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• NEW FEATURE: Not sure what a certain exercise is? Or how proper form
should look like? Just go to Instagram and search the hashtag next to the
exercise in this program and a video by me will show up! Easy as pie! This is
new and I don’t have a video for every exercise yet but it will be finalized
soon!
• Notes: REMEMBER TO STRETCH BEFORE AND AFTER EACH WORKOUT.
Stretching is one of the most important factors in building muscle that
people often overlook. Not only does stretching speed muscle recovery but it
increases your ROM (range of motion) allowing work on a larger portion of
that muscle which results in muscle growth. It also increases blood flow and
reduces knots and cramps!
• Light weight: These exercises require low weight because you will be
performing AS MANY REPITITIONS AS POSSIBLE (AMRAP) until failure! (Low
weight, High rep).
• Moderate weight: This refers to a weight on machines or free weights that
you can perform the stated amount of reps and sets without having to stop,
but also creating fatigue. EXAMPLE: if the program says 10 reps X 3 sets, it
should be at a weight that is challenging enough to fatigue you after the 10
reps. Not a weight that is too heavy to perform the 10 reps.
• Heavy weight: Heavy weight exercises do NOT mean your maximum weight
possible. These exercises will require a heavier weight than light or moderate
but fewer repetitions. (High weight, Low rep).
• Super Set: This type of workout requires two exercises at a time, rather than
one. You will complete one SET of the stated exercise and then one SET of the
paired exercise. You will then alternate back and forth between both
exercises until you have completed 3 sets for each (6 TOTAL). EXAMPLE: 8
lunges → 8 squats → 8 lunges → 8 squats → 8 lunges → 8 squats.
• IF YOUR LEGS ARE STILL TOO SORE TO FOLLOW THE PROGRAM AND
CONTINUE ONTO THE NEXT LEG DAY WHEN IT COMES, THEN PUSH
EVERYTHING UP ONE DAY AND TAKE A REST DAY AND STRETCH, STRETCH,
STRETCH!!!
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WEEK 1:
• Reverse crunch: 15 reps. Same starting position as crunch but your hands may be under
your butt! (if you are more advanced, place hands behind the head ONLY if you can keep
your back flat on the ground without it arching each rep) Bring your knees towards your
chin and lift the butt off the ground slightly, then back down and extent the legs.
• “High knees”: 20-30 reps. Imagine doing high knees but laying on your back! Again
hands should be placed wherever appropriate for your strength level!
• Bicycle variation: 20-50 reps. Alternate each elbow to the opposite knee! Shown below:
• Plank with shoulder tap: 20/+ reps. Do NOT swing your hips! Try to keep them level and
parallel to the ground! Shown below:
ABS
Do as many reps as YOU think YOU can do! Do these exercises once in order and then repeat
the circuit 3 TIMES! (same as day 2 exercises. Try to increase your reps!)
• Leg raises: 10 reps (if you are more advanced, place hands behind the head ONLY if you
can keep your back flat on the ground without it arching each rep)
• Crunches with knees bent, feet off the ground: 30-50 reps.
• Reverse crunch: 15 reps. Same starting position as crunch but your hands may be under
your butt! (if you are more advanced, place hands behind the head ONLY if you can keep
your back flat on the ground without it arching each rep) Bring your knees towards your
chin and lift the butt off the ground slightly, then back down and extent the legs.
• “High knees”: 20-30 reps. Imagine doing high knees but laying on your back! Again
hands should be placed wherever appropriate for your strength level!
• Bicycle variation: 20-50 reps. Alternate each elbow to the opposite knee!
• Plank with shoulder tap: 20/+ reps. Do NOT swing your hips! Try to keep them level and
parallel to the ground!
• Single leg press: 12 reps x 3 sets. Use the machine shown below with weight that can be
changed with a pin not a plate loaded leg press! Foot should be between your hips and
your chest. PUSH THROUGH THE HEELS! DO NOT FULLY EXTEND THE KNEE! In the photo
below, I am at the end of the rep, I would not extend my leg any further or else it would
promote injury by hyperextension!
• Calf raises: 12 reps x 3 sets. you can do this on a step while holding dumbbells, on the
smith machine with a small elevation under the feet, or on a calf raise machine.
is SIT AND DO NOTHING! You need to be stretching before and after ESPECIALLY after
leg workouts.
