Name: Playbook - Nikki McGrath - W1/D2 Lower Body
Uploaded: 2025-01-30T17:55:35.875Z
Duration: 45 min
Description: W1/D2 Lower Body

Start off with my Lower Body Warm Up- you can find this in my WARM UP Collections.

Today’s Lower Body Workout is a mix of glute building exercises. 

If you have extra time and want more, check out the FINISHER circuit. 

Have fun & remember that you got this!

- Elevate heels onto a weight plate, ensuring that your feet are pointed forward. 
-Engage your core and ensure your back is inline with your hips. 
- Hold a single dumbbell in the goblet position (two hands on one dumbbell) 
- Lower into the bottom of a squat, pressing through your heels and quads. 
- Stand up to full extension
Repeat

Dumbbell heels elevated goblet squat

- Begin by standing both feet on the plates
- Step one foot behind you and lower down until your back knee touches the ground
- Press through the front heel and stand back up
- Repeat on the opposite leg

Dumbbell deficit reverse lunges

Superset = 2 exercises back to back with minimal rest in between.

Tip: Remember to go slowwww and really think about mind-muscle connection.

- Holding the dumbbells at your sides
- Step one leg back behind the other leg
- Bring your knee down until it reaches 90 degrees
- Push through your front leg to bring your back leg forward to starting position
- Repeat on the opposite side.
- Alternate sides

Dumbbell curtsy Squat

- Stand in front of a box
- Step up to full extension
- Keep your chest up
- Lower to ground and repeat with other leg

Box step up

Superset: Curtsy squat & Box Jumps

Triset = 3 exercises back to back with minimal rest in between.

Tip: Remember to go slowwww and really think about mind-muscle connection.

For this exercise, start seated on the mat. 
Grab the weight and rest it on your thighs, and bring your feet in at a 90 degree angle, ensuring they are inline with your hips and under your knees. 

From here, press your mid back into the bench and lift yourself up.

From here, take one leg out to the side and press lightly through your heal. Take the weight onto the working leg and balance it on one side. 

I want you to imagine this leg as your supporting leg- the other leg will be your working leg.

Rep out the reps on one leg, then switch to the other.

B. Stance Bridge

Sumo Squat: 

Start with grabbing one dumbbell & rest it on the ground in front of you. 

Get into a wide stance: feet should be pointing out to the side, and core engaged. Tuck your hips in so your back will be inline with them. Pull your shoulders down and back. 

Next, squat down to pick up your weight, and rep it out, ensuring your knees stay inline with your toes.

Dumbbell sumo squat

- Stand shoulder width apart
- Place your hands on the floor in front of you
- Hop back bringing your body down to the floor
- Hop forward placing your feet on the floor
- Jump up in the air and bring your hands over your head

Modification:
If need be, you can step back, lower to your knees instead of a high plank, lower down to the floor then step back up to standing 

Repeat.

Burpee

Triset

- Begin with dumbbells in each hand and feet hip width
- Press hips back and lower dumbbells down until mid shins
- Lift back up to standing and press hips forward

Dumbbell RDL

- Start with kettlebell on the ground in front of you
- With chest lifted and core engaged bend at the waist
- Lift Kettlebell off the ground allowing it to swing between your legs
- Drive your hips forward propelling the kettlebell forward and up
- Ending the swing once arms reach full extension overhead
- Allow kettlebell to swing down and back between the legs
- Moving immediately into the next rep

American kettlebell swing

Superset: RDL & Kettlebell Swing

Leg day finisher to get those quads on fire! 

Take that rest- you’re going to need it!

- Sit against a wall with your legs and hips bent at 90 degrees
- Hold for time

Wall sit

- Perform jumping squats switching between narrow and wide stance each jump

Jump squats

Finisher

W1/D2 Lower Body

Rebekah

One of my favorite. Easy to do at home and still gives me a challenge.

W1/D2 Lower Body

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