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S&E Track, Day 5, Week 3 of 6, Cycle 4, Phase 2

0:00-15:00 General/Specific Warm-up

15:00-20:00 Transition to Lower Body Strength

20:00-55:00 Lower Body Strength

55:00-60:00 Cool-down

General Warm-up

3 Rounds

Seated Hip Openers

Seated Groin Stretch

Seated Hamstring Stretch

Seated Quad Stretch (Hurdler stretch)

Walking Inverted Toe Touches

Lunge and Rotate

Specific Warm-up

2-3 Rounds

10 Empty Barbell Back Squats

30 seconds Side Planks (15 seconds each side)

Strength

Pause Back Squats 10x1 @75-85%

FOCUS:

  • Solid 3 count at the bottom of the squat, this increases time under tension and works on “starting strength” instead of with a stretch reflex, full speed back up

  • Set one is 10 reps, set two is 8 reps, set three is 6 reps, set 4 is 4 reps, set 5 is 2 reps

WORK/REST RATIO:

  • EMOM 10

NO BARBELL OPTION:

  • 10x5 Tempo KB Goblet Squats

  • 3 seconds lowering, dead stop, full speed back up

Lower Body Accessory Work:

Single DB Lateral Lunges 5x8 (4 each leg)

Barbell RDLs 5x4

FOCUS:

  • Single Leg Strength and Balance

  • Glute and Hamstring Strength

  • Changed the plane of movement on Lunges

  • Reps dropped on RDLS, try to increase the weight

WORK/REST RATIO:

  • Recommend completing both movements back to back every 3 minutes

NO BARBELL OPTION:

  • Double KB RDLs 5x6

  • Reps dropped, weight increases