Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Legs 🔥🔥🔥
Uploaded: 2024-01-21T02:10:11.709Z
Duration: 85 min
Description: Legs 🔥🔥🔥

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Epic leg day! Squeeze from your glutes & take your time.

GOAL
Pre-pump your external rotators to strengthen your hips and knees 

DETAILS
1. Place a band slightly above your knees, standing tall and starting with your feet about hip width.
2. On your toes, push your knees out and lower down about 2 inches.
3. Chest is up and step to the side. 
4. Do about 20 steps one direction, then 20 the other. 
5. Do not lean, or step so far that your knee falls inward and maintain tension through the band the entire time.

CUES
- Squeeze from Glutes
- Knees Out
- Stay 2 Inches Bent

Lateral Band Walk

GOAL
The benefits remain endless. Lockout strength, mass on booty, dimple reducer, and awkward eye contact opportunities

DETAILS
1. Lying on your back either on a bench or on the floor.
2. Bend at the knees, and plant your feet into the floor.
3. Press into the floor with your feet to raise your hips, and squeeze your glutes at the to initiate the movement.
4. Exhale gently to engage your abs, putting less pressure on your lower back.

CUES
- Initiate with Squeeze of Booty
- Drive from Heels
- Knees Over Ankles

Bodyweight Glute Bridge

GOAL
Uneven glutes can cause a plethora of problems including back or knee pain. Straighten those glutes unilaterally for the healthiest thing since celery juice 
 DETAILS
1. Lying on a bench or your back, bend at the knees, and plant your feet into the floor.
2. Pigeon the non-working leg on your other one.
3. Press through with the working leg by squeezing your glutes to raise the hips to neutral.
4. Focus on squeezing your butt hard, not just how high you can get your lower back.

CUES - Squeeze from Butt
- Slow & Controlled

Single Leg Glute Bridge

Warm up

Try to increase weight each set. Kb swings using power from hips and tuck chin throughout movement.

GOAL
Build invaluable power, conditioning and hip strength 

1. Hip-width stance, begin with kettlebell in hands. 
2. Begin by pushing the hips back and start the upward swing by aggressively squeezeing your butt.
3. Stabilize the line of swing and aim for shoulder height.
4. Keep the arms slightly relaxed and let bell swing down, keeping the weight as close to your groin as possible.
5. Hinge the chest forward and repeat movement. 
6. Hips descend back and down, but above the knees

CUES
- Flat Back
- Brace Abs 
- Proud Chest

Kettlebell Swing

GOAL
Sculpt those hamstrings without lower back pressure, aka isolation exercise #HamTings

DETAILS
1. Tuck your pelvis into the hip pad. 
2. Point your toes like a ballerina. The weight will just feel heavier, you're welcome. If you flex your toes, you tryna lift with your calves...don't do that. 
3. Get in a full length leg stretch then curl the weight by squeezeing from your hamstrings with a controlled negative.
4. Exhale on the curl, inhale on the negative

CUES
- Slow Negative
- Stay Focused 
- Relax the Toes
- Tempo is Life

MODIFICATIONS
One legged - say bye-bye-bye to those imbalances. Add in quarter reps, pulses, and holds for the ultimate life-altering experience.

Lying Leg Curls

Superset KB swings and leg curls

GOAL
Ultimate glute builder without loading the spine 

DETAILS
1. Begin seated on the ground with a bench directly behind you. Have a loaded barbell over your legs. Having a pad on the bar can greatly reduce the discomfort caused by this exercise.
2. Roll the bar so that it is directly above your hips, and lean back against the bench so that your shoulder blades are near the top of it.
3. Begin the movement by squeezing your butt. 
4. Push through your heels and tuck your pelvis. Focus more on glute activation and tucking the pelvis rather than how high you can push the bar. 
5. Slowly lower by pushing the hips down and repeat. 

CUES
- Initiate from Glutes
- Tuck Pelvis

Barbell Glute Bridge

GOAL
Puts more focus on hamstring and glute, loads your hip joint, and works your shitty coordination and balance #AlsoBooty

DETAILS
1. Stance is hip width apart and your back is turned towards a bench.
2. Reach your back leg on the bench. With the back toe face down, jump the front leg a good distance ahead of you, almost as far as you can reach.
3. Begin by pushing the hips back and down
4. Knee is slightly behind ankle.
5. Knee pushes out. It is not inside your ankle/hip.
6. Ascend up with a titled chest over the knee and the hip remains back. 

CUES
- Step Far Forward for Booty
- Hips Back
- Chest Over Knee
- Knee Out
- Step Closer for Quads
- Feet Shoulder Width Apart

Bulgarian Split Squat

Superset

GOAL
Overload your legs with control 

DETAILS
1. Use either this machine or the leg press and do one leg at a time.
2. Position foot where at the bottom of the rep, your knee is 90 degrees. 
3. Begin by bracing your abs. 
4. Exhale and squeeze your quad, glutes and hamstrings to press. 
5. Don’t extend all the way aka don’t lock out the knee. 
6. Lower slowly and repeat. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Brace Abs
- Lower Slow

Single Leg Press

GOAL
Just tryna get those ankles for defined 

DETAILS 
1. Usually after a leg press, position heels off the edge of the platform. 
2. Keep the knees slightly bent and let heels stretch to its fullest potential. 
3. Begin by squeezing your calves and extending through the toes. 
4. Slowly lower. Pause and repeat. 

CUES
- Don’t Bounce
- Full Stretch

Calf Raise on Leg Press

Superset on leg press

GOAL
Anti-cankle life - I got thick ankles so I need to do extra. 

DETAILS
1. Sit tall with appropriate weight.
2. Hang heels on edge of platform. 
3. Begin by fully stretching the heel down.
4. Pause. Squeeze calves up to raise on tippy toes. 
5. Slowly lower to full stretch. Repeat. 
6. Do pulse reps to hit failure. 

CUES
- Full Stretch
- Exhale on Up

Seated Calf Raise

GOAL
Leg and ab killer 
 1. Hold a dumbbell at chest height, 1-2' away from your body.
1. Stand tall, shoulders relaxed and contract your abdominals.
2. To down, bend your knees and let your hips follow, maintaining even pressure throughout your foot.
3. Maintain a tall posture the entire time.
4. To stand, think about pressing the floor away.

CUES
- Flat Back 
- Reach Hips Back
- Brace Abs 
- Proud Chest

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