Name: Playbook - Morgan Olson - Zeus Leg Work II
Uploaded: 2023-08-14T06:04:59.461Z
Duration: 65 min
Description: Zeus Leg Work II

Naomi

Great mix of movements. I know it says kg, but I entered weight as if it was lbs, opps! 
Love that the app keeps record of rep count and weight.

Rebecca

Anna

Angela

I loved the break of leg monotony with cable crunches and other stuff

Julia

Rarielle

Nicole

Headline will definitely read: “killed by split squats” 😂

Deb Livingston

Repeat of last Monday to focus on form + increase weight if possible or at least muscle contraction.

GOAL
Power + speed 

DETAILS
1. Stand a few inches in front of the box
2. Slightly bend knees and push out slightly. 
3. Swing arms behind you. 
4. Throw arms up to propel the jump. 
5. Extend hips and knees to accelerate out the bottom. 
6. Land softly on box. 
7. Aim to throw all your momentum up and forward, not down on the box. 
8. Step down, alternating sides. 

CUES
- Throw Arms Up
- Soft Landing
- Exhale

Box jumps

GOAL
Get those movement mechanics warmed up by sitting those hips baaaack #GoodForm

DETAILS
1. Set rope to lowest height. 
2. Walk forward about 3 steps.
3. Wide stance for balance. 
4. Keep rope close to groin. 
5. Send hips back with knees slightly bent. 
6. Back is flat thru entire movement with chin tucked. 
7. Stand + squeeze your glutes. 
8. Lean slightly forward to maintain balance. 

CUES 
- Hips Back 
- Flat Back
- Knees Bent 
- Squeeze

Rope Hip Hinge

GOAL
What is this name…luckily the power + coordination you’ll develop will have this tongue twister the least of your worries 

DETAILS
1. Start in a lunge position with a med ball (8-14lbs)
2. With left leg forward, swing the ball up around throwing on the outside of forward leg.
3. Catch ball and alternate legs. 
4. Repeat the throw on other side. 

CUES
- Powerful Throw
- Knee Pushes Out
- Exhale on Throw

Alt Lunge Med Ball Slam

Warm Up

GOAL
Loading the hips and legs while maintaining and more upright chest for less back strain and more glute focus
 1. Begin with a bar loaded on the ground. The feet should be set very wide, near the collars. Bend at the hips to grip the bar. The arms should be directly below the shoulders, inside the legs, and you can use a pronated grip, a mixed grip, or hook grip. Relax the shoulders, which in effect lengthens your arms.
2. Take a breath, and then lower your hips, looking forward with your head with your chest up. Drive through the floor, spreading your feet apart, with your weight on the back half of your feet. Extend through the hips and knees.
3. As the bar passes through the knees, lean back and drive the hips into the bar, pulling your shoulder blades together.
4. Return the weight to the ground by bending at the hips and controlling the weight on the way down

CUES
- Spread the Earth with Your Feet
- Squeeze Glutes
- Retract Spine
- Brace Abs

Sumo Deadlift

GOAL
Even out those hips and challenge your posterior chain #gains

DETAILS
1. Stand tall, with a dumbbell in each hand.
2. To start, place one foot backward so that the ball of your foot is in line with your heel.
3. Raise the rear heel and try to feel most of your weight on the front foot.
4. Keep even pressure through your front foot, and reach your hips backward, letting the front knee slightly bend as your hips go back and the dumbbells moves toward the floor.

CUES
- Flat Back
- Brace Abs
- Squeeze Armpits

Dumbbell Staggered Stance Deadlift

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

Power Triple Set

GOAL
Hammer those hamstrings + test your joint alignment with maximal coordination needed 

DETAILS
1. Set a Landmine bar up.
2. Place a 4 inch box underneath to shorten range. 
3. Grab the end. 
4. Hinge at hip with knee slightly bent. 
5. Lower slightly leaning into the weight. 
6. Stand and squeeze. 
7. Reps are per leg. 

Pro-Tip: do single leg rdl with a barbell if you don’t have a Landmine. 

CUES
- Hips Back
- Flat Back

Landmine Single Leg RDL

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 and chest is upright.
5. Knee pushes out. It is not inside your ankle/hip. No knee problems on my watch, only booty buildin.
6. Ascend up with an upright chest and tucked ribs.

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

Dumbbell Bulgarian Split Squat

3x10 Legz

GOAL
We’re thickening the density of your abdominal wall for a proper 6-pack. My favorite exercise for abs, ever. 

DETAILS
1. Use a close grip attachment and pick a challenging weight. 
2. Get on your hands and knees and walk back about 6 feet from the machine. 
3. Squeeze your elbows around your head. 
4. Hover over the space ahead of you. 
5. Begin by crunching the belly button into the spine. 
6. Find your balance and isolate the ab crunch. 
7. Avoid pushing the hips back towards your feet as you crunch. 

CUES 
- Hollow Rock
- Hover

Cable Crunch

GOAL
Athletic advantage, injury prevention and oblique shredder

DETAILS
1. Set up a cable to the lowest height [note you can also set to shoulder height or above for other angles]. 
2. Grab the end with both arms extended. 
3. Start with shoulders, hips, and feet square/straight forward. 
4. Rotate the torso away from the anchor point, keeping the hips square. 
5. Then, chop that wood by rotating torso towards your hip and slightly towards the ground.
6. Squeeze abs & exhale. Return slowly to start position. Repeat. 

