Name: Playbook - Sam Gwaz - W8/D1 - lower
Uploaded: 2024-05-10T11:04:35.241Z
Duration: 60 min
Description: W8/D1 - lower

Tatiana

1. lower warm up
2. 20, 15, 12, 10 back squat 
* increasing weight each set
3. 4x10 deadlift
4. 3x10/10 bulgarian split squats
5. finisher: 4 rounds
- 15 hip thrusts
- 10/10 side plank hip dips
- 15 crunches
6. stretch!

30 seconds of each, repeat 2 rounds

jog in place
butt kicks 
yogi squat to hamstring stretch
side lunge
single leg rdl

*can swap first 2 movements for 5 min incline treadmill walk

LOWER BODY WARM UP

- Begin with bar positioned on your upper back
- Brace your midline and keep your chest up
- Eyes forward as you lower, sitting back and down
- Reach parallel and push through your heels to come back up

Barbell back squat

- Start with feet wide and toes pointed out
- Engage your lats
- Pull the bar up keeping a neutral spine and upper body tight
- Reach full extension with your legs 
- Keeping a flat back lower bar to ground

Sumo deadlift

- Place one foot on the bench and move forward so the front knee is bent to 90 degrees
- Hold a dumbbell in your opposite hand (as forward leg) if you have poor hip mobility & same hand (as forward leg) for more glute engagement 
- Push hips back and lower down until your back knee almost touches the floor
- Push through your heel and stand up

Dumbbell bulgarian split squats

- Support upper back on a bench and the barbell across your hips
- With both knees bent to 90 degrees 
- Lower your glutes to the floor and press back up to starting

Barbell hip thrusts

- Keep your hand underneath your shoulder, and feet stacked on top of each other
- Press your hips toward the ceiling to make a straight line from head to toe
- Lower your hip to the floor and lift back up engaging your core

Side plank hip raises

- Keeping your chin tucked 
- Gently lift your head and shoulders off the floor 
- Slowly contracting your abdominals
- Pause briefly, lower back down
- Lower back stays in contact with the pad or floor

Crunches

lower finisher

hold each for 60 seconds:

standing quad stretch 
seated hamstring stretch
hurdlers stretch
child’s pose

LOWER BODY STRETCH

W8/D1 - lower

Feels great to focus on my legs again! And I think
I can increase the weight! 😁

Mari

So excited to start this guide, loved this leg day ❤️

Katie

Sara Coop

W1/D1 - lower

Kayla

Anna

*very* new to running and this was perfect!

Morgan

W1/D2 - run & core (optional)

This was a great upper body set, I’m beat! Phew!

🙌🏽 great upper body workout. The last superset burns so good!

Evelyn

But who is gonna brush my hair now that my arms are toast?!

Rebecca Lawrence

W1/D3 - upper

So good! I have never been fond of running but enjoying weaving these cardio days in throughout the week while listening to the Eras Tour set list on repeat 🎤🎶

Crab walks were a bit awk lol but can’t wait to improve!!

Perfect! Just what I felt like doing today 👍

Nicole Loewen

W1/D4 - run & core (optional)

Wow, this killed me! But I feel great! 😊

Alexandra

Great work out! Gets your heart rate up, muscles burning and super sweaty!

Shalana Brinkman

W1/D5 - full body 🔥

Yet again another AMAZING lower body workout!! Can’t wait to officially sign up☺️

Erin

W2/D1 - lower

Christine

Tanika

W2/D2 - run & core (optional)

Nothing like delt Flys to make you feel humble

Jordan

I really didn’t think I was gonna make it through that last set but I did 🎉

W2/D3 - upper

W2/D4 - run & core (optional)

First workout back
After illness. Loved it and great to get back in the flow x

W2/D5 - full body 🔥

Killer workout for day 1 of 2024 🎉 happy new year girl!

All fun and games until that goblet squat finisher 😅

W3/D1 - lower

Izabella

So tough today. Really hot but loved it x

I need to switch it up and do core before run bc it was a struggle for me haha but I did it and I loved it!!

W3/D2 - run & core (optional)

Anna Kate Velasquez

Alex

Upper body is literally my favorite ❤️

W3/D3 - upper

I managed 25 minutes today and went uphill. Loved it x

W3/D4 - run & core (optional)

Damas93

W3/D5 - full body 🔥

Jelly legs! Those curtsy squats are the winner/hater of the day 😂

W4/D1 - lower

Love the core work. This was a tricky one x

harder than i thought! that first circuit 💀

W4/D2 - run & core (optional)

Omg brutal but loved it! Feeling so much stronger 💪🖤

W4/D3 - upper

W4/D4 - long run & core (optional)

This (thank goodness) went quick!! But 🫠

W4/D5 - full body 🔥

Not many exercises…but definetly still killer!

W5/D1 - lower

W5/D2 - run & core (optional)

Not sure I’ve ever been  that sweaty during upper body day lol

W5/D3 - upper

W5/D4 - run/walk (optional)

Happy I did this even though I didn’t feel like getting a work out in!

Melissa

W5/D5 - full body

6 weeks of hip thrusts and I still cry every time l. Even with an empty bar.

W8/D1 - lower

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