Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Lighter Pump Legs
Uploaded: 2026-06-04T14:17:22.490Z
Duration: 65 min
Description: Lighter Pump Legs

Luana

Louis

Angie

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 [on floor]

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
Strengthen your external rotators for healthy knees, lower back and butt 

DETAILS
1. Lying on your back, bend at the knees, and press the bottom your feet together.
2. Drive your knees toward the floor.
3. Press into the floor with your feet to raise your hips, and squeeze your glutes at the top of the movement.
4. As you press, exhale gently to engage your abs, putting less pressure on your lower back.

CUES
- Squeeze from Glutes
- Tuck Your Pelvis & Chin 
- Push Knees Out

Frog Pumps

Glute warm up

GOAL
Pre-exhaust those legs before heavy squats and/or build the ‘tear drop’ look without too many tears of pain #JkItHurts

DETAILS
1. Begin in a seated position on the leg extension machine. Knees are just off the edge of the seat.
2. Weight pad is resting above ankles.
3. Use the quadriceps to extend your legs fully as you exhale. 
4. Inhale on the negative and go down slowly if you a real savage. 
5. Pulse reps can be added. 

CUES
- Squeeze from Quads
- Slow Negative
- Hold Hips Down

Leg Extensions

GOAL
Stronger hammies = hotter legs, less knee pain/injuries, being mistaken for two hot dogs for legs #HotNot

DETAILS
1. Try to scoot up towards the edge of the seat like you're on that flying chair ride at the fair. It might give you more leverage to squeeze your hamstrings. 
2. Lean your chest forward if you feel it get you a better squeeze. 
3. Tune into your Jedi Mind Muscle Connection and really "squeeze" your hammies. 
4. Try pointing the toes down to feel pure concentration on the back of your legs. 
5. Exhale on the curl, inhale on the release. 

CUES
- Concentrate
- Breathe

Seated Leg Curl

Super Pump

GOAL
Overload the quads. Modify for wider squat if you experience knee problems or lack the mobility. 

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

CUES
- Tall chest
- Knees forward

Dumbbell Cannonball Goblet Squat

GOAL
If you have good knees, welcome to a quad cryer. If you don’t, swap for leg extensions #Burner

DETAILS
1. Stand on a raised object. 
2. Toes down, knees push forward. 
3. Stay upright + SQUEEZE from quads. 
4. Slow on negative. 


CUES
- Upright Chest 
- Knees Forward
- Slow Negative

Cannonball Squat

GOAL
Lower back health which is key to life, lifting, good sex, and getting old #ExtensionsForLifeExtension

DETAILS
1. Hinge at the hip and give everyone that million dollar view they don't deserve. 
2. Hang all the way down and initiate the movement by squeezing your glutes.
3. Squeeze your butt and hamstring and raise to be in line with your legs.
4. Hold for a second at the top and slowly lower all the way down. Repeat. 
5. Drop the weight and burn out with bodyweight. 

Pro-Tip: If you walk into the gym and your back hurts, hang off the end of this and wiggle that spine #SideToSide. Hang at the bottom and warm up by just extending a few inches up then coming back down to a relaxed position. Do a set of 30 and feel those lower lumbar say "hayyyy gurrrrl." 

CUES
- Squeeze Yo Ass
- Hinge At the Hip
- Tuck Your Ribs

Weighted Back Extension

GOAL
Stack that bottom, work on positioning and get steel cut glutes and hamstrings

DETAILS
1. Like you’re doing a regular back extension, but squeeze at the top and bend the knees.
2. Get a stacked position where the shoulders are back, ribs are tucked and butt is squeezed. 
3. Maintain this position for as long as possible as you hinge down into a back extension.
4. Repeat and squeeze from your hamstrings and glutes to rise. 

CUES - Ribs Tucked
- Squeeze Glutes

Bent Knee Back Exensions

Quad + Glute Pump

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
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

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I’d love some shorter workouts on the fighter feed. I find they always take me longer than the estimated time and finding it hard to fit the whole workout in amongst full time work, looking after dogs etc.

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Shay

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Nice and short. My fave exercise for calves too

Eleonore

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That was AMAZING! It was a ton of fun and my back is dead!

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love seeing a chest pump, so euphoric. the cable crunches were insane

Heavy n Pressed Chest

Motivation was at an all time low this am, but discipline prevailed. 💪🏼

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Dumbbell 💀 crushers Gabe me a run for my tris

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love - had limited time today to get through it but did as much as time allowed. so good.

Steel-Plated Chest

Eléna

Simply Back Day

did not wanna workout today, but glad i did!

Nikki

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Back Widen Squeeze yo SHIT

the ab section was beautiful - loved it. this whole workout was deep asF. burnville.

A-Typical Chest Day

what the… BRUH I AM WEAK. bout crawled out the gym. this was so good. so hard.

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Anna

excellent - workout felt powerful. finished up with 10 min on stair master.

This was tough but huge power 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Valeria

Loved the variation in this - and the ab work for summer prep 😏🔥

Chest Cheat Code 🔥

Loadout: Lower Body

My back definitely looks and feels the best!

Double XX Back

shoulders and arms are dead in the best way

Still crushing it, added an incline walk to the end for fun.

Ruby

Ground Zero [Legs]

Natalia

Emerson

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X-Rated Back

These new workouts have been 🔥🔥🔥

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This heartache really took its toll time to get back it 💪🏽

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Not bad for a post break up work out 🧰 is ⛽⛽⛽

Shoulder from IG

I don't think she is watching anymore but back day best day

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Momo… split and hinge? 🔥😭 loved and hated it deeply and absolutely needed this beasty workout.

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