WEEK 2:
• Reverse frog pumps on hamstring curl: 8 reps x 3 sets. You will need to lower the
weight about 10-20lbs for this exercise. Don’t try to touch your butt on this one! Once
your legs are at about half of the rep, push your feet up to the sky so that the roll on
your ankles, rolls down to the back of your knees! Do not hold for any amount of time at
the top yet! This will come later! #lfwjhamfrogpumps
• Romanian deadlift: 8 reps x 3 sets. I’m using elevation because 45lbs plates are so big
that it takes away some of the range of motion. You can try this if you like! Do whatever
feels best for YOU. Keep the bar close to your legs at all times. Notice in the video that I
NEVER straighten my knees all the way to prevent hyperextension! Instead of letting my
knees buckle, I’m THRUSTING forward and squeezing the glutes. #lfwjromdead
• Cable pull through: 10 reps x 3 sets. #lfwjcablepullthrough (first exercise in video)
SUPER SET WITH ¯
• Side lunge with deadlift: 8 reps x 3 sets. ONE set = lunge right, deadlift middle, lunge
left, deadlift middle!!! Wide stance about #lfwjsidelungewithdeadlift (first video in the
series)
• Hip abduction machine: 15 reps x 3 sets. After the third set, push out as far as you can
and pulse there until failure! #lfwjhipabductorpulse (last video in series)
• Plank with shoulder tap: 20/+ reps. Do NOT swing your hips! Try to keep them level and
parallel to the ground!
back foot to push, it is only for balance, notice in my videos how the back foot looks
limp. #lfwjbulgariansplit
• Triple threat leg extension machine: 10 reps x 15 second rest ® x 8 reps x 15 second
rest ® 6 reps x 2 min rest ® x 3 sets. (REPEAT THIS 3 TIMES) keep the same weight the
whole time! 1 set = 10 reps, 15 sec rest, 8 reps, 15 sec reps, 6 reps, 2 min rest.
• Single leg press: 12 reps x 3 sets each leg. Same as week 1, day 4 single leg press.
• Cable kickbacks: 12 reps x 3 sets.
SUPER SET WITH ¯
• Elevated squat drop set: 8 reps @ EACH weight x 3 sets. Same as in week 1, day 4.
#lfwjsquatdrop (first video in series).
WEEK 3
• Bicycle variation: 20-50 reps. Alternate each elbow to the opposite knee!
• Pulse ups: 15 reps. Shown below:
• Side lunge on bosu ball: 12 reps x 3 sets each leg. Push through the heel! Do not buckle
the knee and be sure to thrust forward! #lfwjbosuidelunge
SUPER SET WITH ¯
• Jump squat walk: 10 reps x 3 sets. Perform 1 jump squat and then stay low in squat
position while you take 3 side shuffle steps to the right, then jump again and take 3
steps to the left! Continue until 10 reps are finished. 1 rep = JUMP + 3 STEPS. If you have
resistance bands, place it above the knees!
• Triple threat leg extension machine: 10 reps x 15 second rest ® x 8 reps x 15 second
rest ® 6 reps x 2 min rest ® x 3 sets. (REPEAT THIS 3 TIMES)
• Cable kickbacks: 12 reps x 3 sets.
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• Hip abduction machine: 15 reps x 3 sets. After the third set, push out as far as you can
and pulse there until failure! #lfwjhipabductorpulse (last video in series)
WEEK 4
• Reach throughs: 12 reps x 3 sets. Wide sumo stance. Using a dumbbell as shown below.
#lfwjreachthroughs (second video in series)
• TRIPLE SET: standing dumbbell frontal raise: 5 reps ® standing dumbbell lateral raise: 5
reps ® standing dumbbell shoulder press: 5 reps. Repeat in the same order but
decrease the reps to only 4. Then again and decrease to 3, then 2, then 1.
• Tricep rope pull down: 10 reps x 3 sets. ELBOWS ARE GLUED TO YOUR SIDES! They
shouldn’t be coming forward or backward. There should be NO shoulder rotation, only
ELBOW rotation!
• Upright row: 10 reps x 3 sets. Use pre-made barbell or a kettle bell!
• Skull crushers: 10 reps x 3 sets. Use 2 dumbbells rather than a barbell. Again, NO
shoulder rotation! There should only be pivoting through the elbow!
ABS
Do as many reps as YOU think YOU can do! Do these exercises once in order and then repeat
the circuit 3 TIMES!
• Leg raises: 10 reps.
• Crunches with knees bent, feet off the ground: 30-50 reps.
• Reverse crunch: 15 reps.
• “High knees”: 20-30 reps. Imagine doing high knees but laying on your back!
• Bicycle variation: 20-50 reps. Alternate each elbow to the opposite knee!