Pro-Tips: Ribs are tucked and you compress/crunch your abs a little. Back foot pivots as you chop. Hips can rotate or stay stationary, whichever gives you a better ab squeeze. 

CUES
- Squeeze Butt
- Rotate Torso
- Tuck Ribs
- Crunch Ribs to Hip Slightly
- Straight Arms Whole Time

Wood Chop

Ab Builder

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 15-20 steps one direction, then 15-20 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
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
Increase coordination, flush lymph, strengthen your fast twitch muscle fibers, and increase speed #SoAthletic

DETAILS
1. Feet together.
2. Grab rope with wrists slightly in front of hips.
3. Thumbs face away from the body, shoulders are relaxed, and chin is neutral.
4. Hop low and quickly on your toes will whipping the rope with your wrists. 
5. Let the rope rotate around your body and jump as the wrists slap down.

Pro-Tip: The more relaxed you are, the longer you can keep your natural rhythm.
Pro-Tip II: Drop the rope. Jump low and fast and slap your hands on the front of your thighs. Double tap them to practice double unders. This simulates the timing and coronation needed to jump rope. After warming up with this, carry the same rhythm but just add the rope. 

CUES
- Hips In Place
- Posture is Upright AF
-Ribs Tucked

Jump Rope

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Zeus Leg Work II

Great workout unfortunately I couldn't do the spider curls because the benches of my gym are really high and it's uncomfortable. So I just did regular curls.

Wendy

Couldn’t get the best out of the spider curls - it killed me for the last cardio part

Xaris

Marina

Arm Veins 😈

T-Bar Station

Been having some lower back pain so I’ve had to modify some, but I def feel rejuvenated after taking five days off!

Naima

Good one. Made me happy in the morning.🫶🏻

Sadie

Vascular Shoulders

Good workout to use to get your heart rate up!

Courtney Schrade

Ashley

I finished my workout being a little bit too hungry.

Gbrla Prds

Monday Legs 🤌🏼

Elina

Nasha

Arm Annihilator

Kelly Backes

Hailey

Okkkk Back Day

Melody

Gabrielle

Juicy Chesties

Billy Stubblebine

Legs are never a favourite of mine, but I loved this little session

Get Sore Legs

Aria

Arm Demolition

Chest Push

Salsa

Who is Sarah and where do their ideas come from?

Definitely feeling it today 🥵 ready for the next one 🥳

Kris

Push Legs

Damn beefy arms club for days!! Pump is so good on this one

Arm Smash

Full Body Pull 💪🏼

Annamaria

Upper Focus

I really really liked it, good workout 🖤

Full Body Ab Builder

Wattsy

Effective Leg Day 🥵

Your workouts always make me feel PUMPED 💪💪💪

Upper Pump Sesh

Love it so much, we’re doing the next leg day after!

Mads

Full Body Leg Focus

Loved this workout 💪🏽🏋🏽‍♂️😤💦 mahalo coach 🤙🏽

Tishana

Wasn’t able to get through the whole thing this morning but absolutely loved the bit I got done!

Full Body Pump Master 3000

Diesel Arms 😈

Alyssa

Back [Deadlift Edition]

Okay I really liked that one even though I was intimidated by it before starting

Don’t Sleep Chest Day ⚡️

Ayla

Leg Time

Full Body Fire ⛽️

Push Power

I couldn’t rly confidently do 3 of the exercises. :(

Never done pin squats before. I like that you’re adding new things!

Fuck this one in particular 🤣🤣🤣
🔥🔥🔥🤌💯🥺

Squat Leg Sesh

It’s been a while, but I just love your workouts. They push me like I need to be pushed.

Chris

Arm Mass Builder ⚡️

Felix

Upside Down Dorito

Chest Werk 💪🏼

Yana

Walking down the stairs after this is wild

Izzy  Rivera

Legs Gonna Shake

I got dirty looks throughout this whole session and I’m just gonna tell myself I made all the insecure cis dudes jealous of the INCREDIBLE pump 😂

Alex

High Volume Arm Pump 🥵

Mela

One of my favorite, love the amount of exercises, keep like that 🖤

Big Back Day

Went light and focused on form with my shoulder injury.

Kallie 

Lauren

Push Power 😈

Great. Thanks. The holiday gave you a good headspace for new programs 😎

Natalie Serna

Isolation Leg Pump

Sore Arm Day

Sarah

Great workout, one of my favorite so far 🖤

Built Back

Harley

Really tough! Needed to take mods on the military press and on the final deficit push ups. Chest was too tired out!!

Chest Express

Back to the Fighter Feed 😈

First try out of your program. I like it!

Karen

cable crunches felt like not a lot - am i doing something wrong?

Devan

Indigo

Back Builder 🔥💪🏼

Connie

Day 2 Of The Program I Feel Good 💪🏼

summer

Awesome chest pump 😮‍💨 liked the simplicity of this workout

Sore Chest Day

Wow the chair squats JESUS the shirt not had me rolling

Laia

Kat Rosario

Pause Squat Work 🍑

My gym finally got a Skii Erg! So happy I don’t have to sub those anymore 😁😁

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