five minutes
-Reverse the steps to get off

Backwards Walk

-Lift one leg up and sit back slowly onto a box, it’s more about this eccentric phase of the exercise
-Then put your foot on the floor and stand up using both feet
-Start with a taller box and work your way down lower and lower
-8 reps each leg

Assisted Single Leg Squats

-Put one foot up on an elevated surface
-Hop the lead leg out, when your at the bottom of the exercise your leg should be at about 90 degrees (having the foot closer to the bench works more of the quads, and further away at 90 or a little past is more glutes)
-Try this a couple times without weights, once you get your balance, add weights
-10 reps each side

Bulgarian Split Squat

-Lay on the ground with one knee bent, one leg straight out to the diagonal
-Put same arm as the straight leg out to the side at a lower diagonal
-Hold a weight in the opposite arm straight above your shoulder with your elbow locked out
-Come up to your elbow on the straight arm, using your bend leg heel to drive into the ground
-Then drive your hand into the ground and straighten your arm all while keeping your core tight and opposite arm locked out above your head
-Hold for a second then return back down to your elbow
-Then control back to the floor
-5 reps each side

1/4 Turkish Get Up

Circuit 1

-Hold a weight over your head while doing a sit up
-Don’t use the weight for momentum, use your abs to press the dumbbell up

Weighted Sit 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 
-Push through your front foot to raise back up
-Keep your back Glute tight and your rear leg almost straight the whole time

Weighted ATG Split Squat

-Land on the box as soft as you can
-Start with a shorter box and build up to a higher box

Box Jumps for Height

Circuit 2

*This is a drop set, so 12 reps the first set, 10 the second and 8 the 3rd. Try to go up a little in weight each set since the reps get shorter.

-Hold the bar just under the chin with your palms facing the ceiling and your elbows up in line with your shoulders
-Keep your chest up while you squat down to 90 degrees or lower
-Keep your weight in your heels when you squat down

Front Squat

-Hold the yoga ball under your legs
-Really dig your heels into the ball
-Lift up your hips while you crunch your shoulder blades up 
-Control back down

Ball Reverse Crunch

-Hold a plank with your forearms on a yoga ball
-Push your shoulders away from your elbows so your shoulders aren’t “sinking”
-Make small circles with the ball while keeping your core extra tight
-5 circles each way

Ball Plank Circles

*Modification: bend your arms and legs and/or keep your shoulders on the ground
-Hold a hollow hold position with the ball in your hands over your head
-Lift the ball up with your shoulder blades off the ground and lift up your legs
-Grab the ball with your legs and lower back down
-1 pass equals 1 rep

Ball Pass Throughs

Ab Circuit

Do one minute of each leg for the Couch Stretch, 1 minute Pancake Stretch, then 1 min each leg for Outer Glute Stretches, then finish with a second minute of Pancake Stretch.

**DO NOT SKIP THESE! Strength through range of motion is so important!

-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

Couch Stretch

-Put your hands on the ground 
*If you can’t reach the ground, put them on a stair or elevated surface
-Press one heel into the floor at a time 
-20 each leg

Elephant Walk

Lower Body Stretch

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

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

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