• Plate pass: 8-10 reps. #lfwjplatepass (5th video in series)
• Triple threat leg extension machine: 10 reps x 15 second rest ® x 8 reps x 15 second
rest ® 6 reps x 2 min rest ® x 3 sets. (REPEAT THIS 3 TIMES)
• Single leg hip abductor: 20 reps x 5 sets each leg. On the hip abduction machine, you’ll
be abducting ONE leg only at a time. #lfwjsinglelegabduct
• Calf raises: 12 reps x 3 sets. you can do this on a step while holding dumbbells, on the
smith machine with a small elevation under the feet, or on a calf raise machine.
WEEK 5
• Side lunge with deadlift: 8 reps x 5 sets. ONE set = lunge right, deadlift middle, lunge
left, deadlift middle!!! #lfwjsidelungewithdeadlift (first video in the series)
• Hip abduction machine: 15 reps x 3 sets. After the third set, push out as far as you can
and pulse there until failure! #lfwjhipabductorpulse (last video in series)
• Bicycle variation: 20-50 reps. Alternate each elbow to the opposite knee!
• Plate pass: 8-10 reps.
• Pulse ups: 10 reps
• Narrow stance smith machine squats: 15 reps x 3 sets. Shown in week 4, day 4.
SUPER SET WITH ¯
• Kettlebell swings: 15 reps x 3 sets. If there are no kettlebells, just use a dumbbell but
hold on tight! Shown below:
WEEK 6
• “B” stance hip thrusts (single leg thrusts): 10 reps x 5 sets each leg. Just like week 4, day
1 but try to increase the weight even if it’s only by a 2.5lbs plate!
• Good mornings: 10 reps x 5 sets. Place 5lbs plate under the front half of each foot a bit
further than shoulder width apart. Your heels should be touching the ground at all
times. Keep knees ben like you would during a Romanian deadlift but the weight is on
your back instead. Stick your butt OUT and do not hyperextend the knees or arch the
back. If either of these things happen, then the weight is too heavy for now!
#lfwjgoodmornings
• Hamstring curl: 10 reps x 5 sets.
SUPER SET WITH ¯
• Reverse frog pump HOLDS on hamstring curl: 8 reps x 5 sets. During each rep, hold it at
the top for 3 seconds before coming back down! Remember the weight should be less
than what you would do for normal hamstring curls! #lfwjhamfrogpumpholds (5th video
in series)
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• Sumo deadlifts: 10 reps x 3 sets. Use a barbell or smith machine and add your own
weight or a premade barbell. #lfwjsumodeadlift
SUPER SET WITH ¯
• Romanian deadlift: 10 reps x 3 sets. Smith machine, barbell or pre-made barbell
#lfwjromdead
• Bench cable kicks: 12 reps x 3 sets each leg. Place a bench close to the cable as shown
below. Keep upper body still and abs contracted at all times to help stability. Bring the
knee forward without hunching the back and kick back and up! #lfwjbenchcablekicks
WEEK 7:
WEEK 8:
• Hip thrusts: 8 reps x 5 sets. After the 5th set, take off half of the weight and do AMRAP
(as many reps as possible) UNTIL YOU CAN’T THRUST ANYMOREEE!
• Donkey kicks on smith machine: 8 reps x 3 sets each leg. Place a mat on the floor under
the bar and bring the bar down to about 1 foot off of the ground. Use a resistance band,
cloth, or friend to help hold the hooks in place so that when you kick up, it doesn’t hook
at the top and get stuck! You really only need to have one side held down because they
both move at the same time! You can see how I do this with a resistance band in my
video. #lfwjsmithdonkey if you cant seem to get this exercise down yet, just resort to a
glute kickback machine!
SUPER SET WITH ¯
• Reach throughs: 12 reps x 3 sets. Wide sumo stance. #lfwjreachthroughs (second video
in series)
• Single leg deadlift: 10 reps x 3 sets. #lfwjsingledead (second video on series)
SUPER SET WITH ¯
• Side lunge on bosu ball: 12 reps x 3 sets each leg. Push through the heel! Do not buckle
the knee and be sure to thrust forward! #lfwjbosuidelunge
• Good mornings: 8 reps x 5 sets. #lfwjgoodmornings
AT HOME WORKOUTS: whenever you want! (Typically on “rest” days if you are not too sore OR
if life gets in the way and you can’t make it to the gym that day!).
LEGS: tip! Always remember when doing leg exercises to keep the weight on your heels not your
toes! This engages the glutes.
• Alternate one squat and one strict leg deadlift – no weight just your bodyweight. (3 sets
of 40)
• Elevated glute bridge (3 sets of 20)
• Single leg step up – onto a chair or stool. (3 sets of 15)
• Lunges (3 sets of 15)
• Donkey kicks (3 sets of 20 each leg)
• Lateral raises laying on your side (3 sets of 20 each leg)