Home Workout Schedule – November

Week 3 – Day 1 – Legs

Superset 1

Dumbbell Step Back Lunges - 4 sets of 12 reps per leg

(My grandma is beginning, my mom in the middle is intermediate, I am advanced.) Holding two dumbbells by your side and your feet together, step back one leg into a lunge. Do all reps on one leg then repeat on the other leg.

Switching Lunges - 4 sets of 30 seconds

Beginning (gram on the left) – Standing with your feet together, step one leg back to a lunge then back together. Keep repeating while alternating legs.

Intermediate (mom in the middle) – Starting with your feet together, jump out to a lunge, then back to standing with your feet together. Keep repeating while alternating legs.

Advanced (me on the right) – Continuous hopping/jumping lunges, keep repeating and alternating legs.

Superset 2

Dumbbell Single Leg RDL's - 3 sets of 15 reps per leg

Beginning (gram on left) – While holding a dumbbell with the same arm as the leg on the ground, hold onto a wall or chair with your other hand for balance. Bend and reach weight to toe kicking the other leg up and back, then return to standing. Keep your back flat and stretch the back of your leg each time you reach down.

Intermediate/Advanced – Don’t hold on to wall or chair if you can while reaching down and up.

Moving Squats - 3 sets of 12 reps each direction

Starting with your feet together, bend both knees into a squat position. Step out to the right 2 times staying in a squat, then repeat 2 times to the left. Keep alternating 2 squats right/2 squats left and stay low the entire time (try to never stand up.)

Banded Lunge Hops - 3 sets of 30 seconds per leg

Beginning (gram on left) – Standing with your feet apart, bend both legs into a lunge then stand back up.

Intermediate (mom in middle) – Starting with your feet together, step back into a lunge or slight hop into a lunge, then stand with your feet back together.

Advanced (me on right) – Put a band around your legs right above your knees. Stand with your feet apart and lunge hop up and down continuously.

Superset 3

Lunge to Kickback - 4 sets of 15 reps per leg

Start in a lunge on the ground and when you finish the lunge at the top lift your back leg and squeeze your glute to lift, then repeat, lunge to kickback.

Squat Lunge - 4 sets of 30 seconds

Standing with your feet apart, bend knees and hold a squat position at the bottom.