Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - The Leg Day You Didn’t See Coming
Uploaded: 2026-06-04T14:17:21.386Z
Duration: 65 min
Description: The Leg Day You Didn’t See Coming

Do jumping pull ups + worm pushups ps if needed.

Most people forget their shoulder blades are supposed to move.
Back day isn’t about yanking.
It’s about learning to elevate → retract → depress.

Stretch up. Pull down. Elbows lead.

The width will follow.

[Mechanics]: Pull Ups

GOAL
Wider back for a tighter waist and strong look

DETAILS 
1. Grab the pull up bar with arms fully extended and externally rotate your shoulders, think of showing your armpits forward. 
2. Begin by retracting your shoulder blades back to initiate the movement and follow through by squeezing your elbows down towards your hips. 
3. Keep your sternum up towards the ceiling and squeeze your armpits hard. 
4. Try to get chin over bar, exhale and lower slowly. 

CUES
- Proud Chest
- Squeeze Armpits
- Show the Armpits

Wide Grip Pull Up

GOAL
Build up your pressing strength through proper positioning and high volume

DETAILS
1. Set hands right outside of shoulders on the dumbbell rack, couch or bench. 
2. Get in a tight plank position. No sagging your stomach or arching your lower back excessively.
2. Feet together, butt squeezed, ribs tucked and as you descend down into the push up squeeze your shoulder blades back. 
3. At the top of the rep, push away with your shoulder blades to get more movement in your serratus/scapula. 

Pro-Tip: #1 mistake is your elbow position. If your elbows track out, that's a no no. If you lose the Right Triangle in your elbow that's a no no. 

If that happens, it's because you're pressing "too high." Step closer to the bar or bench and touch the bar to below your sports bra with the elbows close to your rib cage. 

CUES
- Plank Position
- Squeeze the Shoulder Blades Back
- Right Triangle
- Bar/Bench Below Nips

Incline Push Ups

GOAL
A good squat comes from flexible ankles/hips, a strong ass, and a developed core #FoundationalShit

DETAILS

1. Feet under your hips, toes slightly turned out according to your ankle flexibility, and reach your hands forward for balance. 
2. Begin by simultaneously reaching your hips back and bending the knees.
3. As you descend, spread the Earth with your feet aka push those knees out. 
4. When the hips go just below the knees, you can stand up. If you look like a rounded goblin, you gotta stretch mo.
5. Ascend and squeeze that ass at the top of a rep for ultimate booty building.
6. Exhale on the way up

CUES

-Chest up
- Shoulder Blades Pinned
-Knees Push Out
-Weight in Heels

Air Squat

Warm Up hehe

GOAL
Switch up the type of squats you do for ultimate results #BeachBodyDotCom

DETAILS
(same set up as airsquat)
1. Start with the barbell resting on the front of your shoulders, it's a shelf you've lifted to create. 
2. Let the bar roll to the talons of your hands. 
3. Elbows up and proud chest.
4. Big breath and push the knees out as your hips and knees descend at the same time.
5. Drive up with elbows high. 

CUES
- Elbows Up
- Big Breath
- Knees Out
- Chest Up

Front Squat

Do hollow rocks if hanging raises is too challenging.

You want to load your hip, not execute with momentum - maximal control on this one

DETAILS
1. Set a box to the proper height. When you step your foot on the box, your hips are just below your knee. Setting it too high creates hip shifting and pushing off with the back leg. Don't do that. 
2. Place your foot on the box, push knee slightly out, and keep it over ankle. 
3. Begin movement by centering your chest over your knee (balances your center of gravity). 
4. As you drive up through your heel, raise your chest and extend the knee. DO NOT push off with your back leg. 
5. Stand tall and return slow and controlled by leaning the chest forward to counterbalance your weight. Chest over knee = ultimate hip loading = booty gains. 
6. On the return, drag your back foot against the box for stability. 

CUES

- Hip Loading
- Drive Through the Heels
- Knee Over Ankle 
- Knee Pushes Out
- Relax the Back Leg

Step Ups

GOAL
Strengthen the lower abs for supreme injury prevention, lifting strength and pelvic control #PelvicStrong

DETAILS
1. Don't let yourself swing around. Slow and controlled is the name of the game.
2. Jump up and hold onto to a bar. Retract your shoulders and externally rotate that shit. 
3. Stack your body in a perfectly straight line, abs crunched, butt squeezed, and toes pointed.
4. Begin the rep by lifting the toes up to hip level. 
5. Actively crunch your abs while keeping your hips under your shoulders, don't let the hips tuck back behind your body. 
6. On the descent, control the negative and pray to the ab Gods to power you through at least 10 reps. 

CUES
- Feet Together
- Control Descent
- Exhale on Crunch
- Hips In Line With Body
- Crunch Belly Button In

Hanging Leg Raise

GOAL
Strengthen the oblique abs for v-lines baby

DETAILS
1. Don't let yourself swing around. Slow and controlled is the name of the game.
2. Jump up and hold onto to a bar. Retract your shoulders and externally rotate that shit. 
3. Rotate hips to side and push hips forward.
4. Begin the rep by crunching the ribs to hips with bent knees. 
5. Actively crunch your abs while keeping your hips under your shoulders, don't let the hips tuck back behind your body. 
6. On the descent, control the negative and pray to the ab Gods to power you through at least 7 reps. 

CUES
- Knees Slightly Apart
- Control Descent
- Exhale on Crunch
- Hips In Line With Body
- Crunch Belly Button In

Hanging Oblique Knee Tucks

My legs were shaking

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

DETAILS
1. Stand 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

Standing Calf Raise

Use any raised edge, not just a box for calf raise single leg. 

If you don’t have that, do 30 small hops similar to jumping rope.

GOAL
Get on those lil tippy toes for premium ankle flexion + also bodyweight to mind muscle connect to your calf muscles 

DETAILS
1. Find a step, box or 4” weight plate to stand on. 
2. Wrap one of your ankles behind the other like your clingy self. 
3. Lower slowly, stretching the calf + keeping knee straight. 
4. Lift by squeezing calf. 
5. Finish rep by going on your toes, but squeeze. 
6. Release + lower slow. 

Pro-tip: it’s mind muscle connection first

CUES
- Squeeze calf don’t just go on toes 
- Upright chest
- Don’t bounce

Single Leg Calf Raise

Calf Keeps Goinng

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Marina

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massive pump. increased weight on multiple exercises and found a new base. love seeing progress.

Zander

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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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Salsa

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Melody

6-Pack + Shoulders

Marta

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That was a ton of fun and an EPIC workout!!

Mandy

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I skipped stuff cuz I’m full of cheesecake

Shay

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Nice and short. My fave exercise for calves too

Eleonore

Alex

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Biceps + Lower Abs

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

Dead Stop [Back]

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. 💪🏼

Glute/Back/Abs [Legs]

Dumbbell 💀 crushers Gabe me a run for my tris

Arms [the look day]

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

Leg [Quad Vibes]

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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New fave - such a good arm pump 💪🏼🔥

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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 🔥

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My back definitely looks and feels the best!

Louis

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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You outdid yourself with this one. So much fun and just what I needed for my tight hips.

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

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

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