Name: Playbook - Nikki McGrath - W4/D1 Leg Day: Quads
Uploaded: 2023-03-23T17:41:50.697Z
Duration: 50 min
Description: W4/D1 Leg Day: Quads

Nikki

For this workout, start with my lower body warm up, located in my Warm Up Collection.

Happy New Week Team! 

Today’s Leg Day will be focusing on toning and strengthening your legs. Focus on the muscles you are working on, and remember proper form and technique is more important than heavy weights.

Optional: Finish w/ 10-12 minutes of an incline walk, bike ride, or run.

- Keeping your back flat against the pad
- Lower your legs towards your chest
- Drive through your heels to press back to starting position

Leg press (quad focused)

- Place feet higher and wide with toes slightly out on the platform
- Keeping your back flat against the pad
- Lower your legs towards your chest
- Drive through your heels to press all the way back to starting position

Leg press - sumo stance

Repeat these two exercises back to back. Rest when needed.

- 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

For this exercise, start by: 

Toes should be pointed straight ahead, core engaged, and shoulders pulled down and back. Back should be straight and in line with your hips. 

Next, press into the barbell with your upper back/traps (never on your neck!) and press the barbell onto your back. 
As you squat down, ensure that your knees are inline with your 2nd toes. Squat as deep as you can, and return up, pressing through your heels. Repeat rep.

Barbell back squat

For this exercise, start with grabbing one Kettlebell at a weight that feels comfortable to you. 

Now, there are a few ways to set this up: depending on what you have available, we could use a bench, box, single leg squat roller, or a barbell pad secured on a rack. 

In the video, I’m using a foam box, however, feel free to use a bench, or whatever you have available. 

To find a good foot position, sit down on the bench and extend one leg out. Where ever your foot lands, that’s where your starting position for the Bulgarian is. 
Now, set your back foot onto the bench/pad/roller and secure it. Then, squat down to pick up the weight. 
Ensure your shoulders are pulled down and back, and engage your core. Keep your hips and back inline. 
Check your feet position: if your knee is going to far over your heel, step forward slightly so your knee is more inline with your heel. 
Next, rep out the split squats, keeping your gaze on the ground ahead of you to keep your neck neutral. 

Repeat the reps on one leg, rest, then repeat on the other side.

Dumbbell bulgarian split squat

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W2/D1 Leg Day: Quads

Whooo, great way to start the week. Loved this one🔥❤️

W2/D2 Back & Biceps

Absolutely loved it! Glute gains for realzzzz

W2/D3 Glute Focus

Arms are shakey. Definitely going to feel this tomorrow!

W2/D4 Chest, Triceps, and Shoulders

Absolutely annihilated my legs and I’m here for it 🥵🥵🥵

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W3/D1 Leg Day: Quad Focus

That back and biceps workout was amazing 🔥

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W3/D4 Shoulders, Chest, and Triceps

Whewwww that burned more than I thought 🤣

W3/D5 Full Leg Day

That burn was intense! Great upper body day 🔥

W4/D2 Back & Biceps

Dudeeeee my glutes are on fire. Great workout

W4/D3 Glute Focus

This workout was Fantastic 😅🫶 feeling GOOD

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