Name: Playbook - Madi Ditler - W2/D1 Lower Body A + Abs
Uploaded: 2023-10-06T02:55:14.603Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: W2/D1 Lower Body A + Abs

- Slowly lower the bar with a slight bend in your knees, hinging 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 glutes and hamstrings to power back to standing

Barbell RDL

- Sit on the ground with a bench behind you, bending your knees so your feet are planted on the ground and holding a barbell resting below your hips
- Lean back so your shoulders are on the bench and position the bar above your hips
- Drive your hips up lifting the bar
- In the top position your knees should be bent at 90° and your shoulders should be near the top of the bench, with your body forming a straight line between them
- Pause at the top of the lift and squeeze your glutes
- Lower your hips slowly

Barbell Hip Thrust

- Sit down on the machine and place your legs on the platform directly in front of you at a medium (shoulder width) foot stance
- Lower the safety bars holding the weighted platform in place and press the platform all the way up until your legs are fully extended in front of you (Make sure that you do not lock your knees)
- Your torso and the legs should make a perfect 90-degree angle
- As you inhale, slowly lower the platform until your upper and lower legs make a 90-degree angle
- Pushing mainly with the heels of your feet and using the quadriceps go back to the starting position as you exhale
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions and ensure to lock the safety pins properly once you are done

Leg Press

- Adjust the machine lever to fit your height and sit on the machine with your back against the back support pad
- Place the back of lower leg on top of padded lever (just a few inches under the calves) and secure the lap pad against your thighs, just above the knees
- Then grasp the side handles on the machine as you point your toes straight and ensure that the legs are extended right in front of you
- As you exhale, pull the machine lever as far as possible to the back of your thighs by flexing at the knees
- Keep your torso stationary at all times
- Hold the contracted position for a second
- Slowly return to the starting position as you inhale

Seated Hamstring Curls

- Start in the prone position, holding a weight for added resistance
- You want to internally rotate your shoulders and deliberately round your upper back, to make sure the majority of the tension is in your glutes on the contraction
- As you descend, you’ll feel most of the tension in your hamstrings, but some will be in your glutes
- Go to a range of motion that gives you a good stretch in your hamstrings but if you don’t feel a massive stretch here, that’s okay because this range of motion will vary depending on your individual mobility and flexibility
- Pause for a second at the top and bottom, and initiate the movement by contracting your glutes as hard as possible, back to the starting position
- Try to imagine initiating the movement by squeezing your butt cheeks together
- Remember to keep your upper back rounded so you don’t begin to rely solely on your lower back for the movement

Glute Bias Hyperextensions

- Raise your shoulders off the floor
- Alternately reach towards your heel engaging your obliques
- Repeating back and forth for time or reps

Heel tap crunches

- Keeping your chin tucked 
- Gently lift your head and shoulders off the floor 
- Slowly contracting your abdominals
- Pause briefly, lower back down
- Lower back stays in contact with the pad or floor

Crunches

- Lay on your back, hands at your sides 
- Raise your legs off the ground until straight up
- Lower them, stopping just short of them resting

W2/D1 Lower Body A + Abs

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